Baltimore Customs and Border Protection officers helped put an end to a motorcycle theft ring and recovered eight motorcycles stolen from Maryland and Virginia.
The last two motorcycles, a 2006 Suzuki GSX R750 reported stolen from Montgomery County, Maryland and a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R600 reported stolen from Prince William County, Virginia were recovered from a shipping container on Monday. It was en route to Bolivia.
The recoveries were part of an ongoing Fairfax County, Virginia Police and CBP investigation into an auto theft ring that disassembled motorcycles and smuggled them out of the country in salvage car exports in shipping containers.
Fairfax County Police made three arrests.
"This is an extraordinary example of a federal state law enforcement partnership that ended a significant theft ring of late model motorcycles," said Stephen Dearborn, CBP Acting Port Director for the Port of Baltimore. "Fairfax County auto theft detectives did a phenomenal job breaking this theft ring and we are pleased to help bring these cases to a successful resolution."
Fairfax County auto theft officers approached CBP in September for help in identifying a shipping container that may contain motorcycles stolen from Fairfax County.
