For Immediate Release: September 27, 2012 Chop Shop Operation                                                               Durham police officers located a large chop shop operation in a warehouse at 706 Ellis Road earlier this week. One person – Samer Fakhri Othman, 35, of Green Hollows Lane in Durham – was arrested today and charged in connection with the case. Officers discovered

An electrical contractor in Raleigh, North Carolina had two utility trailers and electrical testing equipment stolen in the past two years.  Each of those trailers had been equipped with locks on the doors, trailer hitch, wheels, and a wheel boot (like those placed on illegally parked vehicles).  In each theft, those anti-theft devices had been