A WOMAN claims she was targeted by Customs officers at the airport because she is blonde.

Suzy Self, 28 (pictured), said she was left distressed and infuriated after being stopped on her way back home following a two-day trip to England to see her boyfriend.

The hotel receptionist was bringing in 400 cigarettes, twice the limit, and handed them over.

But she objected to being singled out from a flight of 40 people and questioned whether it was just because of the colour of her hair.

She said she had been upset by some of the personal questions and claimed the female Customs attendant admitted she had been picked because she was young, blonde and travelling alone.

‘I’m not questioning the fact that I should only have brought 200 cigarettes to the island,’ said Miss Self.  I am complaining about her treatment of me as a passenger and a human being. They were really personal questions,’ she said. ‘It wasn’t nice.’

Customs and Immigration Service chief officer Rob Prow said he was unable to comment on individual cases without a full investigation. However, he was sure that nobody would be stopped for the reasons Miss Self claimed.