Over 400 Stolen Vehicles Recovered in Northern California CHP Operation

There were 181 arrests and 30 firearms seized in an eight-week undercover sting, Gov. Newsom announces.

A suspect is cuffed in Oakland, Calif., as part of the CHP's East Bay operation, in a screenshot from video released April 10, 2024. California Highway Patrol

The California Highway Patrol recovered hundreds of stolen vehicles and made nearly 200 arrests in the past eight weeks as part of undercover sting operations in Northern California’s East Bay, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

“Carjackers, drug traffickers, and thieves need to be arrested and held accountable for their crimes,” he said in an April 10 press release.