Kansas AG Kris Kobach Explains Organized Retail Crime Trending In Heartland

Follow-up and more deets . . . Here's the Kansas lawman offering insight and on the ground reporting about this trend that's taking hold across the metro and even in some of our nicer enclaves . . . Check-it:

Kansas and Missouri are among the top 10 most affected states due to their prime location, according to Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach.

"The reason is almost certainly the I-70 corridor, which has become a pipeline not only for drugs but also for organized retail crime. There is a link between drug trafficking and organized retail crime," Kobach said in prepared remarks for testimony before a House subcommittee in June. "The drug-addicted often become boosters in order to feed their habits, and some fences recruit them specifically."

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