Wednesday, October 8, 2025

The tech they stole came back to bite them in their arse...

In the UK’s largest ever police operation targeting phone thefts, 18 suspects have been arrested and over 2,000 stolen mobile devices recovered, with police believing the gang could be responsible for exporting up to half of all phones stolen in London. The massive bust was made possible by one iPhone owner stubbornly tracking their device with the “Find My iPhone” app.
BBC News reports that the London Metropolitan Police has announced the successful dismantling of an international criminal gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China in the past year. The operation, believed to be the UK’s largest ever crackdown on phone thefts, resulted in the arrest of 18 suspects and the recovery of more than 2,000 stolen devices. The rest of this story is here...
 



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