Arizona Investigators Probe High-Tech Cargo Theft Ring Tied to Organized Crime

Investigators in Yavapai County say that in one incident, thieves took just 11 minutes to steal pallets of high-value merchandise from a semi-truck.

Cardboard boxes lay strewn across railroad tracks in Los Angeles on Jan. 14, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Authorities in northern Arizona are working with federal investigators to identify suspects linked to at least two “professional,” high-tech cargo burglaries believed to be connected to an organized criminal network.

In a May 6 statement, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said investigators determined the tactics used in both a truck burglary and a railcar burglary “resemble the operations of an illegal criminal alien organization based out of Southern California.”