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Seven Charged After UPS Driver Allegedly Held at Knife Point in London

On November 24 last year, several suspects exited a vehicle on Clerkenwell Road after following a UPS van, then allegedly kidnapped a UPS driver at knife point and stole the van.
Investigators found several suspects wore false UPS uniforms and balaclavas to ambush a van after following it from a local UPS depot, then returned hours later in different vehicles to cleanse themselves.
Parcels labelled for Hatton Green were unloaded from the van during the heist before suspects fled, and officers used CCTV to trace the van to a Hackney address where items were stored.
On Thursday , warrants executed across London and the home counties led the Crown Prosecution Service to authorise charges including conspiracy to commit robbery, kidnap, and drug offences.
A total of seven suspects were identified for various roles in the heist, those charged have not been named by the Metropolitan Police, and all were remanded to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Friday .

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