Watch as moped thieves snatch phone from victim's hand - City of London Police
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Watch as moped thieves snatch phone from victim's hand - City of London Police
40K viewsSep 20, 2016
YouTubeCity of London Police
London moped thieves steal phones from hands of lone unsuspecting commuters
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London moped thieves steal phones from hands of lone unsuspecting commuters
176.8K viewsJan 4, 2023
YouTubeThe Independent
Moment London phone thief caught by police after 25 mobiles snatched in just one hour
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Moment London phone thief caught by police after 25 mobiles snatched in just one hour
Jun 5, 2024
MetroSam Corbishley
London’s brazen moped cellphone snatchers | England
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London’s brazen moped cellphone snatchers | England
242.5K viewsApr 19, 2017
YouTubeCrime Watch
London Phone Theft Crackdown! Officers Tackle Phone Snatchers to the Ground & Mopeds #london
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London Phone Theft Crackdown! Officers Tackle Phone Snatchers to the Ground & Mopeds #london
140.9K views11 months ago
YouTubeMetropolitan Police
This is the moment Police raided a phone statching hot-spot. A clampdown on the "industrial-scale" crime of mobile phone-snatching across London has resulted in 230 people being arrested by the Metropolitan Police in the past week. In its battle against the "scourge of mobile phone crime", the force said it had also seized more than 1,000 handsets. The Met has deployed plain-clothed officers in "hotspot" areas, including the West End and Westminster, and is also using tracking technology to reco
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This is the moment Police raided a phone statching hot-spot. A clampdown on the "industrial-scale" crime of mobile phone-snatching across London has resulted in 230 people being arrested by the Metropolitan Police in the past week. In its battle against the "scourge of mobile phone crime", the force said it had also seized more than 1,000 handsets. The Met has deployed plain-clothed officers in "hotspot" areas, including the West End and Westminster, and is also using tracking technology to reco
7.8K viewsFeb 7, 2025
FacebookBBC London
Tasered! London phone snatchers on Surrons chased by Met ARV (Armed Response Vehicle) and arrested
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Tasered! London phone snatchers on Surrons chased by Met ARV (Armed Response Vehicle) and arrested
2.9M views9 months ago
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Taking on London's phone snatchers | Police action
225.5K viewsFeb 10, 2025
YouTubeMetropolitan Police
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Phone snatchers terrorise London streets as notorious thefts rise
Nov 13, 2024
Mail OnlineGETHIN HICKS
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How to avoid phone thieves in London
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YouTubeUrban Stories
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London’s Phone Snatching Epidemic
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YouTubeLoyan
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Phone snatching network behind one in four thefts in London dismantled in police crackdown
1 month ago
The IndependentNazir Afzal
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Inside London's Phone Theft Epidemic | EXPOSED
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YouTubeSCREENSHOT
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The thieves making a violent career out of swiping Londoners phones – BBC London News
19.7K viewsFeb 26, 2018
YouTubeBBC London
Shocking rate at which phones are stolen in London revealed as thefts soar
Mar 10, 2025
thesun.ie
UK’s largest phone theft: Metropolitan police arrests gang smuggling stolen phones in London
6 months ago
thenews.com.pk
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A suspected phone snatcher was arrested seconds after a phone was stolen near St Paul's, thanks to assistance from members of the public and a nearby proactive City of London Police patrol. If you come to the City to steal phones, we will arrest you and bring you to justice. Read more https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2024/october/city-police-arrest-suspected-phone-snatcher-seconds-after-theft-near-st-pauls/ | City of London Police
2.4K viewsOct 17, 2024
FacebookCity of London Police
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Mobile phone snatch thefts occur every six minutes in London 
7.7K viewsSep 6, 2024
YouTubeTheManWithTheHat
Where stolen phones go as police smash gang behind 40% of London theft
6 months ago
ladbible.com
Met Police detectives catch phone thieves with bag of stolen goods in London KFC store
Nov 2, 2024
MetroBrooke Davies
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Phone snatching on London's streets (English subtitles)
225.3K viewsJun 14, 2018
YouTubeSpice English Albania
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Over 1000 stolen phones were seized in a recent @metpoliceuk raid on a north London shop.This comes as phone theft in the capital drops by 10,000 in the last year - a 13% decrease in personal robbery to March 2026.Work continues to tackle phone crime across London.
199.1K views2 weeks ago
x.comMayor of London, Sadiq Khan
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Hundreds arrested for phone theft in London
2 months ago
Sky News
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Met Police seize 1,000 stolen mobiles in single week in crackdown against London theft epidemic
8.6K viewsFeb 6, 2025
YouTubeThe London Standard
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Crackdown to tackle phone theft and robbery in Croydon Two teenagers aged 16 and 17 - and who cannot be named for legal reasons – pleaded guilty to counts of robbery, attempted robbery and attempted grievous bodily harm. This followed an investigation into a spree of robberies across Croydon and Bromley on Monday, 5 August. A coordinated effort was undertaken to identify the teenagers following one report, where a victim was robbed at knifepoint. Officers immediately began to investigate, with o
5.3K viewsSep 27, 2024
FacebookLondon & UK Street News
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Catching the snatchers: Inside London’s phone theft epidemic
22.2K viewsDec 20, 2024
YouTubeThe London Standard
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Operation Echosteep: Met Police launch UK's largest ever crackdown on phone theft network
6 months ago
MetroGeorge Hayes
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More than 250 phones in London are stolen every day - but what should you do if it happens to you? 📲 Full story: bbc.in/3MrFbfW | BBC London
892 viewsApr 11, 2023
FacebookBBC London
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📱 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 past 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. BBC News has been given access to
406.2K views6 months ago
FacebookBBC London
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Watch: Thieves are caught after stealing 35 phones
35 viewsNov 4, 2024
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