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London phone theft gang busted, 40,000 stolen iPhones exported to China

2025-10-07 17:09:14Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
London phone theft gang busted, 40,000 stolen iPhones exported to China
Phone thieves in London

The Metropolitan Police have claimed to have dismantled a criminal gang responsible for 40 percent of phone thefts in London.

Some 46 suspects were arrested in the "largest crackdown on mobile phone theft and robbery in the UK", dubbed Operation Echosteep, police have revealed.

Footage released by British authorities shows many phone thieves approaching citizens and snatching their phones from their hands.

The criminal network is suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months.

More than 81,000 phone thefts were reported in the capital last year, prompting warnings of an "epidemic".

The Metropolitan Police said the group, which targeted iPhones because of their profitability abroad, paid street thieves up to £300 for each stolen phone. The devices were then sold for a substantial profit in China.

Figures from Scotland Yard showed a 20% increase in reports of phone theft year on year.

More than 230,000 phones have been reported stolen in the capital over the past four years.

Data from the Metropolitan Police shows that 37 people have their phones stolen every day in the West End alone.

Operation Echosteep began in December last year when a box containing around 1,000 iPhones was seized in a warehouse near Heathrow Airport ahead of a scheduled shipment to Hong Kong.

Almost half of the phones were found stolen. Specialist detectives intercepted other shipments and used forensic evidence found in the packages to identify two men.


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