Three men have been charged with stealing 1,278 pairs of Air Jordan 11 Retro shoes worth more than $311,000 from a train parked in the Mojave Desert in California.

Three men have been charged in connection with a brazen heist in which they stole more than 1,200 pairs of Air Jordan Retro 11 shoes from a train parked in the Mojave Desert. A release from the United States Justice Department indicates that BNSF Railway police were notified on Friday that a shipping container containing

Three men have been charged with breaking into a BNSF train and stealing more than $300,000 in Nike merchandise while the train was parked in the Mojave Desert and then transporting the stolen goods to Anaheim.

Thieves who stole more than 1,200 pairs of Air Jordans from a train in the Mojave Desert were foiled by a GPS tracker in the shipment, authorities said.

Police recovered more than $300,000 in Nike Jordan shoes during a California Highway Patrol operation in Anaheim Friday morning.