How police arrested 700 suspected phone thieves in massive crackdown
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More than 700 people were arrested and hundreds of suspected stolen mobile phones seized in one month by officers from Britain’s biggest police force. The Metropolitan Police, which has some of the highest rates per thousand people of personal robbery and theft from the person in England and Wales, carried out operations including the arrest of a 21-year-old suspect who fled on an e-bike and jumped into a pond. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@itvnews?lang=en Follow ITV News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itvnews/ Follow ITV News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itvnews/ Follow ITV News on X: https://twitter.com/itvnews
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