Overview

• Detectives executed an Oct. 2 search warrant at a Santa Monica warehouse on the 1700 block of Stewart Street during a WhatNot livestream.
• Owner Adeel Shams, 34, was arrested on suspicion of receiving known stolen property over $950 and later released on his own recognizance.
• Police report seizing more than 2,100 pairs of unreleased Nike sneakers plus 150 cartons of apparel valued at roughly $500,000.
• Officers detained additional people at the scene as Commercial Crimes investigators pursue a broader cargo‑theft case tied to a stolen train shipment.
• Shams is scheduled to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court on Oct. 23, and detectives say further arrests are anticipated.