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Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A 29 Cambodian worker, named Pal Ben, was arrested by local police in Chom Chao for stealing a foreigner's GPS-equipped motorbike at 10:15 AM on November 10,2017 at in Puo Sen Chey , Phnom Penh.

The motorbike stolen by the suspect was a black Honda Dream with licence plate No.1AO-6054, belonging to UMG Cambodia.

Before incident, the foreigner working for UMG Cambodia drove the motorbike to buy some food. The suspect stole the motorbike while the victim left it outside. After the motorbike disappeared, the victim immediately informed UMG to file a complaint and some went searching for the stolen motorbike through the GPS system. The GPS indicated that the motorbike was in a house in Veng Streng Street, Tropeang Thmey district. They arrived there to take back the stolen motorbike. Suddenly, the suspect jumped from the first floor to Tropeang Leung Market and was arrested by the police and admitted that he actually stole the motorbike from the victim, but only because he didn't know the motorbike had a GPS tracking system. The suspect was sent to criminal court in Por Sen Chey and the motorbike was handed over to the owner.

How big are these GPS devices ? Like, can you put one in your girlfriends bra so you can keep track of her ?

Duncan wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:21 pm How big are these GPS devices ? Like, can you put one in your girlfriends bra so you can keep track of her ?

Spoiler:

Just asking for my friend

Nanotechnology - get a microchip installed in her brain so she thinks only of you.

Duncan wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:21 pm How big are these GPS devices ? Like, can you put one in your girlfriends bra so you can keep track of her ?

Spoiler:

Just asking for my friend

You can use her phone as GPS. Look at Apps (Tracking).

AndyKK wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:41 pm

Duncan wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:21 pm How big are these GPS devices ? Like, can you put one in your girlfriends bra so you can keep track of her ?

Spoiler:

Just asking for my friend

You can use her phone as GPS. Look at Apps (Tracking).

yeah I heard tell that some of these sad guys who send their "girlfriend" money every month whilst they're back in the States or wherever have it installed on the smart phones they got them so they track where they go. Thats why many have the crappy phone at the bar as they left the good one at home so the sucker things they're staying home like a good girl

"no hunny, me not work at the bar anymore"

Very true.

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:17 pm... and admitted that he actually stole the motorbike from the victim, but only because he didn't know the motorbike had a GPS tracking system.

He should've asked first...

I wonder when the motorbike thieves will start using jammers, or quickly search the bike for trackers. They're not really that hard to find, and most of them are connected to the battery.

I had my bike at the mechanic last week in Kampong Speu , and even there out in the province, a young khmer guy came in to get a GPS tracker fitted in his second hand Dream.

Another time in a small village in the Cardamoms, when finding my tracker while working on my bike, the mechanic made a joke about fitting a GPS tracker in his chicken, as there recently had been a lot of stolen poultry there.

My point is that the technology is widely known around the country, it's fairly cheap and easy to jam the signals, and I fear the popularity of trackers are actually just making the thieves step up their game.

Tough for a simple thief to catch a break with all of this confounded tech these days!