Thieves have targeted freight trains running through the deserts of California and Arizona in a string of audacious heists resulting in the theft of more than $3 million ($US2 million) worth of new Nike sneakers, including many that haven't hit the retail market yet, according to officials and court documents.In a January 13 robbery, suspects cut an air brake hose on a BNSF freight train travelling through a remote section of Arizona and made off with more than 1,900 pairs of unreleased Nikes worth more than $694,000 according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Phoenix.Many of the shoes were Nigel Sylvester x Air Jordan 4s, which won’t be available to the public until March 14 and are expected to retail at $355 per pair, the complaint states.
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