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London’s Dorchester Hotel hit by second raid in four weeks

Three men and a woman have been arrested in connection with a smash-and-grab raid at the Dorchester Hotel in London. 

Detectives from the Flying Squad launched an investigation following the incident in the early hours of Thursday, 10 July.

Police reports claim at approximately 2:20am, six men on three mopeds pulled up outside the hotel and three of the men smashed their way through the front door. Once inside the hotel, three display cabinets were smashed open and a quantity of watches and jewellery was stolen.

The men left moments later, fleeing the scene on the waiting mopeds.

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At around 2:30pm the same day, three men and a woman were arrested at an address in the Kings Cross area and taken to a central London police station where they are now in custody.

One of the men, aged in his 20s, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to handle stolen goods, while a man in his 50s, a man in his 20s, and a woman believed to be around 50 were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to handle stolen goods.

Detectives believe that they have recovered the vast majority of the items stolen, all of which were found at the address in Kings Cross.

Enquiries continue to try to ascertain if there is a link between the robbery and another robbery at the same location on 10 June.

Anyone with any information is asked to call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

 

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