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2 LAX cargo handlers arrested, charged in theft of gold bars worth $224K
KTLA ^ | May 25, 2021 | by: Erika Martin

Posted on 05/25/2021 6:11:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The four gold bars stolen were part of a larger shipment from Australia, and Moody is accused of taking them after part of the cargo got separated from the rest when it arrived at LAX on April 22, 2020.

A Canadian bank had shipped 2,000 gold bars, each weighing a kilogram and valued at around $56,000, via Singapore Airlines. During a layover at LAX, the gold was removed from the plane and secured, but an inventory check that evening showed one box of 25 bars had gone missing, prosecutors said.

The following morning, Moody allegedly discovered the missing box near the Singapore Airlines cargo warehouse and subsequently took four of the bars.

Benson picked Moody up in a company van, and the two exchanged texts about Moody’s stash of gold because others were in the van

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: california; cargohandlers; gold; lax; theft
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To: BenLurkin

Having flown though many times the names I am guessing theit names Mohammed Achmed and Achmed Mohammad, Both Somali immigrants.

Land in any major US international airport and you would think you landed in Somalia.


21 posted on 05/25/2021 10:21:52 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: BenLurkin

“the two exchanged texts about Moody’s stash of gold because others were in the van”

If you’re going to commit a crime texting is the best way to communicate with your accomplice to avoid a conviction if caught. If that’s not possible, the next best way is to get poster board, write a note, and then hold over your head.


22 posted on 05/26/2021 5:45:13 AM PDT by suthener
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To: suthener

Exactly.


23 posted on 05/26/2021 7:30:40 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: maro

No word of congress person involved.


24 posted on 05/26/2021 8:28:59 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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