Valentine Flowers Checked For Bugs, Drugs

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Imported Love Bouquets Used By South American Cocaine Traffickers

MIAMI -- Amid the peak Valentine's Day flower season, U.S. agents in Miami are working overtime to make sure pretty love bouquets are not used as transportation by exotic South American pests or cocaine traffickers.

More than eight out of every 10 cut flowers imported to the U.S. come through Miami International Airport. Customs and Border Protection officials on Thursday were checking thousands of boxes of roses, carnations and other varieties for insects that could damage American agriculture. Officials find around 90 such pests every day.

Colombia and Ecuador are the main sources of imported flowers, with Colombia also a leading cocaine producer. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using X-rays and metal probes to check for drug shipments.

Valentine Flower Imports Checked For Bugs, Drugs - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville
 
Here is a good reason to be done with the ridiculous holiday all together bahh humbug valentines day...
 
Cocaine bouquets should make the night a little more interesting.
 
Hence, why we don't do flowers and chocolate. I tend to bake and then we go to dinner somewhere real nice. Besides, my anniversary is the 13th.
 
Valentine's Day is a special day!...Always loved it....and my sister's birthday is the 14th also....My boys give me cards and hugs....my ex SO always gave me candy and flowers and we went out to eat....
 
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