PHONE shops in high risk areas have been forced to lock their doors to customers after a spate of armed robberies by organised crime gangs. O2 has confirmed a ‘locked door’ policy is now in place at a ...

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12:35, Tue, Sep 9, 2025 Updated: 12:35, Tue, Sep 9, 2025 A six-strong gang of masked phone thieves have been snared after they attempted a violent raid on a busy town centre store screaming at ...

This is the moment a gang of criminals trying to rob a phone shop were stopped in their tracks by a quick-thinking staff member who pushed them out and into the arms of baton-wielding undercover cops.

STAFF were threatened during a daylight robbery in Bishop Auckland on Monday. Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a large amount of electronic equipment was stolen from the O2 shop, in ...