London Cops Nab Phone Snatchers in Sting Operation

0:00On April 27, London cops just ran a sharp operation against phone snatchers, hitting tourist spots in South London, napping six suspects for robbery. Right in the thick of it. From late Friday the 24th of April into early Saturday, plane closed officers, pursue drivers and bike teams swarmed hotspots like Southbank, Burrow Market, and Waterloo, where thieves zip off on modded e-bikes. They spotted a crew on Burrow High Street using a slick distraction, asking folks to unlock phones for social media, follows, then swiping them. Cops swooped in quick, making arrests for conspiracy to rob, part of 15 total buss over 12 hours that also hit theft and drugs. Crime stats show the heat's working, phone thefts dropped 13,000 last year, theft from person down 21% sparing 20,000 victims and neighborhood offenses fell 15% across London. Meanwhile, the top brass is pushing phone makers hard, Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley gave them till June 1st to make stolen devices useless for.

1:03Resail, or he'll call for new laws. These targeted hits keep proving they got the thieves in their sights.