4/2/2007

A caravan worth around £40,000 was stolen from a caravan storage site near Warrington. The unit was put into alarm and reported its position some distance away, near Wakefield. A finder tracked the caravan to a travellers site, but whilst he waited for the police, the caravan was towed away. Shortly afterwards, the traveller's were stopped on the motorway by the police. When the caravan was returned to its happy owner, he revealed that this was the third caravan he'd had stolen.

4/12/2006

20KVA Generator recovered from a travellers site, together with several other items, in a raid by Dunbar Police, assisted by a finder and the Police Tactical Aid Unit.

23/10/2006

10KVA Power Cube Generator reported stolen by a major UK plant hire company. The unit was traced to a sealed office block. The Police then raided the office and the generator was recovered. Several arrests were also made.

3/10/2006

13KVA Generator recovered near a firing range on MOD property.

16/05/2006

12.5KVA Generator recovered together with a stolen Suzuki van and another generator worth a total of £70,000.

9/05/2006

1 ton Dumper Truck reported stolen from a site in Northwood. The unit was recovered the same day near Welwyn Garden City, together with a number of other items including a 7.5 ton excavator and a 30KVA generator with a total value of around £120,000.

11/11/2005

50KVA Genset recovered from within a refrigerated lorry. Other stolen items were also found within the lorry including; a 5 ton dumper, 4 cement mixers, 3 mini diggers and several other items, all due to be shipped to Cyprus later that day. These items had a total value in excess of £150,000.

09/08/2004

Caravan worth £14,000 recovered from a site near Portsmouth, Hants. When the local police arrived the ID and paperwork had already been changed by the offenders. Whilst the thieves concentrated on checking for a hardwired tracking device, they did not think of looking for the wireless mtrack unit.

20/06/2004

A mini digger belonging to a client was stolen in the Northeast on 19/06/2004. The asset was recovered near Liverpool on 20/06/2004.

18/06/2004

A generator belonging to one of the world’s largest construction companies, was stolen in Northern Ireland on the 16/06/2004. A police warrant was obtained that forced the South Ireland mobile network, with which there is currently no agreement, to tell us which mast the mtrack was connected to. The unit was recovered using the radio beacon on 18/06/2004 at 15.00hrs. It had already been repainted.

18/06/2004

Generator recovered near Croydon, another generator was stolen after hours on 18/06/2004, and was recovered by a distributor south of London near Croydon on the afternoon of 19/06/2004.

18/11/2003

3 x outboard motors recovered in OSLO, Norway, within 24 hours of being stolen.

17/11/2003

RS components, a division of Farnell Electronics International, tracked, pinpointed, and recovered an internal theft of £1,000’s of digital recorders, test instruments, and tools. Total previous loses through same source is estimated at well over six figures.

03/11/2003

Department of social security fraud to the value of £660,000.00 uncovered, using mtrack to trace claimant’s vehicle.

15-17/10/2003

3 x lighting rigs stolen around the M25. Found in Worksop along with another 9 pieces of plant and machinery. Further police action resulted in arrests in UK, France and Ghana where some of the stolen plant and machinery is being sold.

01-03/10/2003

£35,000.00 worth of generators and other equipment stolen and taken out of GSM coverage on 22/09/2003, came back into the GSM coverage at 17.30hours on 01/10/2003, and immediately reported to monitoring centre. Unit on route to channel port at New Haven. Aeromega response team dispatched at 16.00hrs on 03/10/2003. The site near Gatwick identified within 40 minutes circa £250,000.00 of other stolen plant found and returned to owners.

26/09/2003

£20,000.00 generator recovered by response team with LST in attendance from gypsy site in Essex. Helicopter response pinpointed hideaway in 12 minutes.

25/09/2003

£20,000.00 generator recovered by response team in Watford using a vehicle. In addition, a caterpillar mini digger that was not part of the original search.

24/09/2003

First major UK win - Aeromega helicopter traced £20,000.00 generator to industrial site in Aveley, Essex. Response officer attended with 8 x Essex policeman. Recovered stolen generator plus 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel. In addition, 1 x new Volvo flatbed truck stolen on 06/09/2003, 1 x Komatsu mini-digger, which were not even protected by the mtrack. The other tracking units fitted had been disabled by cutting of antennas.