Intrigue but no glamour for smuggling case figure
Felch, J. (2008) ‘Intrigue but no glamour for smuggling case figure’, Los Angeles Times, 31 January.
White-haired and missing several teeth, a 79-year-old retired steel salesman sat barefoot in a stained undershirt at his modest Cerritos home Wednesday, trying to explain how he had ended up at the center of a major federal smuggling investigation.
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