Three mobile phone store employees have been charged with handling stolen goods following a raid by police.

The three men were arrested during Croydon police's Operation Azuma on September 26, which saw mobile phone stores in the town centre, including Jazz Call in North End and One2Call phone shop in Church Street raided.

Mohamed Fraaz Bhatti, 25, and Mohamed Mubeshar Bhatti, 22, of Norbury Avenue, Thornton Heath, who were both employees at Jazz Call, have been charged with four counts of handling stolen mobile phones.

Both men are due to appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Friday.

Ali Ahmed, 25, from Tentercroft Flora Street, Oldham, Lancashire, an employee at One2Call phone shop was charged with two counts of handling stolen mobile phones on October 17. Ahmed, a failed asylum seeker, appeared before Croydon magistrates on Thursday.