Fresno cops find $1m worth of stolen bees in “beehive chop shop”

deadcatwithaflamethrower:

lynati:

drst:

mostlysignssomeportents:

The Fresno, California Sheriff’s Department raided a “beehive chop shop” and uncovered $1m worth of bees stolen in “great beehive heists” that have taken place across the bee-starved state.

The sheriffs arrested Pavel Tveretinov, a beekeeper who faces 10 years if convicted. A warrant has been issued for his alleged accomplice, Vitaliy Yeroshenko, who is still at large.

https://boingboing.net/2017/06/29/beekeeper-crime-lords.html

#at no point does the article #refer to the police
investigation as a ‘sting operation’ #that is some heroic restraint on the part
of the reporter

Where’s the Leverage episode about this? 

I’m still rereading the headline trying to make it make sense because it doesn’t because WHY