LOOTERS are taking advantage of the inflow of goods outside of the two southern California ports that are responsible for handling almost half of all US imports, reports Bloomberg.
In Lincoln Heights, a densely populated neighbourhood in central Los Angeles that is home to terminals belonging to the Union Pacific and United Parcel Service, looters are breaking into cargo containers to steal delivery packages, CBS News reported.
Packages from carriers including UPS and Amazon, many of which arrived from Asia through the nation's largest ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, are strewn along the railway tracks.
The looters raided packages that contained all sorts of consumer goods, while abandoning those seen as not valuable enough, including Covid tests and EpiPens, devices used in emergencies to treat severe allergic reactions.
'We have increased the number of Union Pacific special agents on patrol, and we have utilized and explored additional technologies to help us combat this criminal activity,' Union Pacific told CBS. According to the report, the Los Angeles Police Department only responds to reports of train robberies when they come from the carriers, which rarely happens.
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In Lincoln Heights, a densely populated neighbourhood in central Los Angeles that is home to terminals belonging to the Union Pacific and United Parcel Service, looters are breaking into cargo containers to steal delivery packages, CBS News reported.
Packages from carriers including UPS and Amazon, many of which arrived from Asia through the nation's largest ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, are strewn along the railway tracks.
The looters raided packages that contained all sorts of consumer goods, while abandoning those seen as not valuable enough, including Covid tests and EpiPens, devices used in emergencies to treat severe allergic reactions.
'We have increased the number of Union Pacific special agents on patrol, and we have utilized and explored additional technologies to help us combat this criminal activity,' Union Pacific told CBS. According to the report, the Los Angeles Police Department only responds to reports of train robberies when they come from the carriers, which rarely happens.
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