What appeared to be routine housecleaning visits in Los Angeles turned out to be part of an elaborate burglary operation, authorities say.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, two women posing as cleaning service workers allegedly used a mobile app to enter homes across the San Fernando Valley, stealing luxury handbags, jewelry and thousands of dollars in cash from unsuspecting residents.

Detectives with the LAPD’s Commercial Crimes Division arrested 30-year-old Nikol Quiroga and 49-year-old Sandra Aguillon, both Colombian nationals, on Sept. 30 after a multi-agency investigation involving the FBI and the California Highway Patrol.

When officers searched the suspects’ apartment and vehicles, they reportedly found more than $50,000 in cash, along with high-end handbags, jewelr

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