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               On the basis of the results of the investigation, Krehbiel             
          obtained search warrants for the three boxes at the BoA-                    
          Sunnyvale.  Krehbiel and police officers executed the warrants on           
          January 15, 1988.  Box 1 contained $570,520, box 6346E contained            
          $707,800, and box 6348E contained $1,139,250.  None of the boxes            
          contained any thing other than currency, which was not tested for           
          drug residue.                                                               
               The investigators seized the currency, left a receipt in               
          each of the boxes, deposited the currency in a different branch             
          of the Bank of America, and received a cashier's check from the             
          bank for $2,417,570 made payable to the U.S. Marshals Service.              
               On October 4, 1988, petitioner returned to the BoA-Sunnyvale           
          to pay the rent on the three boxes.  Bank employees delayed                 
          petitioner while they summoned the police.  When the police                 
          officers arrived, petitioner identified himself as Michael Stark            
          and produced the phony Missouri driver's license as proof of his            
          identity.  Petitioner was arrested by the police for presenting             
          false identification to a police officer, and he was advised that           
          he was to be charged with money laundering under the laws of the            
          State of California.  Upon his arrest, the police searched                  
          petitioner and found rent receipts for the safe deposit boxes at            
          the San Jose banks.1                                                        
               When the police arrived at the BoA-Sunnyvale, they noticed a           
          woman standing next to a 1986 white 2-door Cadillac automobile              

               1The Sunnyvale-BoA and the San Jose Banks are collectively             
          referred to as the California Banks.                                        


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