August 17, 2005
Phone pirates in seek and steal mission
According to the Cambridge Evening News, Bluetooth technology is being used by thieves to seek out and steal laptops locked in cars in Cambridgeshire.
"Thieves in Cambridge have cottoned on to an alternative use for the function, using it as a scanner which will let them know if another Bluetooth device is locked in a car boot.
"Det Sgt Al Funge, from Cambridge's crime investigation unit, said: "There have been a number of instances of this new technology being used to identify cars which have valuable electronics, including laptops, inside.
"The thieves are taking advantage of a relatively new technology, and people need to be aware that this is going on.
... Last month a spate of thefts from cars were put down to thieves using their phones to find laptops after three laptops were stolen from cars parked in neighbouring bays at the Holiday Inn, in Cambridge Road, Impington".
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