A California Highway Patrol retail theft task force recovered nearly a half-million dollars in stolen merchandise from a home in Oakland and arrested a resident following a month-long investigation, the agency said Friday.
In July CHP investigators began a probe into a criminal network responsible for a string of retail thefts targeting various retailers throughout the Bay Area, the CHP’s Golden Gate Division Organized Retail Crime Taskforce (ORCTF) said in a press statement .
Investigators identified suspects in an illicit fencing operation based in an Oakland home after conducting surveillance operations, the CHP said. After obtaining search warrants, CHP investigators and San Ramon police officers raided the home on August 15 and searched two vehicles, recovering a large amount of stolen merchandise, the CHP said…