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Homeland Security to Return Seized Land Rover Defenders to U.S. Buyers

Posted June 08, 2015 10:15 AM by dstrohl
Pathfinder Tags: 4x4 classic auto Land Rover

Last July, agents from the Department of Homeland Security, working with local law enforcement, seized more than two-dozen Land Rover Defenders from owners across the United States. All had two things in common: none was originally sold in the United States, and all were imported by Aaron Richardet, a North Carolina man with a passion for the classic British SUVs and a head for business. Now, nearly a year after the forced forfeitures, Jalopnik reports that the case has been settled out of court, and that the seized Defenders will be returned to their U.S. owners.

These Land Rovers are free to rove the land once again.

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06/08/2015 8:10 PM

Boy am I glad that the DHS is working so hard to protect us from gray market vehicles.

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06/08/2015 8:48 PM

Got to admit, they are a lot easier to find and have fewer personal rights than people.

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06/09/2015 11:40 PM

Thank you, Sir Robin!

Ditto.

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06/09/2015 4:38 AM

Lowest-hanging fruit available ?

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06/09/2015 8:46 AM

We can't stop terrorists from getting on planes with bombs and guns but we'll be damned if let you have a 25 year old British off road vehicle! Oh, and take off your shoes.

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06/10/2015 1:55 PM

So how were the vehicles being a threat to U.S. Homeland security? Were they Islamic extremist vehicles that were plotting to take over the British classic car industry in the U.S.A.?

More government waste!

I bet DMV would have done a better job? I think not!

Send an 800 LB. Gorilla to do the job of a spider monkey! TYPICAL!

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06/12/2015 11:17 PM

Awh, i was all just a DHS practice "exercise" against the 'possibility' of a rogue Land Rover attack by "home-grown" ISIS wannabe's in USA on our highways (wink,wink).

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