Shoppers flee in panic as youths raid busy Apple Store
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. A group of youths caused chaos as they raided a busy Apple store over the weekend. Footage shows a security guard shove one person away from the shop door as at least seven others, dressed in black, storm in.
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Panic then spread through shoppers already inside the tech store in Brent Cross shopping centre, north London. As the thieves plucked electronic devices off tables, parents with children fled outside. Seconds after entering, the robbers then sprinted away with their haul. Six teenagers, aged between 14 and 18 have been arrested.
Police said: ‘Six teenage boys have been arrested following a theft from a shop in Barnet after police arrived quickly at the scene. ‘Police were called at around 2.35pm on Sunday, January 5, to reports that a group had entered a shop in Brent Cross Shopping Centre before stealing a large number of mobile phones.
‘Officers attended and quickly made arrests a short time after the incident was reported to police. ‘The teenagers, all aged between 14-18, were all arrested on suspicion of robbery and taken to custody, where they remain for questioning. Enquiries continue.’.
More than £15million was lost in stolen goods and money in London last year, according to police. Shoplifting is at an all-time high, with 469,788 offences logged by police in the first six months of last year. To get the latest news from the capital visit Metro's London news hub.
