London police catch machete-wielding thief who stole nine phones near Piccadilly Circus.

Police in Central London have caught a machete-wielding phone thief who stole nine devices. Officers tracked the suspect using CCTV footage and made the arrest near Piccadilly Circus, recovering the stolen phones and a machete. This follows a rise in phone-snatching crimes in the city, with over 750 phones recovered by the Metropolitan Police in the first half of 2019.

November 16, 2024
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