US EditionFBI activity in Oakland not related to ICE enforcement, officials say
Greenfield Police lead a coordinated investigation involving nearly a dozen agencies targeting a statewide fuel theft ring with arrests and multiple raids across East Bay cities.
- On Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, the Greenfield Police Department led a multi-agency operation serving search warrants across Oakland, Richmond and San Leandro.
- Mixer said the alleged organized fuel-theft ring `were able to bypass the security features of some of these pumps` to access large quantities of fuel, which they resold at an East Oakland chop shop.
- Authorities seized two trailers, a forklift, a motorcycle, and five cars suspected to be stolen while processing a junkyard-like lot in East Oakland for hours with FBI vehicles present.
- Mixer said one arrest opened the investigation, while afternoon press conference officials said no arrests occurred and stressed the operation did not involve U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement .
- Authorities warned unsafe handling of flammable fuel can cause fires or explosions, said thefts affected communities across multiple counties, and the public is urged to report tips to the Greenfield Police Department.
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Massive law enforcement operation busts statewide fuel theft ring believed to be based in Oakland
A massive law enforcement operation has busted a statewide fuel theft ring that investigators believe was based in Oakland. Several agencies were on the ground in numerous cities around the East Bay on Wednesday.
Wednesday FBI Raids Hit Alleged Chop Shops Across East Bay, Related to Suspected Diesel Fuel Theft Ring
Four very junkyard-looking locations in Oakland, Richmond, and San Leandro were on the business end of FBI raids Wednesday, in an investigation of what the FBI and Bay Area police think is a diesel fuel theft ring.Both NBC Bay Area and KTVU were covering the story that FBI agents raided four East Bay locations Wednesday morning, in what is apparently an investigation into a stolen diesel fuel ring. Both reports are short on details, but the Bay …
FBI raids East Oakland lot where thieves allegedly sold stolen gas for cheap
OAKLAND — FBI agents swept through the East Bay Wednesday morning, hitting a series of locations amid reports that a group of thieves had set up a station to sell stolen gasoline at an East Oakland chop shop, authorities said. The investigation centers on a property on the 4200 block of Alameda Avenue, the same location that the California Highway Patrol raided last May while looking into a suspected large-scale cargo theft ring, according to co…
FBI activity in Oakland not related to ICE enforcement, officials say
A flurry of activity by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Oakland Wednesday was not related to an enforcement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to officials. The Greenfield Police Department in Monterey County specified that the activity was part of a multi-agency criminal investigation related to organized fuel theft.
East Bay law enforcement activity connected to organized fuel theft investigation
Authorities from various agencies served several search warrants across the East Bay Wednesday in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation into organized fuel theft, officials said. The alleged fuel theft has been affecting communities across multiple counties, according to the Greenfield Police Department, the lead agency in the investigation. “Organized fuel theft operations often involve the illegal resale of stolen fuel and pose ser…
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