Overview
- Operation Zoridon deployed more than 300 officers for two days of coordinated raids after months of intelligence work targeting shops reselling goods stolen from major retailers.
- Police arrested 32 suspects for handling stolen goods, drug offences and immigration violations, with most later bailed as investigations continue.
- Seizures ran to thousands of items worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, including about 2,000 phones from a Woolwich store, secret stashes of electronics and gaming consoles, and Apple-confirmed counterfeits.
- Nine premises received closure notices as multi‑agency teams with Trading Standards, the London Fire Brigade and Border Force executed warrants and licensing checks.
- Investigators used SelectaDNA marking and a trained detection dog to link stock to source retailers, while senior officials urged national replication and court support for longer closure orders.