Trucking company has two semis stolen in Central California

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A trucking institution has 2 semi-trucks stolen successful the Central Valley successful a week, starring to mislaid trucks, goods, and business, arsenic good arsenic hundreds of thousands of dollars.

SKS Logistics sends trucks crossed the authorities and state carrying costly loads for assorted businesses.

Recently, regular concern led to large thefts of their trucks.

One was stolen from a locked batch successful Fresno and the different from a motortruck halt on Highway 99 successful Madera aft the operator had rolled successful for the night.

"He parked the truck, helium goes location the adjacent greeting helium comes backmost the motortruck is missing," said Gargandeep Sidhu, SKS Logistics.

Highway Patrol said it's not uncommon for trucks to beryllium stolen from motortruck stops due to the fact that determination aren't ever information cameras trained connected the motortruck lots.

Officers urge drivers and owners instrumentality precautions.

"If you tin enactment a tracking instrumentality successful your conveyance conscionable successful lawsuit it were to get stolen there's a accidental to retrieve that conveyance astatine a aboriginal time," said Ofc. Sergio Moreno, CHP Madera.

Gargandeep Sidhu said his institution does instrumentality superior precautions, encouraging their drivers to parkland successful locked tons and not astatine motortruck stops.

He said each of their trucks person 3 trackers installed, but it seems the criminals person figured retired however to find and disable the trackers.

"We effort to find it done the GPS," said Sidhu. "You cognize some our trucks and trailer person GPS, the motortruck has dash Cam. and you cognize it was we couldn't way it."

Sidhu said the motortruck stolen retired of Madera was recovered 15 miles distant from wherever it was reported stolen, but the load and trailer ne'er were.

The motortruck stolen retired of Fresno was recovered a time later, but with its trailer missing. Instead, different company's trailer was attached to the truck.

The trailer was recovered down successful San Bernardino County with the load stolen.

Sindhu said the thefts person led to important fiscal nonaccomplishment successful the hundreds of thousands of dollars, betwixt the missing loads, the mislaid trailer, and harm to the trucks.

He said they've besides mislaid retired connected concern opportunities due to the fact that companies are disquieted their products volition besides beryllium stolen.

"It's a large nonaccomplishment for us," said Sidhu. "I'm gonna beryllium honest, it's impacting wide connected the concern nowadays."

Sidhu thinks he's mislaid 30 loads of unbooked cargo.

Insurance does screen the mislaid loads, but Sidhu said their premiums volition spell up, costing the institution more.

Sidhu said aft the trucks were found, helium didn't consciousness similar instrumentality enforcement did overmuch investigating.

Both CHP and Fresno confirmed reports and said nary arrests person been made.

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