LA hardware stores were front for $4.5 million cargo theft ring

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
LA Hardware stores were afront for a four million dollar
cargo theft ring. According to police, Let's look at this
story over the New York Post. Two seemingly normal LA
Hardware stores were actually elaborate fronts where a massive cargo
theft operation of stolen goods ripped off from trains, trucks
and cargo ships. DJ tooled and wires. Montebello and Huntington

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Park locations served as a distribution center for organized crime
ring that targeted valuable merchandise from across southern California. The
stolen inventory included power tools, e bikes, and appliances from
major brands like Dyson, the Walt and Makita. Police also
said that the store owner was arrested on suspicion of
receiving stolen properties. Authorities prepared to file charges that could

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land in behind bars for years. We were in the
process of fully evaluating the crime, so the DA and
the anticipate charges. The bus represents the latest strike in
an ongoing battle against the fifth sticated cargo theft operations
that have plugged LA transportation hubs in recent years.