Saturday, 03 February 2024 04:43

Truck fleet owner installs GPS devices on police cars to track and avoid them

Rate this item
(0 votes)

The owner of a trucking company in China landed in hot water with law enforcement after she admitted to installing GPS tracking devices on police cars in her area to help her trucks avoid them.

A woman in Xiangyang, Hubei province can consider herself lucky to have been slapped with eight days of administrative detention and a 500 yuan ($70) fine for a very serious crime – tracking the movements of police cars with the help of hidden GPS devices. Her scheme was accidentally discovered during a routine checkup when the traffic law enforcement brigade in Xiangyang found a mysterious black box attached to the chassis of one of their patrol cars. Further inspection revealed that the box contained a GPS tracker, which was subsequently found on six of the brigade’s 11 vehicles. By following the trail of the SIM cards associated with the tracking devices, authorities were able to find the culprit, a local woman named Zhu who admitted to tracking the movements of the police cars.

As the owner of a trucking fleet, Zhu came up with the idea of tracking local traffic patrol vehicles in order to increase her drivers’ chances of avoiding being pulled over and potentially fined. She admitted to carrying out the installation of the GPS trackers herself, by taking advantage of the police vehicles’ late-night parking at a Xiangzhou station.

Zhu bought six magnetic GPS trackers online for 350 yuan in June of last year and used them to track the cars via an app on her phone until late last month. She was thus able to pinpoint the locations of traffic police cars and alert her drivers to avoid them.

Such bold actions would be considered serious crimes in the Western world, but according to China Daily, Zhu only received an eith-day administrative detention and a 500 yuan fine, which sounds disproportionately trivial.

 

Oddity Central

March 12, 2025

Nigeria's car imports fell 14.3% in 2024 amid economic woes

Nigeria experienced a significant decline in passenger vehicle imports in 2024, with total import value…
March 13, 2025

Everything is transactional and the slogan is ‘It is my turn to chop’, Obasanjo slams…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the N15.6tn Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway project as wasteful and…
March 13, 2025

Illegal working in UK was unbearable, migrant says

Josie Hannett & Alex Bish An Albanian national who travelled to the UK illegally has…
March 01, 2025

Man offers to split $525,000 jackpot with thieves who stole his credit card to buy…

A Frenchman appealed to the homeless thieves who stole his credit card to buy a…
March 11, 2025

Gunmen launch deadly attacks in Ondo and Kebbi, leaving dozens dead

In a series of violent attacks across Nigeria, gunmen and terrorists have left a trail…
March 13, 2025

What to know after Day 1113 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian forces encircled in Kursk Region – Russia’s top general Ukrainian forces in…
March 12, 2025

From chatbots to intelligent toys: How AI is booming in China

Laura Bicker Head in hands, eight-year-old Timmy muttered to himself as he tried to beat…
January 08, 2025

NFF appoints new Super Eagles head coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach…

NEWSSCROLL TEAM: 'Sina Kawonise: Publisher/Editor-in-Chief; Prof Wale Are Olaitan: Editorial Consultant; Femi Kawonise: Head, Production & Administration; Afolabi Ajibola: IT Manager;
Contact Us: [email protected] Tel/WhatsApp: +234 811 395 4049

Copyright © 2015 - 2025 NewsScroll. All rights reserved.