Apple has agreed to install a 'kill switch' that will make snatched devices worthless.

London police cut mobile device theft in half in city hotspot after two-year blitz

Apple has agreed to install a 'kill switch' that will make snatched devices worthless.

The tech company have teamed up with the Met Police to work to combat the increasing number of stolen phones, introducing a new switch to stop devices being easily resold

Apple has agreed to install a 'kill switch' that will make stolen mobile phones worthless - dealing a huge blow to the booming trade in snatched devices.

Apple’s ‘Stolen Device Protection’ feature works when users mark their phone as lost using iCloud Find, which locks the device.