The London Police Have Dismantled a Gang of Thieves Responsible for nearly Half of All Phone Thefts in the British Capital. The Gang is Susped of Having Smuggled Possible 40,000 Phones to China in the Past Year.
This is reported by the BBC , which was Given Access to Police Reports. When a Victim was Able to Track his Stolen Phone to a Warehouse Near Heathrow Airport on Christmas Eve Last Year, The Device Turned Out To Be in a Box With 894 Other Phones Destined for Hong Kong.
Following That Discovery, Police Tracked Similar Shipments. This has led to the judgment of Eighteen suspects. More Than Two Thousand Stolen Phones Have Been Found.
Accordance to the London Police, This is the Largest Operation Against Phone Theft Ever in the Country. At Least 28 Properties in London and nearby Hertfordshire Have Been Raided in recent weeks.
The Thieves Are Said to Have Mainly Targeted iPhones, because they are Worth a Lot Abroad. The Phones Could Be Sold in China for Thousands of Euros.
Three-quarters of all thefts in the country take place in London, and the problem is Getting Bigger and Bigger. In 2020, There Were Still Approximately 30,000 Reported Thefts in The British Capital. In 2024, there were more than 80,000.
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