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British police say they have disrupted a criminal network suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones to China in the past year.

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Police say they have dismantled an international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China in the past year.

BBC News is given access to what the Met Police says is the UK's largest operation against mobile phone thefts.