Tracking Down a Thief: Canadian Man Reunites with Stolen BMW Thanks to AirTag!
Bluetooth trackers, such as Apple’s AirTag, have sparked some debate due to concerns about their misuse for tracking individuals without their knowledge. However, these devices have generally been found to be highly beneficial in assisting people in locating lost or stolen belongings, including wallets, bicycles, vehicles, safes, plants, and pets. Law enforcement agencies have also utilized them to apprehend criminals. Recently, another noteworthy incident occurred involving an AirTag, which aided in the recovery of a stolen car. Here are the details of what transpired.
AirTag helps locate a stolen vehicle
According to a CTVNews report, a Canadian man woke up one morning at 6:00 a.m. to find his BMW missing. The owner, named Saamer Mansoor, had his car stolen from his brother’s driveway. “It was pretty crazy,” Mansoor said. Just a few hours earlier, Mansoor had parked his car but accidentally left the driver’s side window open while trying to comfort his two-year-old sick son. A short distance was all the thieves needed to escape with the vehicle
Fortunately, Mansoor had installed the AirTag in his car a couple of months earlier. “So I was like where’s my car? And I quickly opened the app and it showed me my car was at (a motel) in Huron Church.” Mansoor rushed to the spot with his brother and at the same time called the police, from where he managed to retrieve his vehicle with its belongings. According to the report, the police are still investigating the incident.
Previous cases
This is not the first time AirTag has come to the rescue. In July, police tracked down a burglar who stole a restaurant’s bait locker thanks to an AirTag inside it. The incident occurred at the Sneaky Beagle restaurant in South Carolina, USA, where the AirTag was stuffed inside a teddy bear that was kept in a decoy compartment. A Bluetooth tracking device pinged the safe’s location at the culprit’s home 30 minutes after the burglary, and authorities later linked it to nine other burglaries in the neighborhood.
In another case, AirTag helped a Dutch woman find her bike after someone stole it outside a gym in August. While the bike was locked, Beatriz Spaltemberg left the keys in the lock, which led to the theft. After realizing the bike was missing, Spaltemberg immediately took out his phone and checked the bike’s location through the Find My app, and it was found.
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