Children are being recruited on social media to steal phones before school for £400 each...then do it all over again if they are bailed, admits Met Police chief

Gangs shipping stolen phones to Algeria use Snapchat to target children to steal the devices - offering vast sums plus £100 bonuses to the most prolific phone snatchers.


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