The State - News from May 21, 1989
The U.S. Customs Service passed out $1.4 million in confiscated funds from a Thailand-connected drug ring to eight law enforcement agencies in San Jose. “This is an example of the other side of the process,” said a delighted John E. Hensley, assistant Pacific regional commissioner for the agency. The money was found in bags at a Del Rey Oaks storage locker in November, 1987, and was packed in neat stacks of $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills. The money was packaged by drug dealers with Southeast Asia connections, authorities said. It was the largest distribution of drug assets in Northern California to date.
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