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California woman sends Apple AirTag to herself to catch package thief

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A Southern California woman fed up with her packages getting stolen out of her post office box sent an Apple AirTag to the address and cleverly tracked down the suspected thief, police said.

The woman had had several items stolen from her mailbox at the Los Alamos Post Office already when she thought of the idea.

Law enforcement tracked the Air tag to a block in Santa Maria , about 16 miles from the post office and arrested two suspects.

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semi-formal

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English

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