(Montreal) Police in Burlington, Vermont, say residents are finding Apple AirTags and other GPS tracking devices hidden on their vehicles when returning from Montreal.
The Burlington Police Department said last week it had received two separate reports from residents discovering the devices on their vehicles in the past month.
Police say these technologies are believed to be planted by criminals and are asking anyone who notices a suspicious device on their vehicle to call police.
The warning comes as police forces across Canada battle a surge in car thefts, with criminals using increasingly quick and sophisticated methods to track down vehicles and then steal them.
Toronto police and other police forces have warned that would-be car thieves are using devices such as “AirTags” to identify and track vehicles that are subsequently stolen.
Police have also expressed concern about how quickly criminals are able to steal cars using various methods to circumvent anti-theft technology, including hacking into on-board diagnostic systems.