California police arrest 4 in $300,000 stolen Lego brick bust

Los Angeles residents can relaxation straightforward understanding {that a} felony theft ring is now not stalking the town’s retail shops to feed a Lego black market. That’s as a result of the California Freeway Patrol (CHP) introduced this week that it had arrested 4 folks it accused of swiping what police estimated was “roughly $300,000” value of Lego units.

The 4 had allegedly burgled shops like Goal, House Depot, and Lowe’s of their Lego inventory and bought them to black-market sellers who would then vend the stolen bricks at “seemingly respectable companies, swap meets, or on-line.” Police say they had been booked on “costs associated to Organized Retail Theft, Grand Theft, and Conspiracy to commit against the law.”

Like every other collectible, Lego units are prime targets. In 2021, French police introduced they had been investigating a global Lego crime ring. That very same 12 months, authorities in Seattle arrested a store proprietor accused of promoting stolen Lego units following a clumsily named “Operation: MandalOrganized Retail Theft” investigation, as NBC Information reported.