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By Harriette Halepis

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police recently found an ingenious way to track stolen mail packages. A few months ago, the Canadian postal service in British Columbia received a few complaints from customers concerning laptop computers that were never delivered.

Laptop Crime

Finding this information more than a little suspicious, the RCMP decided to launch an investigation of sorts. The police outfit placed an order for a laptop from a regular retailer, added a GPS tracker to the package, and waited for the package to be delivered.

As soon as the package was sent out with postal worker, Timothy Buxton, police knew immediately where all the missing laptops had gone – Buxton was bringing the packages to his friend’s residence, and then selling them on the black market.
Buxton’s friend claimed that he had no idea that the laptops were stolen. Buxton will appear in court on November 17th to plead his case – though with the information that the GPS tracker has provided to police, Buxton will have a hard time proving his innocence.

Postal offices from around the globe are taking note of this recent investigation. Millions of packages are stolen across the world each year, though mail theft may quickly become a thing of the past. With the availability of undetectable GPS trackers, finding out where lost mail goes is easier than ever before. One thing’s for sure – postal workers in B.C. will think twice before letting any mail slip through their fingers!