Two Nigerians Among Luxury Watch Rippers Arrested And Jailed In UK

Date: 18-01-2024 9:26 pm (3 months ago) | Author: onuigbo felicia
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Authorities in the UK have started arresting Rolex Ripper gangs terrorizing the streets of London.

According report, Scotland Yard has deployed a squad of undercover officers posing as victims to capture the so-called Rolex Rippers responsible for a spate of violent watch muggings across the capital.

Undercover officers were sent to streets known to be hotspots late at night where they quickly fell prey to robbers, who were unaware that they were the real targets.

The innovative tactic is said to have led successful arrest.

Over two operations, which ran from October 2022 to December 2022 and March 2023 to October 2023 respectively, 27 people were arrested and subsequently charged.

Of these, 21 were convicted. Fourteen have been sentenced to a total of 26 years in prison.

Some of the convicted thieves include two Nigerians; Emmanuel Sejilola and Damilola Odunoren.

Between July 2022 to July 2023, watch theft in the boroughs of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham plummeted by 50 percent, dropping from 113 to 55.

The secret operation was launched after a spate of terrifying watch robberies.

In the six months to October 2022, there were more than 300 watches stolen in the West End alone worth a total of nearly £4million.

In April 2022 former British boxing champion Amir Khan was accosted by a gunman who made off with his custom-made £72,000 watch as he left a restaurant in east London.

Posted: at 18-01-2024 09:26 PM (3 months ago) | Addicted Hero
- kp45 at 18-01-2024 10:55 PM (3 months ago)
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See their life now  Shocked
Posted: at 18-01-2024 10:55 PM (3 months ago) | Addicted Hero
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- gogoman at 19-01-2024 12:02 AM (3 months ago)
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Posted: at 19-01-2024 12:02 AM (3 months ago) | Grande Master
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- angesco at 19-01-2024 07:08 AM (3 months ago)
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ONLY TWO???
The others must have escaped!!!!!
Posted: at 19-01-2024 07:08 AM (3 months ago) | Gistmaniac
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- 4element at 19-01-2024 08:39 AM (3 months ago)
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Why saying two Nigerian? They are Nigerian/british citizen,  Because they committed crime, they are now called Nigerian.  Why dont you call them British/Nigerian? instead of just saying Nigerians?
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- angesco at 20-01-2024 05:20 AM (3 months ago)
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Quote from: 4element on 19-01-2024 08:39 AM
Why saying two Nigerian? They are Nigerian/british citizen,  Because they committed crime, they are now called Nigerian.  Why dont you call them British/Nigerian? instead of just saying Nigerians?

PLACE OF BIRTH - NIGERIA.
Makes them NIGERIAN.
Period!
Posted: at 20-01-2024 05:20 AM (3 months ago) | Gistmaniac
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- gogoman at 20-01-2024 10:28 PM (3 months ago)
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Quote from: angesco on 20-01-2024 05:20 AM
PLACE OF BIRTH - NIGERIA.
Makes them NIGERIAN.
Period!


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