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A multi-agency task force made 13 arrests, including six for felonies, at the upscale Victoria Gardens shopping center in Rancho Cucamonga on Friday, April 19, during the latest Operation Smash & Grab effort.

The value of the thefts of clothing, lotions and jewelry, among other items, totaled almost $10,000, the San Bernardino County Sheriff鈥檚 Department said. Two of the thefts involved multiple people, sheriff鈥檚 spokeswoman Mara Rodriguez said Monday.

The county Probation Department, Homeland Security Investigations, California Highway Patrol and the San Bernardino Police Department took part in Friday鈥檚 operation.

Sheriff Shannon Dicus, in a written statement when the task force was launched before Christmas in December, said: 鈥淒eputy sheriff鈥檚 will be undercover in retail stores throughout the county with the purpose of arresting actors engaged in retail theft.鈥�

Operation Smash & Grab focuses its efforts on the Rancho Cucamonga, Apple Valley, Hesperia, Victorville and Chino Hills shopping districts.

Tactics include using license plate readers to identify stolen cars and those linked to thieves.

The sheriff said the department is working the District Attorney鈥檚 Office to coordinate the prosecution of suspects.