Overview
- Metropolitan Police raided a Kilburn High Road convenience store on Thursday, finding more than 500 suspected stolen phones and detaining four men.
- The suspects, aged 22, 25, 34 and 63, were held on suspicion of handling stolen goods and drug offences, with three later bailed and one released under investigation.
- Police video shows officers cutting a padlock to reach a back room lined with shelves of phones and iPhone boxes.
- The search formed part of a Brent week of action that targets theft, robbery and e-bike crime using intelligence, drones and Sur-Ron electric bikes.
- The Met says this approach has cut phone theft reports by 10,000 in the past year, and earlier sweeps led to 248 arrests, 770 seized phones and court dates later this month for four suspects.