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Los Angeles police hunting mystery man likened to Jason Bourne | Perth Now
Los Angeles police hunting mystery man likened to Jason Bourne | Perth Now
LOS Angeles police are hunting a mystery man who fled as they raided his apartment, leaving behind piles of bogus cash, high-tech counterfeiting equipment and weapons.
The Los Angeles Times quoted police officers as saying that the 33-year-old suspect escaped from his high-rise apartment via a back window in a scene reminiscent of the Bourne Identity action films.
"He escaped like Jason Bourne," Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief Mike Downing of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, told the Times.
After being given the slip, detectives discovered stacks of counterfeit $US100 bills totaling $US15,000, sophisticated counterfeiting equipment, a camera tripod and a cache of weapons including an AK-47 assault rifle.
Police also discovered multiple identification documents including passports under different aliases, leaving them wondering who exactly they are hunting, the Times reported.
The $US3400-a-month penthouse's balcony was also directly opposite the US Federal Reserve Building in downtown LA.
"The curiosity in this case is the strategic location in which he chose to operate," Deputy Chief Downing said.
The suspect has been named as Brian Alexik, a 33-year-old from New Jersey. A man described as an associate of Alexik was arrested on Thursday.
But police admit they do not know what Alexik's plan was.
"There were many levels of criminality," Deputy Chief Downing told the Times. "He's funding a criminal enterprise. He's dabbling in narcotics, he's manufacturing weapons parts. But what is it? Was there a bigger plan? What was his intent?
"We have a lot of questions for him when he is arrested."