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How Many Cops Does It Take
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| leph555 |
to Bust a Ring of Cellphone Thieves?
This many, apparently. This was the scene in North London yesterday afternoon, as 600 cops in scary riot gear marched up a suburban street on their way to knock some thievin' heads together.
The boys in blue made a beeline for 19 businesses situated on the Blackstock Road, a crime hotspot that, coincidentally or not, is just round the corner from the mosque where extremist preacher Abu Hamza used to preach from. Premises raided included a butcher's shop, internet cafe and greengrocer's.
The raid was not just about cellphones, however—although T-Mobile claims that 40 per cent of its stolen phones go on to be used in the Blackstock Road area. Some of the other charges levelled against the suspects include drug dealing, money laundering and selling fake documents.
And the reason for 600 woodentops? Well, a bit like the Kaiser Chiefs, officers predicted a riot, so they sent an entire regiment of men down there. Seventy men were arrested, 300 stolen mobiles recovered, as well as (deep breath) 120 laptops, 110 cameras, 32 iPods and 20 satnavs. Oh, and 47 forged passports and driving licenses. I heart London.
http://gizmodo.com/373353/question-...llphone-thieves |
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| gehzumteufel |
| thats ing insane! |
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| Trancealot |
if they did something like that in the US atleast
1/3 of those cops would be in trouble for using excess force
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| tubularbills |
| wow, what a score! |
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| Jackson |
The Foo fighters were playing again, they didn't wanna take any chances this time!
Na thats pretty awesome though, scares some of the other guys in the area to think twice about gettin involved. |
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| Ivand |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ivand
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lol |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
| If I'm not mistaken, British police officers don't carry firearms? I'm betting they use more manpower in any big bust just for that reason. Still insane as hell, though. |
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| PvDoBseSSioN |
| look at the old man on the right just walkin down the street.... must be tin his pants lol |
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| Frenchie |
| Don't worry mam, we are from the internets! |
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| colonelcrisp |
| quote: | Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000
If I'm not mistaken, British police officers don't carry firearms? I'm betting they use more manpower in any big bust just for that reason. Still insane as hell, though. |
no they dont, but the ones that do over there, they skip the side arms and go straight to submachine guns.... there was a bunch of cops in front of westminister when i was there a few weeks ago.... looking at their belts i saw:
cop 1 - night stick
cop 2 - night stick
cop 3 - MP5
cop 4 - night stick
cop 5 - night stick
i lol'd |
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