The Deputy District Attorney said some of the fruit tested contained eggs of an invasive fruit fly.
Also in 2022, officials say one of the women had around 200 pounds of Langsat, an illegal fruit , addressed to her business at a shopping center in East San Jose.Joseph Deviney is the Agricultural Commissioner for the county.
"When shipments come in on a plane from a foreign country, if it's miss manifested I've seen everything from like presentation materials, or linens then yeah the inspectors are not really clued in to look at it that is a smuggling technique," Deviney said.
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