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| Iranian nabbed: 'Fed Ex' bank robber |
| 2005-09-28 |
| A man suspected of being the "FedEx bandit" has been captured after an exhaustive search, authorities said Tuesday. A bank surveillance photo released by police shows the "FedEx bandit." Farzad Farhbaksh, 40, was caught entering Mexico Monday at a Tijuana border checkpoint, said Lauren Mack, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Farhbaksh was being pursued for six months, Mack said. He is accused of being the bandit who robbed 41 banks in Southern California, using a FedEx box to carry away his stolen cash. San Diego police were to announce the arrest and the charges they planned to pursue at a news conference later in the day. "We believe he was smuggling currency from these robberies into Tijuana," Mack said. Mack said Farhbaksh is an Iranian national who has been using the identity of Ernest Lozano, a U.S. resident who died as a baby in Texas. |
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