Gang of robbers caught trying to steal phones in EE shop by undercover police

A pack of robbers raiding an EE store was ambushed by undercover constabulary arsenic they emptied the shelves of smartphones.

Last nighttime 4 men wearing surgical masks and hoods stormed the EE mobile phone store successful Kilburn High Road and threatened unit to unfastened the safes containing the devices.

Two of the suspects detained unit and customers connected the store level whilst the remaining 2 forced a unit subordinate to unfastened the storeroom.

The suspects proceeded to load phones into the container but Flying Squad detectives arrived swiftly connected country and stopped them earlier they could tally away.

A unit subordinate told the Metro: ‘Robbers came to our store 2 weeks agone but the manager pretended to faint and past deed the panic button and they ran away. 

‘The constabulary someway thought they would travel backmost and truthful staked the spot out. 

‘When they tried again undercover police, immoderate successful the store grabbed them. The look successful connected their faces told it all. They were amazed.

‘They tried to limb it and 1 was tasered. It was similar thing retired of a movie.’

He added: ‘a batch of EE shops person been robbed successful the past mates of months. Our Notting Hill subdivision was cleaned out.

‘It’s ever the aforesaid 4 of them spell successful the store and 1 goes to the store country and piles phones into a duffel bag. I americium told they person knives. Obviously it’s terrifying for staff. This clip they didn’t get distant and nary 1 was hurt.’

A store manager other the EE store told Metro: ‘There were constabulary everyplace we thought it whitethorn beryllium a stabbing it was precise frantic and determination was shouting. Everyone successful our store stayed inside.’

Staff astatine different mobile telephone store Three adjacent the EE store said they were connected precocious alert successful lawsuit they were targeted. 

Staff astatine the EE store said a alteration successful the instrumentality which means phones travel unlocked and not requiring a pin had made devices easier to merchantability on. 

A Met Police spokesperson said: ‘We tin corroborate that determination was a proactive flying squad op tackling mobile telephone robbery. Arrests made.’

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