Watch the moment Metropolitan Police officers uncover an attempt to rob a London jewellery shop by digging a tunnel into the store via the premises next door.
Thieves who were caught by Met officers attempting to tunnel their way into a jewellery shop in south London have pleaded guilty, after an investigation linked the organised crime group to a series of burglaries worth more than £700,000.
Body-worn video captures emergency response officers arriving within minutes of reports of a suspected burglary on Mitcham Road, Tooting, at 03:12hrs on Friday, 17 July.
One suspect, Laurentiu-Daniel Nitisoara, is arrested immediately in a nearby alleyway. Following a search of the area, officers track down a second man, Ioan Asafeti, hiding on a rooftop and put him in handcuffs.
Officers then search a massage parlour the pair had broken into and uncover their plan to tunnel through a wall into the neighbouring jewellery shop. They also find bags of tools and equipment being used to dig the hole.
Officers arrested a third member of the group, Sergiu Plastin, later that day, as he tried to flee the country.
The investigation, led by the Met's Flying Squad, linked the group to several burglaries across the capital between May and July.
The men mainly targeted jewellers, using tunnelling techniques to gain access to shops overnight while bypassing security systems.
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