Thieves Use Device to Detect Laptops in Cars

Fri, 05 Jun 2009



Charles Ramendran

SHAH ALAM (June 4, 2009) : The mystery as to how thieves could single out vehicles for the laptops stored inside has been resolved with the arrest of two Indonesian men.


Khalid takes a look at gadget used by the thieves.
Police found that the suspects had used an inductive amplifier -- an electronic device similar to a handheld metal detector and as small as a hairbush -- to "sniff" out laptops kept in parked cars. Read More