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Black street gang drug dealers often use commercial airlines, buses, and automobiles to transport themselves and their illegal drugs to new locations in order to conduct their 171 Law enforcement officers have criminal activities. discovered that the Los Angeles street gang members seem to Prefer arriving at their destinations by automobile or by bus between the hours of 6 A.M. and 8 A.M., hoping thereby to minimize contact with law enforcement officers.+7? Law enforcement officers also have discovered that when a black street gang member transports cocaine, he often is accompanied by a female, who is often white. The-white female usually carries the cocaine concealed on her pefson. When law enforcement officers stop the black male, they often do not suspect that the white female is with hin.t73 In order to avoid forfeiture of the expensive cars that they buy with the proceeds of their drug trade, black gang members register their transport vehicles in the names of their parents, siblings, and close relatives.174 They also are using rental cars more frequently. Los Angeles 175 International Airport is a popular car rental location. Wleunte, see n. 167; Office of the Attorney General, State of California, Department of Justice, p. 6, see n. 100. 7kuntz, 17355, M404, 17556, Pp. 7, see n. 167. 58 rt