AUTO THEFTS ARE A MAJOR PROBLEM IN NEW MEXICO, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CHIPPING AWAY AT THEM. AUTO THEFTS ARE KNOWN TO BE PART OF OTHER CRIMES, LIKE DRUG OFFENSES, PROPERTY CRIMES, AND JUST BEING A VIOLENT OFFENDER.
STATE POLICE ARE DOING MOST OF THE WORK AGAINST THE THIEVES. KOB TV REPORTS A REPEAT OFFENDER WAS ARRESTED ON THURSDAY … AND A 2- DAY OPERATION LAST MONTH LED TO 19 FELONY ARRESTS AND POLICE LOCATING 11 STOLEN VEHICLES, AND DRUG. LAST MONTH, 23 FELONS WERE ARRESTED AND 16 VEHICLES WERE RECOVERED.
