A police task force recovered 50 stolen vehicles worth $1.8 million and arrested two people after raiding a chop shop in Norco.
Officers booked Brian Stump, 46, and Kelsey Jones, 29, with operating a chop shop, vehicle theft, multiple counts of possessing stolen vehicles and possession of narcotics.
The Riverside Auto-Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID) conducted the raid after a months-long investigation into an organized crime group responsible for stealing vehicles across Southern California, according to the California Highway Patrol. RAID is a multi-agency task force consisting of Riverside County law enforcement agencies and the California Department of Insurance…