1996 Toyota Lexcen VXi [T4]

1996 Toyota Lexcen [T4] in Forensic Investigators, Non-fiction TV, 2004-2006 Ep. 3.07

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Z2 ◊ 2020-07-06 11:24	It's mentioned in the episode that it's a 1996 model (plate was issued in January 1996), so [T4]. "VXi" trim. -- Last edit: 2020-07-08 20:31:55
jpts ◊ 2022-02-09 17:05	This vehicle was owned by 22-year-old Le Anh Tuan who was abducted and murdered by Vietnamese hitmen, Bui Tai and his brother, Bui Thuan on the orders of the mastermind of a Asian Drug Syndicate, Hong Kong-based drug dealer, Hong Phuc Truong from his rented home at Glen Waverley, Victoria on the afternoon of the 29th April 1996. The investigation carried out by the Victoria Police, the Australian Federal Police, and the Royal Hong Kong Police Force revealed that Phuc Truong ran a vast heroin importation ring, expanding across Asia into Europe. Two months prior to Tuan's kidnapping in February 1996, Phuc flew from Hong Kong to Melbourne where he planned to bring in a major heroin shipment into Australia, and through his older sister (who was also the mother of the registered owner of the Toyota Camry that was used in the kidnapping), had met Tuan's mother, Ha Que Thi Mai who Phuc wanted to use her clothing company as a front to launder the profits and conceal heroin for the Syndicate, but Mai refused. In response, Phuc wanted Mai to pay $400,000 as restitution, but Mai again refused to pay. In retaliation, Phuc who by this point had returned to Hong Kong, contacted US-based Vietnamese hitmen, Bui Tai (who was using the false name Michael Nguyen and had been known as the "Executioner") and his brother, Bui Thuan who both flew out from the US to Australia, arriving in Sydney, before being driven by an associate of Phuc named Long to Melbourne to carry out the kidnapping and the murder. After the Tuan kidnapping, both the Bui brothers and Long left Australia. Bui Tai was arrested as he was trying to leave Australia by both the Australian Customs officials and the Australian Federal Police for having in excess of $10,000 in Australian currency and carrying a vial containing a trace amount of cocaine. He paid a $500 fine and was deported back to Vietnam where he was involved in a drug importation ring and was arrested by Vietnamese authorities and was subsequently executed by firing squad. His brother Bui Thuan ended up back in the US, where he was arrested by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department on unrelated matters. The driver, Long ended up in Hong Kong where he was arrested in the raids by the Hong Kong Police. Phuc had left Hong Kong, avoiding being arrested by the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and fled to the UK where he had threatened to kill a witness in a murder trial. When the detectives from the Metropolitan Police ran Phuc's alias through the police database, they saw the notice from the Victoria Police that he was wanted for Tuan's kidnapping and murder and was later arrested at an address in London by members of the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad. -- Last edit: 2024-08-25 05:27:18

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Z2

◊ 2020-07-06 11:24

It's mentioned in the episode that it's a 1996 model (plate was issued in January 1996), so [T4]. "VXi" trim.

-- Last edit: 2020-07-08 20:31:55

jpts

◊ 2022-02-09 17:05

This vehicle was owned by 22-year-old Le Anh Tuan who was abducted and murdered by Vietnamese hitmen, Bui Tai and his brother, Bui Thuan on the orders of the mastermind of a Asian Drug Syndicate, Hong Kong-based drug dealer, Hong Phuc Truong from his rented home at Glen Waverley, Victoria on the afternoon of the 29th April 1996.

The investigation carried out by the Victoria Police, the Australian Federal Police, and the Royal Hong Kong Police Force revealed that Phuc Truong ran a vast heroin importation ring, expanding across Asia into Europe.

Two months prior to Tuan's kidnapping in February 1996, Phuc flew from Hong Kong to Melbourne where he planned to bring in a major heroin shipment into Australia, and through his older sister (who was also the mother of the registered owner of the Toyota Camry that was used in the kidnapping), had met Tuan's mother, Ha Que Thi Mai who Phuc wanted to use her clothing company as a front to launder the profits and conceal heroin for the Syndicate, but Mai refused.

In response, Phuc wanted Mai to pay $400,000 as restitution, but Mai again refused to pay.

In retaliation, Phuc who by this point had returned to Hong Kong, contacted US-based Vietnamese hitmen, Bui Tai (who was using the false name Michael Nguyen and had been known as the "Executioner") and his brother, Bui Thuan who both flew out from the US to Australia, arriving in Sydney, before being driven by an associate of Phuc named Long to Melbourne to carry out the kidnapping and the murder.

After the Tuan kidnapping, both the Bui brothers and Long left Australia.

Bui Tai was arrested as he was trying to leave Australia by both the Australian Customs officials and the Australian Federal Police for having in excess of $10,000 in Australian currency and carrying a vial containing a trace amount of cocaine.

He paid a $500 fine and was deported back to Vietnam where he was involved in a drug importation ring and was arrested by Vietnamese authorities and was subsequently executed by firing squad.

His brother Bui Thuan ended up back in the US, where he was arrested by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department on unrelated matters.

The driver, Long ended up in Hong Kong where he was arrested in the raids by the Hong Kong Police.

Phuc had left Hong Kong, avoiding being arrested by the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and fled to the UK where he had threatened to kill a witness in a murder trial.

When the detectives from the Metropolitan Police ran Phuc's alias through the police database, they saw the notice from the Victoria Police that he was wanted for Tuan's kidnapping and murder and was later arrested at an address in London by members of the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad.

-- Last edit: 2024-08-25 05:27:18

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1996 Toyota Lexcen VXi [T4]

1996 Toyota Lexcen [T4] in Forensic Investigators, Non-fiction TV, 2004-2006 Ep. 3.07

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