As I understand it, the Rapier launcher was semi-functional when it arrived in Australia, complete with all import documents, and so on: all very legal, or so the owner/importer thought. By semi functional, I mean the launcher table rotated and elevated, but there was no internals for laying/launching, so effectively 'inert', as per the documents. Customs took a dim view, and called in Army, who then 'rendered' it by removing all manner of electronics, comms etc, and carried them away to places unknown. It took considerable time for the Rapier to be released to the owner and in a far less functional state.
He then set to work replacing many of the removed bits.
Mike C