B757 CAPTAIN REPORTS FLIGHT ATTENDANT BEING REMOVED UPON ARRIVAL BY US CUSTOMS WITH PASSENGERS ON BOARD; LEAVING THE FLT CREW IN TECHNICAL VIOLATION OF FARS CONCERNING MINIMUM CABIN CREW.

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FLT ATTENDANT #2 WAS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES CUSTOMS IN ARUBA ON FLT. CUSTOMS OFFICIALS WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY INFO. LATER; FLT ATTENDANT #2 TOLD ME THAT CUSTOMS WAS DOING RANDOM SEARCHES OF FLT ATTENDANTS' LUGGAGE AND PERSONAL EFFECTS BECAUSE 'SOME FLT ATTENDANTS HAVE BEEN SNEAKING DRUGS IN THROUGH ZZZ.' HE SAID THAT THEY DID A COMPLETE SEARCH OF HIS LUGGAGE (LITERALLY TORE IT APART) AND MADE HIM EMPTY HIS POCKETS. HE SAID THAT HE HAD 'STILNOX' IN HIS SUITCASE. CUSTOMS WANTED TO KNOW WHY HE DIDN'T HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR IT. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT GATE IN ZZZ; CUSTOMS MET THE AIRPLANE AND MADE EVERYONE STAY SEATED. THEY TOOK FLT ATTENDANT #2 OFF OF THE AIRPLANE AND DETAINED HIM. ONCE AGAIN; THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY INFO. WE HAD OVER 90 PAX ON BOARD AND DID NOT HAVE MINIMUM FLT ATTENDANT CREW MANNING BECAUSE CUSTOMS PULLED FLT ATTENDANT #2 OFF OF THE AIRPLANE. I AM RPTING THIS AND REQUESTING THAT CUSTOMS BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAA RULES ABOUT MANNING REQUIREMENTS. THEY APPARENTLY HAVE NO IDEA OF THESE FAA FARS.