Stolen Big Rig With $250K Worth Of Merchandise Inside Recovered By CHP Near Fairfield

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FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — A stolen large rig that was afloat of assorted merchandise has been recovered by California Highway Patrol.

Officers say, aboriginal Sunday morning, a stolen Freightliner tractor-trailer was spotted connected westbound Interstate 80 astatine Travis Boulevard. The large rig was yet stopped astatine the Cordelia Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility and a hunt was soon done.

The stolen large rig had implicit $250,000 worthy of merchandise inside. (Credit: CHP Solano)

Inside the trailer, officers recovered much than $250,000 worthy of cargo, including: vino and different alcohol, Columbia-brand covering and merchandise, bulk freight items, and different heavy-duty equipment.

The operator arrested has been identified arsenic 30-year-old Clyde nonmigratory Ronald Edward Stevens.

Exactly wherever the large rig was stolen is unclear.

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Stevens has been booked into Solano County Jail and is facing aggregate felony charges.