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MAN BOOKED IN ABALONE CASE
Published on June 5, 1997
© 1997- The
Press Democrat
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COLUMN: Police and Courts
A second of three suspects arrested last week in connection
with a black-market operation of Sonoma County abalone
has been booked in the Sonoma County Jail and will make his
first court appearance today.
Loi Boa Diep, a 29-year-old Rosemead seafood trader,
was transported Tuesday to Sonoma County from Los Angeles and
is begining held on $500,000 bail.
He, along with 30-year-old Jason Diep of El Monte and
29-year-old Chris N. Doan of Cupertino, is charged with felony
conspiracy to violated state fish and game laws pertaining to
the taking of abalone.
The Dieps and Doan, who acted as the middle man, were
carrying on both legal and illegal trading in abalone
and other seafood delicacies, selling the products in Canada,
Mexico and Vietnam, Deputy District Attorney Brooke Halsey
said.
Fish and Game officials said they had information the
suspects had been making illegal purchases of sports
abalone taken along the Sonoma County coast.
Keywords: FISH CRIME
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