Glad to see technology helped recover this car. Hmm I wonder if these car thieves will get better at disabling gps?
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161511779A SIMPLE text message was all it took to stop car-jackers from carrying out a daylight theft on Thursday, police reports said yesterday.
According to police reports ,Ramesh Sammy, a vacationing visitor, went to Trincity Mall, Trincity, on Thursday.
But around 4 p.m. when Sammy exited the mall he realised that the Nissan Laurel he borrowed from his cousin was missing from the spot where he had parked. Sammy made a frantic call to his cousin-in-law Francis Pakeerah.
Pakeerah, however, never panicked, he told the Express yesterday, he instead sent a text message to his car using his cellphone.
And in less than a minute, Pakeerah, received a reply on his cellphone from the car with its exact location.
This was possible because Pakeerah's car was outfitted with a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking device known as the Tramigo P22, he said yesterday.
"The text message I got from the car said that it was stopped along the Caroni North Bank Road near the Speed Pack complex," Pakeerah said.
And as soon as Pakeerah realised that his car was stolen he decided to send another text message to the car, this time to disable it altogether.
"I sent a next text message to the car, this time with just a D, and I knew that the car what shut down and they wouldn't be able to drive it anymore," Pakeerah said.
