Instead of police GPS trackers, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) used AirTag geotagging to track drug production equipment. informs Macrumors portal. This is probably the first case of this kind.
It turned out that in May 2022, border guards seized two parcels from China where they found a printing machine and pill dyes, and then reported their find to the DEA. Incoming agents of the American DEA placed an Apple AirTag geotag on the parcel to find customers who could be manufacturers of prohibited substances.
Also, the DEA report doesn’t say why the department decided to use the Apple gadget instead of dedicated GPS trackers. Only accurate information about the location of the package will allow investigators to obtain evidence against the suspects, the report said.
One of the retired detectives interviewed by journalists suggested that this decision was due to AirTag providing more reliable communication than other devices.
How the case ended is not reported.
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