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Published: 25 January 2008

PICKPOCKETS AGED JUST SIX

DETECTIVES say they have cracked a Fagin-style gang of pickpockets believed to be plaguing West End shoppers.
Officers made 19 arrests in Slough yesterday (Thursday), freeing 11 children including a one-year-old baby.
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