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       Teens allegedly stung after stealing scooter with tracking device in
       Adelaide
        
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       Two accused teen thieves had nowhere to hide after allegedly stealing
       a scooter equipped with a hidden tracking device in Adelaide.
        
       Police said a teenage girl and her male co-accused stole the bike from
       Frome Road in the city just before 6pm last night, but their getaway
       was doomed from the start thanks to an Apple Airtag.
        
       The scooter's owner tracked the scooter to Main North Road at
       Parafield and then through the backstreets of Pooraka.
        
       Two accused teen thieves had nowhere to hide after allegedly stealing
       a scooter equipped with a hidden tracking device. (9News)
        
       They provided live updates to police, who swooped in and arrested the
       teen duo at Duffield Drive.
        
       Police said during their bungled escape, they also led officers to two
       other allegedly stolen motorbikes inside a home on nearby Sandow
       Avenue.
        
       A 37-year-old man was taken into custody and charged with theft.
        
       Tech experts said electronic tracking tags could be invaluable,
       particularly when criminals broke through old-school methods of
       security.
        
       "It will tell you where everything you've got is, put an Airtag on it,
       you can always locate it with your iPhone," expert Richard Pascoe
       said.
        
       Samsung and Android phones also have their own versions of Airtags.
        
        
        
        
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