Traffic Stop Yields 400 Pounds Of Stolen Mangoes In Coachella Valley

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OASIS (CBSLA.com/AP) — An investigation of agricultural thefts in the southern Coachella Valley has led to the arrests of two people.

(credit: Riverside County Sheriff's Department)

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department says deputies looking into thefts from farms in the Thermal, Oasis and Mecca areas stopped a suspect vehicle Wednesday and found 400 pounds of freshly picked mangoes.

The department says the mangoes were found to have been stolen earlier in the morning from a local farm.

Two occupants of the car -- 25-year-old Carlos Alvarado and 59-year-old Maria Arciniega, both of Thermal -- were booked into the county jail in Indio for investigation of felony theft of agriculture.

(credit: Riverside County Sheriff's Department)

Alvarado was also arrested on an outstanding felony theft warrant with a bail of $100,000, according to sheriff's department.