Grace Bennett and Katie Aitken, co-founders of Toronto-based Bonjibon, say they have proudly framed two official US government letters reminding them that “pornographic materials or devices are not allowed into the Kingdom of Bahrain”.

The letters refer to an “adult item identified during X-ray mail screening”, which Ms Bennett said she interpreted to mean “stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain”.

The pair believe that a Bonjibon package was forwarded to the US base in Bahrain by a third party, as the business does not offer shipping to the Gulf dictatorship.

“We didn’t even know it was going to Bahrain until it came back to us months later, and it just kind of unravelled this whole … hilarious moment,” Ms Bennett told CP24.

“We got a huge kick out of it,” she added.

“I mean, we don’t judge, we want everyone to order whatever they want and we want everyone to feel confident and start shopping for whatever they want.

“But, there is a juxtaposition of a military person in a foreign country ordering butt plugs and having no understanding that those items are illegal in the country that they’re in.”