2 men arrested after Phoenix chop shop bust by DPS investigators, officials say

Officials with the Arizona Department of Public Safety say they have arrested two men in connection with a chop shop operation in Phoenix. In a statement posted to the department's Facebook page on March 29, officials said the arrests came after detectives with DPS' Vehicle Theft Task Force executed a search warrant in an industrial area northeast of 35th Avenue and Buckeye Road. As detectives served the search warrant, they found five stolen vehicles as well as a utility trailer.