Westminster police say a routine search warrant turned into a full-on haul earlier this week, with officers uncovering a stash of stolen goods that included firearms, piles of mail, bicycles, and suspected narcotics. Three people were detained during the operation, and officials have yet to release a complete breakdown of the charges that may follow.
According to CBS News Colorado, a brief video from the scene shows rows of recovered items laid out while officers carry boxes out of a residence. The outlet reports that guns, mail, bikes, and suspected drugs were seized and that three people were taken into custody.
Part of a wider metro pattern
The bust lands in the middle of a broader wave of investigations across the Denver metro area into package and mail theft and organized retail crime. Earlier this month in Arvada, a separate search turned up stacks of mail and identification cards, as per Hoodline, and Westminster detectives have previously led multi-agency operations that recovered hundreds of allegedly stolen items, according to a release from the Westminster Police Department…