Trio Caught With $1M Worth of Stolen Legos

Lego's boom as a hot resale item appears to have spawned a very real-life heist in California. Three men were arrested this week after deputies found roughly $1 million in Lego products packed into two box trucks in the Mojave area, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office. They also discovered two stolen freight trailers, taken from a shipment traveling between Fort Worth, Texas, and Moreno Valley, California, reports the New York Times.

The California suspects—identified as Jose Lopez, 37, of San Bernardino; Ruben Lopez Flores, 25, of Los Angeles; and Freddy Hernandez Polinar, 35, of Chino—were booked on suspicion of cargo theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, and conspiracy. Deputies stopped them in the box trucks and later found the freight trailers in a search of the area, per the Los Angeles Times. Lego sets, prized by collectors and easy to move online, have become a growing target in a cargo-theft market.