(KRON) — Dozens of Honda cars that had been stolen in Berkeley in recent weeks were found during a chop shop investigation that resulted in two arrests, the Berkeley Police Department announced Tuesday.
The case began after several vehicles were reported stolen in Berkeley in a single night, authorities said. Officers followed an investigative lead that brought them to East Oakland, near the train tracks between 50th and 66th avenues.
“Officers located four Hondas that had recently been stolen from Berkeley,” police wrote. “Each vehicle had been stripped of parts, with the engines removed and staged for pickup.”
Police conducting surveillance watched suspects loading the stolen engines into pickup trucks and later led investigators to a second location in East Oakland, according to Berkeley PD…