Thieves have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed with discarded packages.
. The sea of debris left behind included items that the thieves apparently didn't think were valuable enough to take, CBSLA reported Thursday.
While CBSLA cameras were on the scene, one person was spotted running off with a container used to hold small packages, and a Union Pacific railroad police officer was spotted pursuing two other people who were apparently going through packages. Union Pacific said in a statement to CBSLA that the railroad was concerned about increased cargo thefts in California.
“The safety of our customers’ goods and our employees is our highest priority,” UPS said in a statement.
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