One victim’s tracked iPhone led police to a warehouse at Heathrow Airport, exposing a gang that smuggled 40,000 stolen phones to China and was responsible for 40% of all phone thefts in London
One victim’s tracked iPhone led police to a warehouse at Heathrow Airport, exposing a gang that smuggled 40,000 stolen phones to China and was responsible for 40% of all phone thefts in London
Find My iPhone turned into Find My Criminal. Tech’s got jokes.
masterkobiashi on
They forgot to turn it off? 🥲
Temptation_Tamer on
That one iPhone really turned into the ultimate undercover agent. Imagine how shocked the thieves were when police showed up at the warehouse because of a simple tracking signal.
MrJones- on
Two afghan nationals, one Indian national and a Bulgarian national all caught red handed lol
Reform are gonna have a field day with this!
WexMajor82 on
And that only happened because they stole a MP’s phone.
SauceWizard_ on
Imagine being the guy whose stolen phone busted a massive theft ring. basically became an accidental hero. 😂
marramaxx on
London’s police is so useless. This has been happening for a long time now, and they just located the warehouse? lol
People can’t even look at their phones in London because the engineers on bicycles are grabbing them, and police are arresting people for twitter posts…
sandtymanty on
“Again, turn the god damn phones OFF!
YOU HAVE ONE JOB !!!”
Bob_12_Pack on
How to these turds get past the activation lock?
Rabbitpyth on
But then, were those stolen phones returned or no?
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The left-hand box contained the phone that sparked the whole investigation – it was heard ringing inside
Source – [One iPhone led police to gang who sent 40,000 snatched phones to China](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20vlpwrzwdo)
Find My iPhone turned into Find My Criminal. Tech’s got jokes.
They forgot to turn it off? 🥲
That one iPhone really turned into the ultimate undercover agent. Imagine how shocked the thieves were when police showed up at the warehouse because of a simple tracking signal.
Two afghan nationals, one Indian national and a Bulgarian national all caught red handed lol
Reform are gonna have a field day with this!
And that only happened because they stole a MP’s phone.
Imagine being the guy whose stolen phone busted a massive theft ring. basically became an accidental hero. 😂
London’s police is so useless. This has been happening for a long time now, and they just located the warehouse? lol
People can’t even look at their phones in London because the engineers on bicycles are grabbing them, and police are arresting people for twitter posts…
“Again, turn the god damn phones OFF!
YOU HAVE ONE JOB !!!”
How to these turds get past the activation lock?
But then, were those stolen phones returned or no?