Posted on 04/23/2018 6:48:45 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
Woman fined $500 for saving free airplane snack from Delta
A Colorado woman is facing a $500 fine from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for saving a free apple she received as a snack from Delta Air Lines on her way back to the United States from Paris, France.
Crystal Tadlock told Fox 31 Denver, toward the end of her flight from Paris, flight attendants passed out apples in plastic bags as a snack. Tadlock put the fruit in her carry-on to save for when she was hungry during the second leg of her trip.
Once Tadlock arrived in the US, she went through Customs and her bag was chosen to be randomly searched, Fox 31 reported. Tadlock says a Customs agent pulled out the apple in the plastic bag with Delta’s logo on it.
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The problem is that customs is not going to take time to verify where the fruit came from. When we went on a cruise to the Bahamas we were told even fruit that we had gotten on board the ship could not be taken into the states. I think the same would apply for airline passengers.
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