London Crime Crackdown: Over 140 Arrested Including Phone Thieves
More than 140 people have been arrested including phone thieves and other criminals in a major London crime crackdown.
The Met Police deployed more than 100 additional officers as they targeted anti-social behaviour in London's West End ahead of Christmas.
The week-long operation, dubbed Operation Baselife, focused on crimes like:
Among those arrested were two men trying to steal mobile phones from women at an ice rink in Leicester Square on 5 November.
Police caught them with several stolen phones in their possession.
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