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Fruit Roll-Ups are going for $8 each in Israel because of a TikTok trend.
People are getting arrested at the airport for smuggling hundreds of pounds of Fruit Roll-Ups into the country! Incredible.
In late April, the agency said, an American couple were caught, each carrying a suitcase filled with more than 185 pounds of Fruit Roll-Ups, part of a haul of nearly 375 pounds. The Tax Authority also shared a video of the unusual discovery, which appeared to show a customs official sifting through several suitcases filled only with hundreds of the small silver and red foil packets. […]
A man’s voice in the video can be heard answering why he had filled two checked bags with Fruit Roll-Ups. “It has something to do with ice cream,” he said, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Why Americans Are Smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups Into Israel
[The New York Times]
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