22 arrested in massive train cargo burglary ring in Los Angeles

Officials with the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday announced that a yearlong investigation of train cargo burglaries netted 22 arrests and $18 million in recovered merchandise. 

In January, the Union Pacific Railroad Company reported a 160% nationwide increase in rail thefts, with more than 90 containers compromised every day.

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It took them almost a year to make the arrests? A YEAR? They've got video. They've got a guy that says he could see it happening from his place of business, and it still took them a year?

And check out the mugshots. I wonder how many were illegals?