How this man used an Apple AirTag is simply awesome; know how you can benefit too

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We all know about numerous examples of an Apple Watch saving people's lives. Well, it seems, an Apple AirTag can save people's businesses from thieves! Apple AirTag has been making headlines for various reasons some good and some bad ever since it was launched. In the latest incident, a man caught a serial plant thief by putting the Apple AirTag to cunning use. The thief had been stealing expensive trees, pots, vases and more in a California locality for a long time and no one was able to stop his purloining spree. The businessman concerned was running an establishment called Roger's Gardens and he finally managed to track down the plant thief who had stolen thousands of dollars worth of goods over the course of many weeks. Even though the Police had been trying to track down the thief, the case could not be solved until the owner actually planted the Apple AirTag in different items across his shop and caught the thief virtually red-handed. Know how the thief was finally nabbed.

According to an ABC7 report, A beach nursery, Roger's Gardens reported stolen potted plants on regular basis. The nursery also shared the Surveillance footage of the thief stealing pots filling up a shopping cart and then loading them onto a truck. Michael Sullivan, operations manager said, “He's taking a large fountain that's about 150 pounds, pots that are $300 each – large, expensive things. We're frustrated. We're losing things.”

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After several such successful attempts were made by the thief, Sullivan made a decision to invest in technology and bought a number of AirTags to try and catch the thief once and for all. He planted several AirTags in the pots with the hope that