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Selon le Dailymail, une armée de 600 policiers britanniques a participé à une vaste opération de police à Blackstock Road (Finsbury Park) au nord de Londres pour démanteler un réseau de trafic de drogues, de blanchiment d'argent et de falsification de documents. Plus de 70 suspects ont été arrêtés et beauoucp d'entre eux seraient d'origine algérienne selon la police.
Operation overkill: Hundreds of police officers cram a street in a swoop on ... mobile phone thieves
Marching down the street, they look like an army preparing for battle. But this was no apocalyptic war zone.
It was rather a suburban road where the locals - while no doubt grateful of a beefed-up police presence - probably thought 600 officers with the sun glinting off their riot helmets smacked of overkill.
Moments later the officers stormed into an adjoining road bustling with cafes and shops which has become a haven of organised crime.
In an extraordinary operation, they swooped on 19 businesses on Blackstock Road in Finsbury Park, North London, which were suspected of drug dealing, money laundering and selling fake documents.
Targets included an internet cafe, a butcher and a greengrocer.
T-Mobile has said that 40 per cent of all stolen phones go on to be used in the Blackstock Road area.
Fearing a riot, the Metropolitan Police drafted in a huge number of officers and within seconds they had sealed off the street and evacuated members of the public.
More than 70 suspects were in custody last night. Officers found more than 300 stolen mobile phones.
Other stolen items seized include 120 laptops, 110 cameras, 32 iPods, 20 satnavs and 47 forged passports and driving licences.
Police said many of those involved in the criminal network were of Algerian origin.
Chief Superintendent Bob Carr said: "The operation was designed to ensure the maximum amount of evidence was secured with the minimum risk to all concerned.
"We had to plan for there being a number of people in each of the 19 premises as well as in the street."
source : Dailymail
Operation overkill: Hundreds of police officers cram a street in a swoop on ... mobile phone thieves
Marching down the street, they look like an army preparing for battle. But this was no apocalyptic war zone.
It was rather a suburban road where the locals - while no doubt grateful of a beefed-up police presence - probably thought 600 officers with the sun glinting off their riot helmets smacked of overkill.
Moments later the officers stormed into an adjoining road bustling with cafes and shops which has become a haven of organised crime.
In an extraordinary operation, they swooped on 19 businesses on Blackstock Road in Finsbury Park, North London, which were suspected of drug dealing, money laundering and selling fake documents.
Targets included an internet cafe, a butcher and a greengrocer.
T-Mobile has said that 40 per cent of all stolen phones go on to be used in the Blackstock Road area.
Fearing a riot, the Metropolitan Police drafted in a huge number of officers and within seconds they had sealed off the street and evacuated members of the public.
More than 70 suspects were in custody last night. Officers found more than 300 stolen mobile phones.
Other stolen items seized include 120 laptops, 110 cameras, 32 iPods, 20 satnavs and 47 forged passports and driving licences.
Police said many of those involved in the criminal network were of Algerian origin.
Chief Superintendent Bob Carr said: "The operation was designed to ensure the maximum amount of evidence was secured with the minimum risk to all concerned.
"We had to plan for there being a number of people in each of the 19 premises as well as in the street."
source : Dailymail