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By Greg Bartlett

Three Hundred sixty pounds of marijuana was discovered by the police department in Massachusetts with the help of a GPS tracking system. The local law enforcement had been following a drug ring in this particular area and was anxious to catch those who were involved. After obtaining a search warrant they searched the building where they thought the drugs were hidden. They found the crate and discovered the contents. However, instead of immediately seizing the drugs, they placed a GPS tracking system in the crate of marijuana.

The waiting game didn’t take long. Soon, the real time GPS tracking system that they had planted was showing that the drugs were being moved. Police returned to the building and started following the man who was driving away with the crate of drugs.

The local police followed the man for 24 miles as the crate of drugs was moved from Framingham, MA to Norwood, MA. The drugs were finally unloaded at a warehouse. The police found three men who were loading the smaller boxes of drugs that had been inside the crate into a van.

Although the men fled the scene, they were later arrested. Now the three men involved are facing long prison sentences.
This is just one example of how law enforcement officers can use a GPS tracking system to catch criminals. This technology allowed them to easily catch the people involved in the drug deal. Because the police used a GPS tracking system, they did not have to post police officers to monitor the drugs, which endangers the police officers as well as risks tipping off the criminals.

Another way that police officers have used these tracking systems is to monitor the vehicles of suspects. This allows them to take note of any suspicious activity on the part of the suspect, helps them keep track of the suspect’s location at all times in case they decide to make an arrest, and could help them catch the suspect committing another crime.