Posted on 06/22/2002 8:20:18 PM PDT by aculeus
Vendors on The Drag are accused of buying stolen items.
More than $60,000 in cash was found when officers searched a home during an investigation of a major fencing operation involving two egg roll carts which operated on Guadalupe Street near the University of Texas.
The eggroll carts on The Drag near the University of Texas have been an Austin institution since the 1970s. Police say that for at least the last three years, they've also been a front for a major fencing operation.
Late Wednesday, police arrested Lieu Thi Pham, 48, Xuan Huong Dao, 24, Hug Quoc Pham, 44, and Thien Dao, 53, for engaging in organized crime, a felony.
According to police, members of the Pham and Dao families would buy anything from stolen fishing rods to DVD players to T-shirts. They stored the items in the eggroll carts before moving them along. The family also peddled prescription pills, such as Valium, police said.
Working off several tips, undercover officers, posing as shoplifters and thieves, sold VCRs and other items to the vendors.
When they searched their home, officers found $200,000 worth of stolen items, as well as $62,000 in cash.
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Wait a minute!...Where's Hug Mai Phlegm, Quoc Awok, and Long Dao Dong?!!
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Damn...I thought maybe this was 'another' Israeli 'art student' type story....blah!!! lol...
Don't you mean "Long DUC Dong"? ("Sixteen Candles").
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