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A small Canadian boutique has found itself at the centre of an international security incident involving the US Department of War, a Middle Eastern military base, and a package containing a butt plug and a vibrator
Grace Bennett, co-founder of the Toronto-based adult store, said her team discovered two formal warning letters from the US government while processing returned shipments.
The letters, now framed and displayed in the store, detailed a security breach at a US military facility in Bahrain.
According to the official correspondence, Bahrain Customs screeners flagged the package during a routine security sweep
The US Department of War's letter described the contents — identified by Bennett as a "bullet" vibrator and a butt plug — using remarkably intense language.
The document stated that the items posed "an immediate danger to life or limb or an immediate and substantial danger to property".
While the wording made the adult novelties sound like potentially hazardous materials, the letter clarified that the main issue was legal: Bahraini law strictly prohibits the import of pornographic materials and related devices.
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The situation initially baffled Bennett, since her store does not offer shipping to Bahrain
However, the business frequently ships to North American military bases.
"We suspect that a customer at a domestic base had their mail forwarded to their new deployment in Bahrain," Bennett told CTV.
"We got a huge kick out of it, but I'm also sad they didn't get their order," she added.
According to the US Transportation Command's guidelines on prohibited items to Bahrain, pornographic materials, including sex toys, handcuffs, and nudity magazines, are in "strict violation" of Bahrain law
While the store celebrated the "absurdity" of the situation by framing the letters on its wall, the US government has remained tight-lipped
When approached by the Canadian press for clarification on why the toys were classified as a danger to "life or limb", officials declined to comment, saying only that they "don't have anything to add".
Bennett confirmed that the customer has since been fully reimbursed for the returned and intercepted items.
