A Toronto man recovered his stolen Range Rover using an Apple AirTag tracker after having a previous Range Rover stolen and never recovered from his driveway.
A Toronto man recovered his stolen Range Rover using an Apple AirTag tracker after having a previous Range Rover stolen and never recovered from his driveway.
In April, the man, whose full identity has been kept private presumably to keep this Range Rover from getting stolen, moved within Toronto in April and had his first vehicle stolen just after he moved in. Though he had a tracker in it, the thieves disabled it, and the Rangie was never recovered.
A month later, he got a new vehicle, and instead of relying on normal trackers, he got three Apple AirTag trackers. He put one in the glove box, one in the spare tire well, and one under the backseat. All was well for a few weeks until he parked on the street instead of in his garage last week. The next morning, his Range Rover was gone.
Looking at his phone, he saw all three AirTags in the same location, at a scrapyard in Scarborough, the next town from Toronto. After trying and failing to summon a police officer to look into the case, he went to the address, hit the panic button on his keys, and heard his car on the other side of the fence. After calling the police back, they listened -- and this time, recovered nine stolen vehicles from the yard.
He should have his Range Rover back soon, and though the AirTag idea isn't infallible, it's another idea for anyone who drives a high-theft-risk vehicle until they too become foiled by the high-tech hijinks of car stealers.
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