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Looking For iPad, Police Find 750 Pounds of Meth

Posted by Unknown on from the youtube-more-addictive-than-meth dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Hot on the trail of a stolen iPad using the 'Find my iPad' feature in iOS, Police in San Jose tracked the stolen device back to an apartment complex where they then stumbled onto 750 pounds of meth. All told, the meth is worth about $35 million on the street. The seizure was one of the largest drug busts in recent memory."

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  1. Crime solved when Police do their job, News at 11 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wait, you mean investigating actual crimes leads to discovery of other, actual crimes?

    SAY IT AIN'T SO

  2. $35 Million Dollars by Crasoose · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even drug lords cannot afford the new insane iPad prices.

    1. Re:$35 Million Dollars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      Actually, they probably traded it to the dealers for about 30 dollars worth of drugs. Usually when people buy or sell stolen goods in a straight up trade for drugs, they get 5-10% of the value.

  3. So the iPad by clickclickdrone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Had found its way back to Apple HQ?

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  4. Re:Crime solved when Police do their job, News at by Camaro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is so true. I live near a major highway and hear all the time about major drug busts that occurred because less-than-intelligent traffickers got pulled over because of something stupid like speeding. They never seem to learn. If you're going to haul a metric shitload of dope across the country, make sure all your lights work and stay close to the speed limit!

  5. Another win .... by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... in the war to stamp out addictive substances that are destroying our youth!

    And they found some meth as well.

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  6. Re:Crime solved when Police do their job, News at by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My elderly mother has an iPad, the best that has happened to her in a long while. She uses Skype on it to keep in touch with relatives in other cities, keeps all her photos on it, and plays games on it when idle. Stealing it from her wouldn't be just a crime, it would be downright cruel.

    You think you're being funny, but for every show-off and zealot that waves their iPad around as a sign of their superiority, there's another human being who quietly makes good proper use of it.