One of the online businesses with the most demand and users is the Chinese platform AliExpressowned by Alibaba Group, which sells all kinds of products of international origin, including objects that in Spain are prohibited.
If this famous platform is known for something, it is for its prices, since they sell products much cheaper than what we are used to seeing in our country. However, we must keep in mind that in online stores such as AliExpress or Temu we can find objects that are prohibited in Spain.
Among these objects are pistols or revolvers that have a nock adapted to them or automatic knives, among others. Buy them on platforms like those mentioned, could be a problem when entering the country and going through customs. I am Heisenberga user of Forococheshas shared his experience with his latest purchase on AliExpress on the internet forum dedicated to motor issues. The male bought a switchbladeprohibited in Spanish territory, which would have cost less than 20 euros. He claims that he acquired it because he collects objects of the style.
When this user received his package and opened it, he didn’t exactly find his purchase, but a fine. “The postman called me at the door of my house and I got the biggest surprise of the month,” said the man, while ensuring that received “a fine from the Civil Guard customs for having bought a weapon prohibited.” However, this is not the only purchase in which something like this has happened, but a year ago, he also bought “one of those classic pocket knives stiletto“, and never received it.
The fine stated that the total amount was 800 euros400 if you pay them 15 days before. Royal Decree 137/1993 prohibits all automatic edged weapons, a measure supported by the Citizen Security Law of 2015, which we know as ‘gag law‘ in society.
Although the weapon measured less than 11 centimeters, the legal limit, the Civil Guard did not hesitate to confiscate it. At the same time, a sanctioning process towards the buyer of the knife, however, if it had been made of fire, the man could have been a participant in criminal proceedings.
