Maryland police recently recovered around 15,000 stolen construction tools in a massive theft case, thanks to a quick-thinking carpenter looking for justice.
The Howard County Police Department announced the bust on May 23, calling the case “one of the largest and most expansive theft cases in the region in recent years.”
Authorities said the cache of 15,000 tools, which were recently found in a storage facility, was worth between $3 and $5 million. According to the Washington Post, a carpenter in Virginia was integral to helping police crack the case.
The carpenter, whose name has not been released, was determined to catch the suspects involved after having his vans broken into twice. He hid multiple AirTags in some of his larger tools to track the thieves if they returned, and on Jan. 22…