In the Mojave desert of the US state of California, on the border with Arizona and Nevada, there were at least ten raids on freight trains last year. As the Los Angeles Times reports, at least for some of the recent incidents, the release of new Nike sancers could have been the trigger. With one exception, shoes from the US manufacturer with a total value of $ 2 million were stolen with one exception. On January 13 alone, the thieves gained access to a BNSF freight train by manipulating brake hoses and stole 1,985 pairs of an unpublished Nike shoe worth over $ 440,000, according to a criminal complaint submitted to the US district court. The stolen models were mainly the Nigel Sylvester X Air Jordan 4S, which will only be released on March 14 and is expected to be $ 225 per couple.
In the past year, at least 65,000 raids on freight trains occurred, according to La Times. This number corresponds to an increase of over 40% compared to the previous year. Due to the dangerous situation, the staff of most trains were listened to with transport goods to report potential attacks without intervention.
