Rouen. The thief found… thanks to AirPods!

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There was no need for a major investigation to find this man suspected of a theft in Rouen, but simply a little technology. He was betrayed by AirPods.

The victim locates his headphones

According to a police source, a man reported, on November 9, 2024, a theft from his car (also called caravan robbery), which occurred the previous night in Rouen. The thug took a punching bag, a work bag, a pair of shoes and AirPods, these wireless headphones that work on Apple devices.

The latter have of a geolocation system. The victim of the theft can therefore know where their headphones are. “He was able to locate them on rue Pavée in Rouen,” specifies our source.

He therefore tracks those who seem to have them in their possession and sees them get into a C3 heading towards Sotteville-lès-Rouen.

The Bac (anti-crime brigade) having been informed, tracks the vehicle. “The AirPods are once again located on rue de Paris in Sotteville. »

The police found the C3 there with three people on board. The driver says he does not know his passengers, who asked him to drop them off there.

In order to check who the alleged thief is, the victim “rings his AirPods, which are in the pocket of one of the passengers”. This one, aged 38, also has two phones on him “whose origin he cannot explain”.

He is therefore placed in police custody to explain himself.

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