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GPS nabs trolley thief

December 2 2011 at 09:00am

MADRID: Spanish police caught a man who stole thousands of supermarket trolleys by tracking him with GPS devices hidden on them, police said yesterday.

The 37-year-old man is thought to have stolen e290 000 (R3.19 million) worth of trolleys which he sold on as scrap.

Madrid police attached the tracking devices covertly to several trolleys after being alerted by several supermarkets in the city which reported losing more than 3 000 trolleys this year.

The man was suspected to have stolen at least two trolleys a day. “It was clearly a lifestyle for him. He did it every day, as a full-time profession,” a police officer said. – Sapa-AFP

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