The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Industrial Plastic Theft Task Force was recently back in the news, targeting two locations in the evening of January 2, 2013 to seize stolen “trademark plastic products” worth in excess of $115,000.
The illicit plastics grinding operation was located in South El Monte. There, stolen trademarked plastic products were accumulated and ground before being stored in sacks awaiting sale. Some of the products discovered were still intact, while some had already been ground. In pictures released, beverage crates shown include Dr. Pepper/Snapple.
A total of eight individuals, six males and two females, were arrested and charged with receiving known stolen property. The individuals were comprised of five family members, two employees and the owner of the business, according to the L.A. Sheriff’s Department.
Rick LeBlanc, EMBA, is the founder and editor of Reusable Packaging News (subscribe to the free newsletter) and editor of Western Pallet Magazine. A supply chain journalist with more than 30 years of experience, he specializes in pallets, reusable packaging, material handling and related operations. Rick is co-author of Pallets: A North American Perspective and Pallets & Progress: A Collected History of Pallets and Palletized Handling 1922–1945. He is also an advisory board member of the Virginia Tech Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design. Read Rick’s full bio.
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