y2mate.com - Selling stolen watches more lucrative than drugs as thefts soar and

Stealing expensive watches and selling them on the black market has become a criminal enterprise "more lucrative than drugs", according to a former watch dealer forced to retire after being violently robbed three times. Paul Thorpe said a week's worth of stealing high-end watches in London could make "more money than some people would earn in a lifetime". "It's an industry all in itself. And I think in many areas, it's actually overtaken drugs as the crime of choice for some criminal gangs," he said. Warning: This report contains violent footage Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/selling-st... #watchtheft #watches #ukcrime SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: / skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-n... Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: / @skynewsespanol Sky News videos are also available in German here/Hier können Sie außerdem Sky News-Videos auf Deutsch finden: / @skynewsaufdeutsc... To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales