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Police officers searching a second-hand phone shop in north London on Sept. 25.
PHOTO: ANDREW TESTA/NYTIMES
Lizzie Dearden and Amelia Nierenberg
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LONDON – Sirens screamed as police vans pulled into a north London street, and shocked passersby paused to watch as officers charged into three second-hand phone shops.
“Do you have a safe on your premises, sir?” one officer asked a shopkeeper, who was sitting next to his computer and a half-drunk cup of tea.
