The LAPD and LA Port Police officers have been investigating for months multiple thefts of the chassis set aside for commercial truckers to use to move cargo, port police said. Suspected thieves would reface, alter and resell the stolen chassis as new, police said.

Port police said suspected criminals would enter container terminals and remove chassis set aside for commercial truckers to move cargo.

Authorities have arrested a man believed to be part of a crime operation that has been reselling commercial truck chassis stolen from the Port of Los Angeles. Denis Fuentes, 25, of Gardena was taken into custody Wednesday following a joint investigation by the Los Angeles Port Police and the Los Angeles