A man has been arrested as part of an investigation into a series of burglaries in which thieves who met men on gay dating app Grindr drugged victims and stole their valuables.
The Metropolitan Police said a 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary after arriving at Gatwick Airport on Thursday. He was taken to a south London police station where he remains.
Detectives said there have been four reported burglaries in which two suspects are believed to have administered a noxious substance in order to commit thefts in Brentford and Hounslow in west London, Hampton in south-west London and Bromley in south-east London between New Year’s Eve and January 9.