<div id="subtitle">Custom officials at Miami International Airport find sweet potatoes disguised as chocolates</div><div><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>The sweet potatoes were destroyed and an agent issued $300 fine for the violation.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=63529114&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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