By building up intelligence around suspects and working at pace, Met officers in Camden arrested a male and recovered 16 stolen phones, which are being returned to their owners.
At around 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, 6 February, officers were alerted to a phone robbery in Euston. The police helicopter had tracked the suspect to the Belsize Park area of Camden, and a nearby address was raided using the intelligence picture built up by the Met.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested at the location after around £1,000 in cash was found at the address, along with a quantity of cannabis. Sixteen mobile phones were found nearby.
A Surron electric motorcycle found outside the property was also seized. The boy has been bailed pending further enquiries.
Inspector John Wilde, one of the senior officers policing Camden, said: “This arrest shows what we are doing to deal with theft and robbery offences, including by offenders riding bikes, e-bikes and mopeds.
“We are constantly building intelligence, linking offences and working to establish who might be responsible. And we are responding to robberies at pace. These tactics, among others, are enabling us to get significant results like this, recovering stolen goods and drugs and arresting those we suspect of committing offences.”
