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Pol Allingham

Home Secretary to chair smartphone theft summit after Met Police clampdown

The Government has promised to crack down on mobile phone theft after figures showed a sharp rise in incidents last year (Jeffrey Blackler/Alamy/PA) -

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will chair a summit on smartphone theft after the Metropolitan Police seized more than 1,000 stolen devices in one week.

The force targeted those involved in stealing, handling and supplying stolen phones in a week of “co-ordinated activity” across London.

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