A police helicopter was used to track four youths who climbed onto the roof of Centrale shopping centre last night.
Four teenagers were spotted running across the roof of Next in North End at around 10.40pm.
They were later detained by Metropolitan Police officers.
Firefighters from Croydon station were also called to the scene.
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