JOHNSON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspect in connection with a theft ring in Kansas.
Just after 8p.m. Monday, police officers were alerted to a theft taking place at a local Walmart near 65th Street and Maurer Road, according to a media release.
Near the store, first responding officers located two suspects who were taken into custody. Officers also found several thousand dollars worth of Legos that had been reported stolen from area Walmart stores, along with drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle that the suspects were driving.
The same suspects are under investigation and suspected of committing similar thefts, resulting in the loss of more than $47,000 worth of merchandise from various Walmart stores in the metro area.