Strange theft: clinic patient steals robotic lawnmower - police find him via GPS

A former clinic patient stole the facility's robotic lawnmower in Bad Mergentheim.

The police were able to find the perpetrator using the mower's GPS data.

• In

  Bad Mergentheim

  the

  robotic lawnmower was stolen

  from the premises of a clinic.

• However, the

  robot

  was equipped with

  GPS

  .

• This

  enabled the

  police

  to determine the location of the stolen mower.

Erftstadt / Bad Mergenheim - Last week,

a

stolen

in

in the Main-Tauber district

.

Now the

found him

in

near Cologne,

around 350 kilometers away,

in the Rhein-Erft district.

The story behind the discovery of the lawn mower is

.

Bad Mergentheim: robotic lawnmower is stolen from the premises of a clinic

"The lawnmower disappeared from the premises of a clinic in Herderstrasse between Friday and Tuesday," writes the

Rhein-Erft district

in the press release.

After noticing the loss, the

reported

the theft to the

.

In addition, the

the

could also provide

to

the crime.

His

was equipped with a

.

This enabled the

to

inform

the officers of the current

his robot.

The

mower's

showed that it was now in

near Cologne,

just under 350 kilometers away

.

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Theft: Owner can tell police the location of his stolen robot

"A patrol from the Rhein-Erft district

actually

found the

in the

a former

the clinic," said the

report

.

The lawnmower could be seized by the officials.

The man who

stole

the

from the clinic's premises is now being

investigated

for

.

Such thieves are dearest to us.

A man stole a robotic lawnmower in Bad Mergentheim.

In doing so, he probably did not consider that the lawnmower is equipped with a GPS and that the police led the police directly to him.

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- Heilbronn Police (@PolizeiHN) October 2, 2020

The

responded

to the incident

on

and wrote: “Such thieves are our dearest.

A man stole a robotic lawnmower in Bad Mergentheim.

In doing so, he probably did not consider that the lawnmower is equipped with a GPS and led the police directly to him. "

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, the

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