Police bust 400 London shops and ‘rogue’ car boot sales handing ‘shopping lists’ to thieves

The Met had arrested 42 people and seized up to £100,000 in suspected stolen goods in busts on ‘rogue’ shops across London.

Officers raided 400 shops suspected of selling stolen goods including iPhones, in a two-week operation codenamed Zoridon.

Cosmetics and food were also among the items being sold by rogue businesses with car boot sales also emerging as a market for stolen goods.

Some allegedly bought stolen items from shoplifters or phone thieves who have been plundering devices across the capital.

Officers arrested 42 people and closure orders ...