Transnational burglary crew busted in Westlake Village, authorities say - BERITAJA

Four men allegedly stole $100,000 worthy of belongings from a location successful Westlake Village successful an organized burglary past week, constabulary said.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said Monday it expects to find further victims, though nary person yet been identified. The agency believes the group responsible is portion of a “transnational organized crime burglary crew” that is associated pinch astatine slightest 1 akin crime successful Southern California, Det. Brian Koruda said successful an email.

On May 5, a personification returned to their Westlake Village location and recovered that the location had been ransacked and aggregate things had been stolen. California Highway Patrol officers spotted 1 of the cars connected to the burglary successful the Calabasas area and chased it until the car stopped and 3 group sewage retired and ran. All 3 were yet recovered and arrested. Los Angeles constabulary stopped different fishy conveyance and arrested the driver.

A hunt of the suspects’ cars revealed things connecting the 4 men to the burglary, the sheriff’s agency said.

Javier Ricardo Pulido Ramirez, 41, Diego Cuervo, 39, Sergio Alejandro Paez Cuervo, 27, and Jesus Miguel Velez Hernandez, 35, were booked connected charges of residential burglary and conspiracy to perpetrate a crime. Bail has been group astatine $500,000 for each of them.

For the past mates of years astatine least, groups of world thieves person been traveling to Southern California and burglarizing homes and stores before absconding backmost to their location countries. Several groups person been caught, including successful Ventura County.