You made me laugh! I smuggled some French cheese back to America for my mother. I declared everything EXCEPT the cheese and when the officer checked my list he looked me in the eye and sniffed the air, saying, “Is that all?” I looked straight back and told the biggest lie of my life. I said, “Yes, that is all.” He hesitated a moment, then grinned a sly grin and waved me through. He must have liked bleu cheese too.
That is great that he made a harmless exception to the rules. Cops do that all the time, and it isn’t just that they’re avoiding the paperwork. Good story. Shows that people do it a lot.