Police in Oxford Street make arrests amid social media ‘robbery campaign’

Hundreds of teenagers gathered outside JD Sports in response to Snapchat call to take part in robbery

Police have arrested nine people and issued dozens of dispersal orders after shoppers were locked inside stores on London's Oxford Street following warnings of a robbery campaign organised on social media.

Hundreds of teenagers gathered outside JD Sports on the capital's busiest shopping street in an apparent response to widely shared posts on Snapchat and TikTok urging users to take part in an Oxford Circus JD robbery" at 3pm.