The lizards, which can grow to be more than 6 feet long, were valued together at $75,000.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Police in California announced two arrests and the return of a pair of unique lizards that were stolen from a reptile shop last year.
The Long Beach Police Department said Friday that the two Australian lace monitor lizards were stolen from JTK Reptiles in Long Beach in November, The Los Angeles Times reports.Three people entered the store, broke into the cages holding the lizards and escaped to a waiting car, authorities said. Police tracked the lizards to a Panorama City house Sept. 23. Jose Luis Macias Jr., 30, and Kassandra Marie Duenas, 27, who were in the house at the time, were arrested and charged with second-degree robbery.Animal control handlers were called to recover the lizards before being returned to their owner, Long Beach Police Department spokesman Brandon Fahey said.
The suspects “seem to be knowledgeable about lizards and lizard value and lizard selling," Fahey said.“As far as I know, the lizards were A-OK,” Fahey said. “We lucked out there.”
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