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One random $200 theft? Probably not too interested.

15,000 $200 thefts, all sitting in one spot in a storage locker, they just might be interested (and, it seems they were interested).




You say that like they knew it was there after investigating lots of very small value crimes which led to a very big take down.

Instead, a couple of cops followed up with a gift wrapped solved case of "locate my stolen items at this exact location", and stumbled into a big take down just because they decided today they'll do some real police work.

Had this one civilian not been pissed off enough to plant trackers, this caper would have continued for years.




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