In the video, an officer can be heard saying: "Crash, crash, crash. Other units to us please."
CCTV footage has captured the unbelievable moment when a brazen thief enters a block of flats and rifles through postboxes, pockets a few letters before casually walking off.
The rare prop was one of hundreds that flew down the chimney, shot through the letterbox or arrived by owl on Harry Potter’s 11th birthday.
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