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"Fraudulent documents plot foiled"
Dec 4 2004 12:00AM

By TARMO HANNULA and AMANDA SCHOENBERG

OF THE REGISTER-PAJARONIAN

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A fraudulent document manufacturing operation was broken up late Tuesday in Watsonville following an eight-month investigation by police.

Three people were arrested in the sting, which uncovered a healthy sampling of fraudulent permanent resident alien cards, temporary resident alien cards, a few Social Security cards and manufacturing equipment.

Watsonville Police Department teamed up with the Santa Cruz County Narcotics Enforcement Team to serve search warrants at 20 Marin St. and 324 Pennsylvania Drive, apartment 12.

During the search, officers located scads of fake identification cards in various stages of completion, an electronic typewriter, a scanner, a plastic lamination machine, paper cutter and other accoutrements. Police are also writing a warrant to analyze data for a laptop computer found on the premises.

"Police only uncover operations like these every few years," said Sgt. David McCartney. However, of Tuesday's bust, McCartney said, "It sticks out because it's sophisticated and because of the quantity they appear to be doing.""