Arizona police recover $400K in stolen cargo during stops 20 minutes apart
Arizona law enforcement coordinated two interstate stops after an investigator located a stolen trailer. Officers recovered roughly $400,000 in cargo within minutes. The post Arizona police recover $400K in stolen cargo during stops 20 minutes apart appeared first on FreightWaves .
Investigators in northern Arizona received an alert about a stolen cargo shipment traveling through the region. Detective Curtis Peery of the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office initiated a search on Interstate 40, eventually locating the suspected trailer. Peery then provided identifying information to the company, which confirmed the trailer and alerted Peery to a second stolen load near Phoenix.
Simultaneously, Sgt. Jeffrey Gordon of the Phoenix Police Department received the information about the second vehicle and coordinated with an Arizona state trooper to intercept it. Twenty minutes after locating the first trailer, Peery's team intercepted the Interstate 40 vehicle. The two separate operations recovered approximately $400,000 in merchandise, as Peery reported.
Initially focused on the northern shipment, Peery expanded his investigation upon confirming the second stolen load. Effective communication between the Coconino County and Phoenix Police Departments facilitated the coordination of the two stops, which occurred approximately 20 minutes apart. While arrests were made during the operations, the suspects and specific charges have not been disclosed.
The exact cargo recovered remains unclear, and further details about the original thefts were not immediately available. FreightWaves will update the story if additional information becomes available.
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