Man uses Google Earth, Snapchat to locate his stolen car

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Using Snapchat and Google Earth, a UK engineer successfully traced his stolen car after local police failed to help..

The digital detective work orchestrated by the victim and his friend led to the vehicle being found six miles from his home, despite one of his cars still remaining missing...

In a rather bizarre incident that feels like it's straight out of a movie, a young man in the UK makes use of technology to recover his stolen car..

Jayy Robinson, a 23-year-old engineer, found himself in a bewildering situation when thieves broke into his house and made off with not one but two of his cars, a Seat and a Volkswagen Golf..

West Midlands Police issued a statement, saying, "We received a call just after 6.30 am on Friday (27 Oct) that two vehicles had been stolen overnight from Poole House Road, Great Barr..

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