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Police have seized £80,000 worth of suspected stolen electrical equipment at a car boot sale in Hounslow, west London.
Nearly 400 items were recovered during a 11 December operation by the Metropolitan Police, which led to the arrest of two men and two teenage boys on suspicion of handling stolen goods.
last month, Robert Jenrick Visited the site of what he described as a “criminal act”, with police “nowhere to be seen”.
The force said the “proactive operation” had been launched “in response to concerns about equipment theft”, and said it was working to identify the equipment and return them to their original owners.