The Washington Times
By Jerry Seper
Federal agents seized more than $4 million in counterfeit U.S. currency in raids on cargo containers in ports in California and New Jersey yesterday and Sunday, arresting 87 Asian nationals and U.S. citizens on charges of smuggling counterfeit money, drugs and cigarettes into the United States.
The agents seized the counterfeit currency, described as high-quality fake $100 bills, as part of two undercover operations -- Royal Charm and Smoking Dragon -- that targeted cargo containers in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., and Newark, N.J.
Also seized were more than 1 billion counterfeit cigarettes valued at $42 million, many of them made in China, along with $700,000 in fake U.S. postage stamps and jeans worth several hundred thousand dollars.
Posted by Richard at August 23, 2005