U.S. Agents Seize Cuban Cigar Shipment
<i> Reuters</i>
MIAMI —
U.S. customs agents arrested two men and seized more than 1,000 contraband Cuban cigars from a boat bound for Florida from Havana, authorities said Tuesday.
Importing Cuban cigars is illegal under the U.S. economic boycott of the Communist-ruled island, but smuggling has increased dramatically because of the growing popularity of cigars in the United States.
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