Four jails in London in 1 million pounds targeting the South Asian community; Crime network disintegrated, cash and gold confiscated
Four members accused of stealing jewelery worth more than 1 million pounds from Indian and South Asian communities in London were jailed on Friday as they convicted the theft.Jerry O’Donnell, Barney Malloni, Que Edgar and Patrick Ward, an organized crime network, have been sentenced for a total of 17 years and a month when the Metropolitan police led the “comprehensive operation” against him.The head of the investigation met the police detective Sergeant Lee Davison, saying that the gang quoted PTI.“This broad operation enabled us to disrupt an important part of an organized crime network. As a result of the work done by expert officers, a handful of serial criminals will now spend enough time behind bars, ”he said.Three men- O’Donnell, Maloni and Edgar- were caught in July 2024 after a year-long intelligence investigation with stolen jewelery. Authorities stopped their car after CCTV linked it to several theft. Inside, the police found hundreds of stolen things, including a gold wedding ring, necklace and a solid gold hair pin. Each found sentences over five years.The ward was later arrested at his house and recognized as a key member of the same network. He was sentenced to two years and five months.As part of the investigation, authorities also discovered a haton garden jewelery shop, which is used to melt the stolen gold. He recovered 50,000 pounds in cash and eight kg of jewelery, including a world war rlock, a gold locket with old photographs, an engraved gold ring and a gold pocket watch from Harlow Broos Limited.Police said dozens of people came forward after a public appeal in March, and many most recognizable items have been returned to their owners. However, the authorities are still working to find out the owners of the remaining stolen jewelery.The theft took place between December 2023 and July 2024 at the counted including South London regions such as Croidon, Sutton and Wandesworth, and Surrey, Sussex and Essex.
