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Ah, thanks for the info. Where's Vauxhall Market? I can see Nine Elms and one at the station.
The experience of years of following this is that the spots where these things are traded move from market to market once the existing one(s) is/are worked on by police.
Years ago there were frequent reports of bits and bikes being traded at New Covent Garden or Nine Elms, I can't quite remember which.
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Well long story short, I've only got my cranks and pedals back! BOOM! thanks to the questionable security preferences of almost everyone on the internet I emailed his dad (who works at the local church) with all the info I'd gleaned and suggested he have a chat with his son otherwise he might have some explaining to do once he got or the pearly gate. Turns out his son is actually a pretty stand up lad who builds bikes from his back yard and sells them on. Phoned me up after I sent his dad the email apologising profusely and I've just gone and picked up the cranks and the pedals that got nicked, and he gave me the money back for the pedals I bought in order to get his deets.
Told him he should use his building skills and get a job as a mechanic rather than toeing the line, but sounds like there's too much of an industry in building bikes from questionable parts to bother. Who knew?? Anyway apparently Vauxhall Market sounds like a den of stolen kit, and I don't think he'll be buying relatively unique looking kit ever again. Will update the PO PO on the Vauxhall market lead but they probably already know about that. Thanks for the info guys and the police officer linked at the beginning of the thread is a proper gent as we're all the other officers I dealt with.