Pentagon is asking Toronto sex store to stop sending spicy toys to a U.S. naval base, shop owner says
The owner of a Toronto sex toy shop says the business has received two letters from the U.S. Department of War asking it to stop sending butt-plugs to its Bahrain naval base in the Persian Gulf.
The letters were discovered inside boxes of returned adult items that had made their way to a U.S naval base in Bahrain, reports CTV.
The letters arrived over a one-month period in the summer of 2025, according to Bonjibon co-founder Grace Bennett.
She took to Instagram in late September to share how the letters noted the Pentagon was “mad that their soldiers ordered spicy toys from my business” because “they are stationed in a country where those things are illegal.”
But, argues Bennett, her company doesn’t ship to Bahrain.
The shop sells sex toys as well as vibrators, dildos, rings and lubes, reports Yahoo News. It shipped worldwide when it first launched in 2019, but now mostly services Canada, the United States, South America, Europe and Asia.
Bonjibon ships its wares regularly to military bases, admits Bennett. However, she suspects in this case that the packages were forwarded to military personnel stationed in Bahrain. Her company does not ship to Bahrain directly due to import prohibitions against the type of products Bonjibon sells.
She adds that U.S. tariffs have already been causing trouble for her business, with items getting held at the border or regularly returned to the warehouse. At one point, she says, her warehouse manager noticed one of the boxes had been opened, with the contents placed haphazardly inside.
There was also a surprise, a letter with the Pentagon seal in the upper left corner. It was sent by the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command fleet logistics centre in Bahrain.
The letter, as reported by CTV, was seemingly intended for a member of the military and reads: “During security screening by Bahrain Customs, pornographic materials and or devices were identified (using an X-Ray machine) in a package addressed to you. This letter is to notify you that your parcel was returned to the sender … Please notify the sender that pornographic materials or devices are not allowed into the Kingdom of Bahrain.”
Bennett said her employees got “a huge kick out of it …I mean, we don’t judge, we want everyone to order whatever they want and we want everyone to feel confident and (shop) for whatever they want.”
Ultimately, Bennett decided to frame the two letters, mounting them separately in the company’s Toronto and B.C. offices.
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