Police have advised members of the public to be ‘extremely vigilant’ after a ‘huge increase’ in mobile phone snatches in Harrow.
The thefts are believed to have been made by suspects riding push bikes in and around Harrow and Wembley.
Preston Police tweeted: “Please be extremely VIGILANT when you are using your mobile phone when you are out and about in Harrow\Wembley area.There have a huge increase of mobile phone snatches from as early as 6am from suspects riding on pushbikes!Please share this post”
As per previous tweet ,on Saturday 20th Nov between 6am and 7am we had 2 mobile phone snatches on Grasmere Ave and Brook Ave. In at least on of these a Male on a pedal cycle was the culprit and appears to be connected to the huge spike of similar recent snatches in Harrow area!
— Preston Police (@MPSPreston) November 22, 2021
They added: “As per previous tweet ,on Saturday 20th Nov between 6am and 7am we had 2 mobile phone snatches on Grasmere Ave and Brook Ave. In at least on of these a Male on a pedal cycle was the culprit and appears to be connected to the huge spike of similar recent snatches in Harrow area!”
