Did they look like gigantic candy kisses, wrapped in foil?
Officials Find Potatoes Disguised As Chocolates
(AP) MIAMI (AP) - A traveler who arrived at Miami International Airport earlier this month must pay a $300 penalty for trying to smuggle fresh sweet potatoes from Bolivia into the United States by disguising the vegetables as a candy. According to a news release, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists discovered the 18 small sweet potatoes in early November.
Officials found the prohibited vegetables in the luggage of a passenger arriving in Miami from Bolivia. The sweet potatoes had been wrapped in the commercial wrappers of a popular Bolivian candy and hadn't been declared.
The sweet potatoes were destroyed and an agent issued $300 fine for the violation.
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Did they look like gigantic candy kisses, wrapped in foil?
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