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London politics
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2 weeks ago

Targeted operations cutting phone thefts, Met says

Targeted Metropolitan Police operations and a £4.5m mayoral investment helped reduce mobile phone thefts in London by 12% from 2024 to 2025.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

West End star: My phone was stolen in London... I tracked it down to a market in China

John Owen-Jones tracked a phone stolen in London to a Shenzhen second-hand phone market amid a broader mobile phone theft crisis in the city.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Moment leader of cowardly' phone snatching gang arrested for 11-day crime spree on London Tube

Adel Kerari, leader of a mobile phone-snatching gang, was arrested and jailed after an 11-day London Underground crime spree and related fraud convictions.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Council tax rise to help police fight phone thefts

Londoners face a proposed council tax rise to fund extra police resources aimed at cracking down on a sharp increase in mobile phone theft.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Met seizes e-bikes in phone snatching crackdown

The Met Police seized 2,500 e-bikes and e-scooters to disrupt criminals using them to snatch mobile phones and commit robberies.
fromwww.bbc.com
4 months ago

One iPhone led police to gang suspected of sending up to 40,000 stolen UK phones to China

Police say they have dismantled an international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China in the last year. In what the Metropolitan Police says is the UK's largest ever operation against phone thefts, 18 suspects have been arrested and more than 2,000 stolen devices discovered. Police believe the gang could be responsible for exporting up to half of all phones stolen in London - where most mobiles are taken in the UK.
UK news
London
fromwww.standard.co.uk
6 months ago

London's record 116,000 phone thefts in 2024 - equivalent to 13 an HOUR - but only 169 suspects are charged

London recorded over 116,000 mobile phone thefts last year, yet only 169 suspects were charged, indicating extremely low prosecution rates.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
6 months ago

Moment Cycling Mikey pulls Sharpie pen on 'mobile phone thieves' on e-bikes in west London

Cycling Mikey confronted two alleged mobile phone thieves in Chiswick; footage shows a rider allegedly brandishing a 'flicky' identified by van Erp as a Sharpie.
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