Shocking moment moped thugs with zombie knives and hammers storm Regent Street Watches of Switzerland

Incredible footage shows a moped gang armed with zombie knives and hammers storming a luxury jewellers today.

Three of the thugs are seen running out of the watch shop and jumping onto mopeds, while one flees on foot and a fifth is wrestled to the ground by onlookers.

Police later confirmed that they had arrested a man following the raid on Watches of Switzerland in Regent Street, London. 

It is the third heist at the firm's West End stores in three months, with police making their first arrest since gangs began targeting the Regent Street and Oxford Street branches three months ago.

Metropolitan Police said that the thugs were still able to make off with a selection of jewels before they were scared off by members of the public.

An eyewitness told the Evening Standard that she saw several men trying to smash their way into the store and staff ushered customers to safety.

She added: 'Staff on the doors of shops very swiftly got people in from the street. Some of the public managed to wrestle the guys to the ground.' 

The same store was attacked by masked moped raiders in March, with thieves using knives, sledgehammers and a Samurai sword-style blade to break in.

A number of weapons were recovered from the pavement outside, with a picture on Twitter showing a blade resembling a samurai sword lying outside the shop.

Watches of Switzerland also has branch on nearby Oxford Street, which was also raided by moped thugs in April.





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