In a brazen California crime that sounds like something out of an action movie, thieves didn’t just swipe a few Lego boxes off a shelf – they hijacked two entire semi-truck Amazon trailers packed with premium Lego cargo mid-transit.
How the Lego theft got busted
According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to reports of suspicious vehicles on April 8. When they tried to stop two box trucks, the drivers attempted to flee.
Once stopped, officers searched the trucks and found a massive stash of Lego sets. Full freight trailers that had been stolen mid-transit while heading from Fort Worth, Texas to Riverside County.
Three suspects, all from Southern California, were arrested and are now facing charges including cargo theft, conspiracy, and possession of a stolen vehicle…