Dropped Social Security Card Tips Counterfeiting Operation
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies who were looking for narcotics suspects were tipped off to a counterfeiting operation when a man near their search accidentally dropped a blank Social Security card, officials said Sunday.
The deputies were pursuing a narcotics investigation at 10 p.m. Saturday in the 5000 block of Makee Avenue in the unincorporated Florence district, Deputy Kathryn Nielsen said.
A man identified as Jesus Juares, 26, dropped a counterfeit Social Security card as he walked away from a parking lot where deputies were questioning people, Nielsen said.
Further investigation led to a home at 5897 Makee Ave. where deputies said they found a large stash of alien green cards, Social Security cards and California driver’s licenses.
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