The Man Who Detected His Stolen Car 11,000 km Away

“What kind of courage do you have to take the car parked in front of the house and leave?” We seem to hear you say. However, this should not be surprising, considering that automobile theft is quite common in North America and especially in Canada.

But the details this story has, It is quite different from simple vehicle theft.

Canadian Andrew and his wife came across a surprising sight one evening.

Their SUV parked in the driveway The steering wheel was tilted inward and the driver’s seat was further back than normal. The couple, who had their same model SUV stolen at the same place a few months ago, did not want to experience the same thing again.

Suspecting a new theft attempt, Andrew and his wife planned to have a quick dinner and take action to avoid losing their SUV, but by the time they finished eating, it was too late. Their vehicles were long gone.

Andrew, who had the same misfortune a short time ago, this time to his stolen SUV. He had installed two small Apple tracking devices. When the vehicle disappeared, Andrew’s smartphone, thanks to AirTag, showed that the vehicle was in Greater Toronto, about an hour away.

Seeing this, the vehicle owner woke up the police of Toronto and surrounding cities.

One of the AirTags, north of Toronto Pacific signaled from Kansas City rail terminal and Andrew heard directly from an officer who took action. Andrew sent the officer a screenshot showing the exact location of the AirTag.

When the officer approached the railway station, Andrew’s second AirTag It started giving signals in the same place. This showed that the Bluetooth signal emitted by the device was connected to the officer’s smartphone.

The police officer then discovered that Andrew’s vehicle was in two containers sitting on top of the wagon.

However, since the officer did not have the authority to open the containers, he referred Andrew to the railway’s special police force. A few weeks later, one of the AirTags began transmitting signals from a railway yard in Greater Toronto. Soon this signal disappeared.

AirTag, which started giving signals again a month later, surprisingly appeared in Antwerp, Belgium, one of the largest shipping ports in Europe. So the tracking device and the SUV were returned to Toronto, where it was stolen, approximately. 11,000 kilometers away It was in a port.

Andrew and his father contacted both Emirati and Interpol police to request that they take back the vehicle. Accompanied by police officers Andrew goes where the AirTag signalsHe found his car parked.

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