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be NO Ww ws Oo OY ~] oO Ke) a oO he be No (ee) = Hs Oo _ OY a ~] a oO a Ke} 20 21 22 23 24 25 Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE LC8VMAX6 Rodger Q. All right. Document 755 Filed 08/10/22 Page 167 of 262 1878 S - Cross And there were also times too when the plane and the passengers had to clear customs , and the pilots and the passengers had to exit the plane, right? A. That's correct. Q. That would happen on intern A. Yes. Q. It would also happen when y right? A. Yes, ational flights, for example? ou're leaving St. Thomas too, when we -- it would depend. If we were pre-clearing customs at St. Thomas, yes, we would taxi over to the customs area, have to take everything off the airplane and clear customs there. Q. Because even though that's the U.S. Virgin Islands, it's part of the United States, there is a customs clearance you have to do when departing St. Thomas, right? A. That's correct. You could pre-clear. And then if you pre-clear there, we don't have to see customs wherever we'r going. see customs when we land in the Q. clearing customs and you'v Fair enough. But guess my point i However, if we don't pre-clear there, then we have to United States. s at any time when you're passengers, you have the chance A. Oh, sure. xited the plane with the to s them there too? SOUTHERN DISTRIC IT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00013445