The Metropolitan Police described the reselling of stolen phones abroad and in the UK as a £50million-a-year trade.
The Met Police has stepped up its efforts to clamp down on phone thieves, seizing 1,000 stolen mobiles and arresting 230 people in one week. During a week of co-ordinated action across London, the capital's police force specifically targeted phone thieves. This included action in hot spot areas, such as the West End and Westminster where nearly 40% of thefts occur, it said. The Met Police described it as a £50m-a-year trade that saw stolen phones resold abroad and in the UK.
Other operations included arresting two e-bike thieves, who were later sentenced to a combined five years, for phone thefts. Alongside that, they executed a warrant at a second-hand phone shop where they suspected stolen mobiles were.
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