Apple In U.S. Customs Leads To $500 Fine For Arvada Woman

MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- An Arvada woman was fined $500 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and will lose her Global Entry Status after an apple snack given to her on a flight from Paris was discovered in her bag by a customs agent.

A CBP agent found the apple in Crystal Tadlock's bag, she told Fox31 News.

“He had asked me if my trip to France was expensive and I said, ‘Yeah.’ I didn’t really get why he was asking that question, and then he said, ‘It’s about to get a lot more expensive after I charge you $500,'” Tadlock told the station.

The fruit, wrapped in plastic, was distributed on a Delta Airlines flight from Paris, Tadlock said. She forgot she had it in her bag when she entered a customs checkpoint in Minneapolis.

US Customs and Border Protection policies say that all agricultural items must be declared.

Read more at Fox31 News.

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