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Couple steals back their own car after tracking an AirTag in it


When London police wouldn't recover a stolen car despite an AirTag giving its location, the owners say they tracked it down and stole it back for themselves.

When London police wouldn't recover a stolen car despite an AirTag giving its location, the owners say they tracked it down and stole it back for themselves. When Mia Forbes Pirie and husband Mark Simpson of Hammersmith, found that their $57,000 Jaguar E-Pace care was gone, they called the police. But for personal safety reasons Apple, AppleInsider, and many law enforcement agencies — except, seemingly, London's Metropolitan Police — strongly advise against it.

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