O apple AirTag has been widely discussed due to its tracking functionality allowing people to easily locate their belongings such as luggage, pets and valuables.
Only, this time, its usefulness surprised again, when a recent case revealed that Apple's AirTag was used to help a family catch thieves who were stealing items from a loved one's grave Dear.
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The city of Houston, Texas, has been facing a worrying problem with frequent grave robberies, putting great stress on affected families.
AirTag Helped Locate Grave Robbers
According to the local news site Click2houston, Brazoria County, where Houston is located, has seen hundreds of grave robberies, resulting in damages of tens of thousands of dollars worth of bronze vessels.
Thieves have targeted valuable objects, like vases, and, to give you an idea of the seriousness of the situation, some criminals have already gone to the extreme of digging up graves.
At the Restwood Memorial Park in Clute, Texas, tombs have also been consistently targeted by robbers. On one occasion, criminals stole a bronze memorial vase, valued at $600, which was carefully placed in the tomb as a tribute.
Determined to catch the culprits in the act, the family behind this tomb decided to take a technological approach, discreetly hiding an AirTag inside the vase.
Again, the vase was stolen, but this time those responsible for the tomb passed the coordinates to the police.
Using this data, authorities were able to track not only the vase, but several other stolen items as well, to a residence approximately 45 minutes away from the cemetery.
Arriving at the scene, the Police found that, in all, the criminals managed to steal about 102 valuable vases from several different tombs.
This collaboration between technology and law enforcement demonstrates how effective features like the AirTag can be in locating and recovering stolen items, contributing to law enforcement and security, which has happened before.
In addition to this incident, the device has been recognized for its contribution to catching thieves on other types of occasions.
In Texas, for example, a restaurant was able to locate a 6-foot-tall, 150-pound bull statue thanks to the AirTag that was attached to it.
In another impressive incident, an AirTag prevented the theft of an armored truck worth $1.1 million.
These examples highlight the effectiveness and versatility of this technological device in recovering stolen items and promoting security.
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