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AirTag crucial to recovery of $5 million of stolen tools in Metro DC


After getting fed up with overnight thefts of tools, a Northern Virginia carpenter planted AirTags on his tools, leading police to series of storage facilities full of stolen goods.

Twice, an unnamed carpenter woke in the early morning to find his van broken into, and thousands of dollars of tools stolen out of the vehicle. "The scope of the investigation is enormous and ongoing," Howard County Police Chief Gregory Der told The Washington Post in an accounting of the discovery published on May 31. "We believe the tools were stolen from retail stores, businesses, vehicles, residential properties and construction sites."

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