SAN PABLO – East Bay authorities on Tuesday arrested three males on suspicion of shopping for and promoting hundreds of thousands of {dollars} price of stolen copper wire and catalytic converters.
The San Pablo Police Division discovered in regards to the alleged gross sales final month and launched a joint investigation with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Workplace, the legislation enforcement company mentioned in a information launch.
Police mentioned the investigation decided the suspects have been “concerned within the buy, gross sales and possession of stolen catalytic converters and stolen copper wire.”
Round 8 a.m. Tuesday, officers and deputies served two search warrants within the 1700 block of Street 20 in San Pablo and within the 1000 block of Brookside Drive in Richmond.
A “important cache of suspected stolen property” was recovered, together with greater than 700 catalytic converters, 1,000 kilos of copper wire and $113,000 in money, police mentioned.
“The suspects are believed to have been concerned in an ongoing prison enterprise to purchase and promote stolen property, with greater than $6.4 million in transactions in 2024 alone,” police mentioned.
The boys have been arrested and anticipated to be booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on felony fees of grand theft of copper supplies and receiving stolen property.
The case stays underneath investigation. Anybody with info can contact the police division’s investigations division at 510-215-3150.
