The Los Angeles Police Division has busted an organized crime ring that robbed retail shops as lately as Thursday and Friday, the division mentioned in a written assertion Saturday.
The police arrested 18 suspects in reference to robberies valued round $23,000. The suspects ranged in age from 15 to twenty and had been possible concerned in 14 earlier incidents, with stolen items valued at $90,000.
The investigation included the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division.
A police official declined to touch upon the arrests Saturday evening however mentioned the division plans to launch video of the crimes Monday.
The division didn’t determine the suspects or the retailers that had been hit.
The suspects reside within the metropolis and county of Los Angeles. Three of the current thefts occurred inside the metropolis, and a fourth came about in Paramount. The suspects focused shoe and clothes retail chain shops.
The stolen merchandise was recovered and returned to the retailers.
The police additionally impounded eight autos.