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More than forty arrests have been made and dozens of illegal e-bikes seized in a week-long police crackdown in north west London. Officers also recovered suspected stolen mobile phones, weapons and drug-related items during raids linked to concerns about crime and anti-social behaviour.
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00:00The Metropolitan Police say 45 arrests have been made, and 74 illegal e-bikes have been
00:06seized during a week-long crackdown in northwest London.
00:10Officers also recovered more than 1,100 suspected stolen mobile phones from a shop on Kilburn
00:17High Road as part of the operation.
00:19Two 20-inch machetes were found at a nearby barber shop, and a van linked to drug dealing
00:25contained £3,000 worth of nitrous oxide canisters.
00:28The Metropolitan Police said the crackdown was in response to concerns about crime in
00:34the area.
00:35The force added that extra patrols were deployed in order to disrupt criminal networks locally.
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