TOWANDA TOWNSHIP, PA (KSEE/KPGE) – A Fresno trucker is in ICE custody after being caught in Pennsylvania with nearly $3 million in stolen powder.
Officers identified the suspect as 31-year-old Deepak Kumar.
Deepak Kumar
According to the arrest record, Kumar was caught hauling 10 pallets of stolen Tungsten Oxide Powder.
It was worth $2,857,500.
The powder, which is used in armor-piercing rounds, ceramics, lasers, optical products, and high-tech windows, belonged to Mitsubishi Materials Corporation and was slated for a June 24 pickup.
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The pickup was delayed a day, and everything seemed to be going smoothly, until Friday, June 26, when an employee said they could no longer get a hold of the driver.
The truck was spotted by a Flock camera on June 27. Inside, officers found Kumar, who they say provided three forms of identification: an invalid work visa, a fraudulent New York State License, and a valid California driver’s license.
He was arrested for theft and later transferred to McFarland, California, where he remains in ICE custody.
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