The Met have today released details of an innovative undercover operation to target watch robbery...

Published: 10:09 am January 17, 2024
Updated: 11:39 am October 8, 2025
An officer who accessed police computers without a reason to do so has been dismissed from the Met

The Met have today released details of an innovative undercover operation to target watch robbery using its new, more precise approach to tackle crime affecting London’s communities The data-driven, intelligence-led operations pinpointed hotspots where a group of men were causing misery to those passing through central London boroughs.

In the six months prior to October 2022 [April-September 2022] there were over 300 luxury watches stolen across the three boroughs of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham.

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