An undercover police operation in the West End has slashed watch robberies.
The Met deploys officers wearing luxury brands like Rolexes near nightspots where thugs have been targeting unsuspecting revellers.
With no idea they are trying to steal from plain clothes police the thugs are ambushed by a back up team when they steal the watches.
More than 20 robbers have been convicted as a result of the operation while watch thefts have plummeted as word gets round the criminal community that the force is onto the opportunist thieves spreading misery.
In the six-month period prior to October 2022, there were over 300 watches stolen in the West End alone, with a total value of nearly £4m. A single watch can be worth a six figure sum with brands like Patek Philippe among the most targeted.
Police ran from their first two operations from October to December 2022 and March to October 2023 within Soho – area which accounts for 40% of all watch robberies in London.
The operations resulted in 31 arrests and 27 successful charges, leading to 21 convictions to date. Of this group, 14 individuals have so far been sentenced to a total of 26 years overall, with other cases pending.
The March-October 2023 deployment resulted in a 15.8% reduction in watch robberies compared to the same period the previous year (429 in March-October 2022, 361 in March-October 2023).
Officers from the Met Covert Policing Command and central London Robbery teams set up the undercover sting, in which officers wear genuine luxury brands, to catch the thugs red handed.
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44 Comments
Black lives matters…
London is a jungle !!! Send them back 🛫🛫🛫
Islam , go out of my Europe
What happened to your country?
If youo look closely one guy was very smooth with it and just walks away.
C'est bon de voir les méchants se faire défoncer la gueule en vrai
why does he get such messes in their country?
Do that in America black people will play victim and file lawsuit get billion dollars.
This is what Policing should be like. Well done Met Detectives
Bravo!!!
How about stopping foreigners touching kids it's more important
Was ist denn das für eine BÖSE GEGEND 😨
🙏🙏🙏
👦🏿👦🏿👦🏿👦🏿👦🏿
All bloody macaroons I notice
Londra polisi bravo, aşağılık insan müsvettesi soygunculara harika bir suçüstü yapıyorlar. Çalışmayıp soygun yapmak insanlık değil. Uzun yıllar hapiste olmalılar.
No one was prosecuted and none of the watches were recovered.
Why would have guessed that they are black 😂😂😂😂😂😂
migrant
wait a second.. are the police actually using their brains? omg about fking time.
Toujours les mêmes, il faut les dégagés. Angleterre était un super pays avant l'invasion.
BLACK lives matter.? Every city in the developed world is a suitable because of gang crime.
England is not save at all
Sehr gut fangt diese Ratten. Sowas gehört ins Gefängnis und nicht auf die Straßen.
All black…🤮
Keep up the good work guys !!
Useless work.
Just ask the help of BUKELE and all this will be gone forever in weeks….😂😂😂😂
Gangs of blacks
That sack ! 😂
We shouldn't have to live like this
And ignore Islamic terrorists
Безпомощная жалкая страна
Yeah this is actually good police work for once
More immigrants and Europe will be paradise
que extraño, morenos
london for vacation next year
S brilliant watch probably nine of them british
Al those future doctors and engineers been arrested by racist police officers.
Красавцы, объединяйтесь
and the colour is
Deberán expiar a la nación de esta escoria y que solo vivan ciudadanos de bien.
Вы пустили этих имигрантов и даже не поняли что они будут грабить. От таких надо избавлятся.
Dunyoda tinchlik yuq bulib boryapti Lekin Urush yirtqichlik vaxshiylik zuravonlik bilan xech narsaga erishib boʻlmaydi
Bu tabiat qonuni
Migrants not good
blm