A Southern California girl fed up along with her packages getting stolen out of her publish workplace field despatched an Apple AirTag to the deal with and cleverly tracked down the suspected thief, police stated.

The lady had had a number of objects stolen from her mailbox on the Los Alamos Submit Workplace already when she considered the concept, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace stated Tuesday. Apple’s $29 AirTags have turn into widespread objects since their 2021 launch, serving to customers maintain tabs on the situation of something from their misplaced keys to wallets and baggage.

On Monday morning, sheriff’s deputies have been known as to the publish workplace the place the girl advised officers her mail had been stolen once more — together with the package deal with the AirTag.

Legislation enforcement tracked the AirTag to a block in Santa Maria, about 16 miles (26 kilometers) from the publish workplace and arrested two suspects — a 27-year-old girl from Santa Maria and a 37-year-old man from Riverside.

They positioned the package deal with the AirTag among the many sufferer’s mail, in addition to objects believed to have been stolen from greater than a dozen different individuals. The lady declined to be recognized, the sheriff’s division stated.

The 2 suspects have been booked in jail on expenses of possession of checks with intent to commit fraud, conspiracy, and identification and bank card theft. The 37-year-old was additionally booked on a housebreaking cost and a number of other different theft warrants from Riverside County.

The sheriff’s division counseled the mail theft sufferer for contacting regulation enforcement so they may apprehend the suspects moderately than making an attempt to contact them on her personal.