Posted on 09/04/2024 6:44:30 PM PDT by eastexsteve
VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — Two Chinese nationals were arrested with $250,000 worth of gold bars after a traffic stop on I-20 on Thursday..
Inside [the rental car], officials found a boarding pass from Spirit Airlines that showed Chen had boarded the plane in Los Angeles on July 30 at 5:19 p.m. and arrived in Atlanta on July 31 at 12:53 a.m. The tickets reportedly showed he had no bags with him when he boarded the flight.
On a rental agreement, it reportedly showed that the vehicle was rented in College Park, Georgia at 1:28 a.m. on July 31 and was to be returned by Aug. 3 at11:30 a.m. in Los Angeles.
A bag was located behind the driver’s seat on the floorboard where officials found multiple pieces of gold bullion bars estimated to value between $200,000 and $250,000..
(Excerpt) Read more at ketk.com ...
Within the last year, I posted HERE of a Latino on a flight who exchanged suspect cocaine for cash.
I was sitting behind him, and wrote a note to the pilot of the man in seat 8E, thinking we were going to be hijacked. (Common back then).
Highly suspicious activities led to his arrest and recovery of $600,000...!
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