While it was designed to help people find things like keys and bags, the AirTag It has already proven useful in a myriad of situations. Around here, we’ve already talked about cases in which the tracker played an essential role in the search not only for personal objects, but also for pets and even vehicles.
Well, this time, Apple’s tracker helped the police in the city of Cary, in the US state of North Carolina, to find the Toyota Camry of Leslie Muhammad, which was stolen last Friday (2/3). According to information from WRAL Newsthe three young people involved were arrested thanks to the Apple tracker.
According to the owner of the vehicle, she only noticed that her car was gone when her husband, Antar Muhammad, looked out the window and said that he was no longer on the street. Luckily for him, he had put an AirTag on the vehicle some time before, which greatly facilitated the police’s work.
According to Leslie, her husband was in the kitchen of their house with the police seeing the exact location of the car through the app. Look for (Find My). To his surprise, the AirTag was even able to show the spot where the criminals had parked the car right after they had stolen it in front of his house.
So the police went looking for the thieves, who tried to flee at high speed. During the chase, they almost collided with a police car before hitting another car on a highway.
$100 for a four-pack — it’s one of the best security systems you can own. As soon as we buy a new vehicle or a new item—backpack, purse, or luggage—I’m going to open it up and put a [AirTag] as a security measure.
— Antar Muhammad
Although their car was destroyed, the couple say they were relieved after learning that the perpetrators had been arrested. According to Antar, from the moment they noticed the vehicle missing until the arrest of the thieves, it was only about 2 and a half hours.
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