Apd Detectives Bust 'major Fencing Ring'

Elise Kaplan / Journal Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal
Fri, 07/31/2015 - 11:05pm

Designer jeans were the downfall of a woman’s clothing store near Five Points Wednesday afternoon. Detectives conducted a joint investigation on the Zapeteria Pedrito on Sunset SW, taking down a “major fencing ring affecting numerous businesses in the Albuquerque area,” according to officer Tanner Tixier, a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. M.

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Apd Detectives Bust 'major Fencing Ring'

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