Once i bought 5 different packages of peeled durian in Singapore, i had all the best varieties and wanted to bring it in the plane to Bangkok.
The durian was packed very well, 5 layers of plastic around it against the smell.
All went well untill it had to go through the scanner before boarding. The officers smelled it already when i put my luggage on the belt, they looked at the x-ray screen and asked me if i had durian...there was no way denying it, i could also smell it myself...so they confiscated my durian worth 100 us$.
During durian season the Thai markets are loaded with durian, huge piles of them and the vendors have very long queue's of customers...the smell was ultra strong, you can smell that from far far away but that's fine...we love durian in Thailand.