- Kern County deputies recovered about $1 million in Lego products after stopping box trucks in a remote Mojave Desert area.
- Authorities say the cargo was stolen during a shipment from Fort Worth to Moreno Valley, Calif.
- Three men were arrested, and criminal charges remain pending as the investigation continues.
Sheriff deputies responding to a report of suspicious activity in California’s Mojave Desert stumbled upon $1 million in Lego products and two stolen trailers.
The cargo theft came to light after Kern County Sheriff’s Office deputies from the Mojave Substation, 65 miles southeast of Bakersfield, drove along a desolate rural stretch of road adjacent to California state Route 14. Their jurisdiction spans rugged terrain on the western side of the vast 50,000-square-mile Mojave Desert reaching into Nevada, Arizona and Utah.
“A passerby in the area reported the circumstances as suspicious to law enforcement,” Lori Meza, KCSO public information officer, told Transport Topics. “The area is a desert area that is rural with no homes or businesses nearby.”
The Investigation
The deputies went to investigate the area around the 400 block of Silver Queen Road in the underdeveloped southern part of the town of Mojave…