Authorities have charged six men with a multi-state lottery ticket theft ring targeting stores in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

“These indictments and arrests are a reflection of the tremendous partnerships between state and local agencies and represent how law enforcement and prosecutors from my office work tirelessly and side-by-side to solve and prosecute crimes perpetrated by criminal networks,” said Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker in a statement.

The thefts, which police and prosecutors investigated under the name “Operation Smash & Cash,” allegedly began at around 6 a.m. on Feb. 27, when Swampscott Police responded to the Citgo gas station at 219 Paradise Road. When they arrived, a window was broken and 300 Massachusetts scratch tickets were gone.

Other communities soon followed with very similar stories: March 2 at Richdale Convenience at 306 Lincoln Ave. in Saugus; March 6 at Salem Variety Store at 222 Salem St. in Wakefield; later the same hour at A One Market at 50 Central Street in Peabody; March 13 at Richdale Convenience at 29 Smith St. in Marblehead; March 19 at Richdale Convenience at 472 Lafayette Road in Seabrook, N.H.; March 25 at the Citgo at 159 Amherst St. in Nashua, N.H.; March 27 at Village market at 6 Danville Road in Fremont, N.H.; March 29 at the Engen gas station at 132 North Lowell Road in Windham, N.H.; an hour later at Eli’s Country Store at 381 Middlesex Ave. in Wilmington; April 11 at Richdale at 139 Lynnfield St. in Peabody; and about an hour and 20 minutes later at Richdale Convenience at 543 Chatham St. in Lynn.

Police from each of these communities and many more, as well as units from the Massachusetts State Police, worked for three months investigating these thefts, according to the Essex DA’s office.

Six men who authorities say are affiliates of the Trinitarios gang were arrested Wednesday and arraigned in district court on charges of being fugitives from justice and then arraigned in Essex Superior Court on a total of 121 indictments. The charges aren’t identical for each man, but include breaking and entering in the nighttime for felony; larceny; larceny from a building; wanton destruction of property; receiving stolen property; common and notorious thief; money laundering; and improper use of a credit card.

Those men are: David Garcia, 22, of Lynn; Darwin Batista, 20, of Lynn; Angel Santos, 24, of Lynn; Israel Garcia, 22, of Methuen; Westyn Lantigua, 23, of Lynn; and Aaron Diaz Liranzo, 25, of Revere.

They will each be held without bail until May 30 on the fugitive from justice charges and will return to Superior Court on May 8 and May 10 for bail arguments.