Man imports Nissan Silvia, gets 20 years in prison [updated]

Posted on 09-02-2015 at 21:48 by JordyS – 99 Comments”

No, for such a sentence, you don’t even have cocaine smuggling, or a corpse to hide in the trunk.

The place of action is America and you can there for the craziest things, the container in turn. In this case, tried to a man in a Nissan Silvia import. Sounds innocent enough? That’s right, but that Silvia has no type approval in the United States and then you’re done for.

The Silvia has, in the eyes of the American government, for a number of ‘defects’. The steering wheel is on the right, while the Japanese also would not meet the requirements in terms of safety and CO2 emissions. The car should also be properly adjusted, you enter the US legally.

The owner of the car, hoped nevertheless that he was under the radar was able to continue, but was eventually so still in the collar. That ‘joke’ with him, literally and figuratively costly, because the authorities would not only be a fine of $ 250,000 want to impose, he might receive a term of imprisonment of 20 (!) year. Then you think, from now on it two times after for a car to cross the border to smuggle…

UPDATE 1: it seems You are on the other side of the pond required to have your car for a crash test. That sounds all well and good, until you hear that you must pay the bill for the costs. Those who tap it for a moment, 400.000 dollar, for this gentleman? With thanks to @E34M5Touring for the tip!

UPDATE 2: Mistake, thank you: the statement appears to have already been. The Silvia smuggler (given the potential penalties) well away with a fine of $ 18,000 and three years of conditional imprisonment.