My "bad" experience with ANC customs went like this..... arrived from HKG via KHV to ANC at 2am. 11+ hours of block time... dead tired. Van takes us to Customs and then we are going to the crew hotel. I am the first into customs at about 230am...... nobody at the counter... wait about 5 minutes for the guys in the room who see us to come out and check us thru. No pleasantries, first words out of his mouth as he looks at my Crew Dec... how long have you been out of the country? 22 days I respond. "you have declared nothing?...what did you buy"... "Nothing" I respond.... he looks at me... and says..."I dont believe you, put your bags over there for a bag search". I comply... he then takes over 10 minutes to go thru ONE rollerboard type suitcase and my laptop bag... took nearly everything out of my suitcase.... very very thorough search...THEN calls over another guy to double check ....that takes another 5 minutes or so. Finally just shoves all my stuff back in the bag ... and clears me through. Doesnt check any of the other 3 guys with me at all. It was not so much that I got checked... it was the way they did it... and him basically calling me a liar. He was clearly agitated that he didnt find anything in the end. Maybe an isolated incident... cant really say... but clearly a bit over the top with their attitude.