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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 07:04 AM   #1
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Van crash yields fake designer purses

By ROGER CROTEAU
San Antonio Express-News
August 29, 2006

It was a crime of fashion, and a lot more serious than wearing white after Labor Day.

Seguin police were suspicious when the driver of a cargo van that crashed Monday on Interstate 10 started acting nervous when they asked about all those boxes with Chinese writing.

Expecting to find drugs, since I-10 is a popular route for narcotics smugglers between San Antonio and Houston, fashion-conscious Seguin police instead found bogus designer purses, wallets, belts and other swanky accessories valued at $400,000.

Detective Sgt. Maureen Watson said some might be taken in by the Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Fendi, Coach, Christian Dior, Burberry and other merchandise, but it didn't hold up to close scrutiny from Seguin's fashion police.

"I love purses, and I hang out in that part of the department stores all the time," Watson said Tuesday.

"If you examine the purses, the stitching, the materials, are not good quality. They smelled like vinyl, not leather, and when you buy an expensive purse, it's usually in a cloth bag. These were in paper bags."

The 21 large boxes contained 782 purses, more than 200 wallets and other items.

The driver, a 40-year-old woman from San Antonio who was traveling with her 15-year-old daughter, told police she was headed to Houston, when another vehicle cut off the van. She overcorrected and the van rolled. The driver and her daughter both sustained minor injuries.

Watson did not identify the two occupants of the van. They were released pending further investigation.
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 07:10 AM   #2
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wow, in a sense fakes are almost as bad as drugs only they dont have negative health side effects (or other connected problems) to the buyer
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 07:56 AM   #3
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MySA.com: News On Demand

here is a link the TV station video of the arrest. I don't know how long the link will work.

And here are pictures of the purses. It's a far away shot, though.

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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 08:37 AM   #4
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huh, well I'm glad there are less fakes out there because of this bust!
I wish there were no fakes at all though
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 08:59 AM   #5
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I think it's cute that the detective knows so much about designer bags. LOL, we should send her an invitation to join tPF!
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 09:25 AM   #6
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I think it's cute that the detective knows so much about designer bags. LOL, we should send her an invitation to join tPF!
I liked that part also.
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 11:10 AM   #7
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^^ Ditto. I never "smelled" my bags but this made me think of smelling it and maybe I can actually say hey this is what leather smells. LOL.
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 11:32 AM   #8
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I think it's cute that the detective knows so much about designer bags. LOL, we should send her an invitation to join tPF!

No kidding.
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 12:24 PM   #9
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I think it's cute that the detective knows so much about designer bags. LOL, we should send her an invitation to join tPF!
Hahaaahaa.. So funny.
Coachwife, thank you for sharing. =)
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 01:10 PM   #10
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police instead found bogus designer purses, wallets, belts and other swanky accessories valued at $400,000.
Yeah, maybe if they were real. But since it was only about 1,000 fakes, I think we could knock that estimate down by a lot.
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 03:52 PM   #11
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I hate fakes also. I'm glad these are off the market for now.
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 04:04 PM   #12
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maybe the police's wife are fellow PFers
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Old Aug 30th, 2006, 07:08 PM   #13
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OMG! Glad those fakes are out of circulation. I got invited to a 'purse party' but whew, thank goodness I already have other plans.
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