Apple AirTag helps to catch robbers to stole more than Rs 50 lakh

Apple AirTag has been a controversial product since its launch and it has made it to the news several times in the last few years. Although AirTag has been shown in the negative light most of the times, the product has helped the family to bust robbers who stole more than $62,000 (Rs 50 lakh) in thefts.

As per a report by AppleInsider, a US family was fed up with gravesite robbers and to capture them in the act, they installed a hidden Apple AirTag. At that time the family didn't anticipate that their smart use of AirTag would help authorities find stolen bronze memorial vases valued at more than $62,000.

According to Tony Velazquez, his uncle's gravesite at the Restwood Memorial Park in Clute, Texas, had been frequently robbed.

"Each time, thieves had absconded with a bronze memorial vase -- which retails for $600 -- that had adorned the grave," the report said.

Velazquez dropped an AirTag into the vase as a safety measure in case the thieves struck again. He provided the authorities with the AirTag data, which they then used to locate the vase and dozens more at a house 45 minutes away.

Local authorities then arrested the suspects, accused of stealing 102 vases over the last two months. Clute Police Chief James Fitch said that the thieves intended to sell the vases for a quick profit at a nearby scrap yard.

"They had actually tried to take the entire vases to a scrap yard," Fitch said, "They turned them down luckily." (with inputs from IANS)