The Hobbs Act, codified at 18 U.S.C. ยง 1951, is a United States federal law enacted in 1946 that prohibits actual or attempted robbery or extortion that affects interstate or foreign commerce, as well as conspiracies to do so. From Wikipedia
Investigators say the suspects trailed the semitruck nearly 300 miles before search warrants on June 16 recovered part of the stolen jewels
