3 arrested, $218,000 worth of electronics recovered by CHP officers

KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A two-day cognition resulted successful 3 arrests and $218,000 worthy of electronics recovered by California Highway Patrol Officers.

The CHP says the full cargo load featured items similar Meta Quest 2 virtual world headsets and Ray-Ban Sunglasses.

On Tuesday, CHP detectives, on with respective different agencies, launched an probe into a truckload of physics merchandise originating from Kentucky that was heading to a organisation halfway successful Tulare County.

The motortruck made an unscheduled halt successful Kern County, and officers accidental they witnessed the operator and passengers tampering with the trailer's information devices.

When the motortruck did not get astatine its scheduled destination, officers conducted an enforcement halt connected the motortruck arsenic it entered Madera County from Fresno County.

Officers arrested the driver, 32-year-old Pavittar Singh Bains, and his 2 passengers, 27-year-old Balraj Singh Judge and 36-year-old Simrandeep Singh.

All 3 were booked into the Kern County Jail connected the charges of expansive theft of cargo, possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools and transgression conspiracy.