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The perfect heist? Inside the seamless, sophisticated, stealthy LA theft that netted up to $30 million

Damage to a wall seems to be under repair at Gardaworld in Sylmar, California, on April 4, 2024.

LOS ANGELES — Federal and local law enforcement officials have descended on a nondescript warehouse in the San Fernando Valley, where one of the biggest heists in Los Angeles history occurred Easter Sunday.

Officials and crime experts said the operation appears to have been highly sophisticated, with the burglars making off with what sources estimate was between $20 million and $30 million.

They targeted a Gardaworld building on Roxford Street in Sylmar, accessing a vault where huge

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