This popular gadget from Apple helped find a stolen Ferrari

Ferrari was found thanks to Apple headphones/freepik

Police in the city of Waterbury, Connecticut, were able to recover a stolen Ferrari worth more than half a million dollars. And she did it thanks to a pair of Apple AirPods left behind by the owner of the vehicle.

On September 16, the Waterbury Police Department (WPD) received a report of a Ferrari 812 GTS stolen from Greenwich, Connecticut. costing approximately 575,000 US dollars, writes Apple Insider. WPD's Stolen Vehicle Task Force located the vehicle using Apple AirPods that were in the car at the time of the theft.

Apple's $129 wireless earbuds support tracking with the Find My app,

strong>and that's how the police were able to find the stolen Italian supercar. AirPods can broadcast their location to an iPhone when it's nearby.

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According to WFSB, the stolen car was found near a gas station on South Main Street in Waterbury, CT. When police attempted to stop the car, the suspect fled but left his iPhone in the stolen Ferrari.

Police were able to use the iPhone in the car to identify the driver, 22-year-old Dion Schontten, a repeat offender. On September 26, he was found driving a stolen Acura and was detained by police.

Police found a Ferrari thanks to AirPods/Police photo

Although stolen or lost property is usually found with the help of AirTags, in this case two different Apple products came in handy – a pair of AirPods and an iPhone. If the Ferrari owner hadn't forgotten his AirPods and the suspect hadn't left behind his iPhone, the police might not have solved the situation so quickly.