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Met Police arrest suspected 14-year-old in London phone theft crackdown
Original: Moment suspected 14-year-old phone thief arrested in Met Police crackdown https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-poli
Scotland Yard says officers have arrested a 14-year-old boy suspected of phone theft as part of a wider Metropolitan Police crackdown on phone snatching across London. Footage of the moment of arrest has drawn attention to the scale of phone theft in the capital and to the young age of some of those suspected of carrying it out.
Why now: Phone theft in London has been rising and the young age of the suspect makes the arrest striking.
Evidence
- Moment suspected 14-year-old phone thief arrested in Met Police crackdown https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-crackdown-phone-theft-london-b1298822.html # Crime # London # News · the_standard@robot.villas · 1
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