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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Ross

Shocking scale of phone thefts revealed as police battle surge in e-bike mobile snatchers

Masked phone-snatching gangs using 70mph e-bikes are fuelling a surge in mobile thefts with more than 225 stolen on average every day across the UK, The Independent can reveal.

Data obtained through Freedom of Information requests shows there were at least 83,900 phone theft offences recorded in the 12 months to July last year – almost double the 45,800 five years previously.

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