Find My on iPhone key to UK cops smashing major smartphone theft ring

Despite mostly ignoring the role that Find My can play to recover stolen iPhones shortly after a theft, police in the UK have managed to bust a major smartphone theft ring, after a victim tracked their iPhone with the technology.

Smartphones wrapped in foil – Image Credit: Metropolitan Police

Visitors to London have to be wary of having their iPhone or other valuables stolen more than any other part of the United Kingdom. Following an investigation and multiple raids by the Metropolitan Police, one major ring has been destroyed.

Described to the BBC as the UK’s largest ever operation against phone thefts, a total of 18 suspects have been arrested. They are part of an international gang believed to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen mobile devices from the UK to China in the last year.

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