(KRON) -- Three teenage girls were arrested Wednesday after police tracked down a car linked to a series of suspected retail thefts, including one at a San Mateo Nordstrom Rack.
San Mateo police said they were alerted around 3:30 p.m. about a black Tesla Model S connected to a theft involving roughly $2,000 in merchandise in a neighboring city.
Police used license plate readers to track the car, which had been spotted near Hillsdale Shopping Center earlier in the day. Around 5 p.m., the car was spotted again near Bridgepointe Shopping Center.
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Officers eventually found the car parked outside a store with some help from a police drone. They later stopped the car and detained the three girls inside.
Police said the teens had stolen clothing from Nordstrom Rack at Bridgepointe Shopping Center. The merchandise was found inside the car.
All three girls are 17 years old and live in San Pablo, San Bruno, and San Francisco.
They were arrested on suspicion of organized retail theft, petty theft and conspiracy, then released to their parents.
