Arrests as hundreds of stolen phones found in raid

More than 500 suspected stolen mobile phones have been seized by the Metropolitan Police following a raid at a high street shop in north-west London.

Four men - aged 22, 25, 34 and 63 - were arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods, as well as possession of drugs and intent to supply, following the raid at a shop in Kilburn High Road, the force said.

Video footage released by the Met showed officers walk past shelves of goods to a locked door in what appeared to be a storage area.

They snapped a padlock on the door and found shelves filled with mobile phones stacked on top of each other, as well as some iPhone packaging.

The shop was subject to a warrant after intelligence suggested the venue was being used to supply class B drugs, according to the Met.

Three of the arrested suspects were released on bail and one was released under investigation.

Inspector Yu Zhang said: "We understand mobile phone theft remains a major concern for Londoners and that's why we have worked hard to drive down offending.

"Seizures such as this show that we are not only targeting individual phone snatchers, but also those who handle and profit from stolen devices."

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