Selling stolen watches 'more lucrative than drugs' as thefts soar and victims fear for their lives

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.

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