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NJSP Smashes Trad-OC Cargo Theft Ring Based In Popular Passaic Warehouse NJSP Smashes Trad-OC Cargo Theft Ring Based In Popular Passaic Warehouse
Njsp Smashes Trad-OC Cargo Theft Ring Based In Popular Passaic Warehouse More than $1 million in goods stolen from national retailers were recovered by New Jersey State Police who smashed a cargo theft ring based out of a popular Passaic warehouse that also operated a smaller facility in Carlstadt, authorities said. Eleven men were arrested -- seven of them from Passaic County, three from Hudson -- as part of "Operation Botany Strike," state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The five-month investigation began after detectives from the NJSP Interstate Theft North Unit found an abandoned tractor-trailer at the Vince Lombardi Service Area in Ridgefi…

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by Jerry DeMarco