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Early on the morning of January 19, 2011, Montreal police received a phone call from a transportation company in Drummondville, Quebec. A company representative told Montreal police that two tractor trailers had been stolen. Prior to this theft, GPS tracking devices had been installed on all company trucks.

Nearly two-dozen Montreal police officers were involved in a high-speed chase that ended Wednesday morning. The 40-year-old thief stole a separate trailer and attached the trailer to the tractor that was equipped with a GPS tracking device. Police were able to locate the tractor on a major highway. After pursuing the thief, police placed a spike track in the middle of the highway hoping to stop the robber.
While the spike track failed to halt the tractor, the thief finally surrendered to police after realizing that he was being tracked.

Police took the man into custody, and he is currently awaiting trial. The second trailer that the man stole was found outside of Montreal. While police have not revealed what was inside of the first stolen trailer, the second trailer contained paint supplies and tires.

If these tractor trailers had not been equipped with GPS tracking devices, police might not have been able to track down the second trailer or locate the first trailer with ease. Tractor trailer theft is commonplace throughout Quebec and throughout the rest of the world. As such, more and more transportation companies are purchase GPS tracking devices in order to stop theft.

Article Written by Harriette Halepis