I had two orders from the site, one for cigars(Which were intercepted) and the other for merchandise. I got a letter from customs saying that they had seized the goods as no duty had been paid. I called them to see if I could pay the duty, but because of the problems relating to tobacco smuggling in the UK, I was not given this option. My merchandise( A Humidor and a cutter) reached me fine, I pressume that they opened both parcels, and let the one go that did not break the law.As for what your customs would do to you in your country, Re;The Cubans, I don't know...it was different in my situation because there is no embargo on buying goods from the states...As I said, I just had mine confiscated because of unpaid TAX...maybe if you got cought trying to smuggle cubans, It could be much worse?