Seattle officers, federal agents confiscate thousands of items during retail theft investigation

Colleen West
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A man was arrested and thousands of items were confiscated as part of an investigation into organized retail theft.

Seattle Police detectives arrested the suspect last Thursday at a north Beacon Hill home after a long investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations.

The 55-year-old man is suspected of buying stolen goods and then selling them out of a Rainier Valley business.

About 3,000 items of suspected stolen retail merchandise were recovered after SPD detectives and agents from HSI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection served search warrants at a home in the 1500 block of 17th Avenue South, and a business in the 7300 block of Rainier Avenue South.

Alcohol, small electronics, clothes, health and beauty products and over-the-counter drugs were among the items.

The suspect was booked into the King County Jail for trafficking in stolen property.

Seattle Police said more than 3,000 items suspected to have been stolen were recovered.
Seattle Police said more than 3,000 items suspected to have been stolen were recovered.