London phone theft crackdown leads to 700 arrests
First reported 7 Oct, 23:01 UTCUpdated 2d ago3 sources
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Police have arrested hundreds of people in their biggest operation against mobile phone theft in London, as figures show the number stolen is at a four-year low. Met Police officers chased suspects at high speed to reunite victims with their phones and searched second-hand phone shops suspected of handling stolen…
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Police have arrested hundreds of people in their biggest operation against mobile phone theft in London, as figures show the number stolen is at a four-year low. Met Police officers chased suspects at high speed to reunite victims with their phones and searched second-hand phone shops suspected of handling stolen…
Police officers in the capital carried out more than 50 warrants around London to recover stolen phones.
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- London phone theft crackdown leads to 700 arrests (opens The National (UAE) in a new tab)
Police have arrested hundreds of people in their biggest operation against mobile phone theft in London, as figures show the number stolen is at a four-year low. Met Police officers chased suspects at high speed to reunite victims with their phones and searched second-hand phone shops suspected of handling stolen…
- Met Police seizes hundreds of stolen phones and arrests more than 700 people in its 'largest ever crackdown' on Lawless London's device thieves (opens Daily Mail in a new tab)
Police officers in the capital carried out more than 50 warrants around London to recover stolen phones.
- Suspected thief runs into pond to ditch stolen phones during police chase (opens GB News in a new tab)
A suspected phone thief has attempted to escape police by riding into a park and wading into a pond in South East London. Bodycam footage from the Metropolitan Police shows the suspect appearing to throw away six suspected stolen mobile phones wrapped in foil into the pond. A police chase through the streets of the…
