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Tracking Sensor In Cough Syrup Nabs Suspected Burglars

The suspects had no idea that the bottle of cough syrup perched on a shelf at a Tustin pharmacy contained something more than cough relief. It wasn’t until the nondescript package was removed from the small Newport Avenue business by burglars that its secret ingredients went to work. Concealed inside the bottle of cough syrup was a GPS device that began tracking the medicine thieves’ every move, according to police investigators. After days of tracking, undercover surveillance and evidence gathering, investigators arrested Willie James Clark, 21, of Rowland Heights and Brian Vega Salinas, 20, of La Puente on suspicion of committing the Nov. 10 burglary.

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  1. R MARK REASBECK from www.USAonly.US , December 6, 2016 at 9:35 p.m.

    So ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A TRACKER IN OUR UNDERWEAR??  HOW CONVIENIENT , IF YOUR SPOUSE IS CHEATING ON YOU, YOUR SMNART PHONE "GOES OFF" AND LET'S YOU KNOW THE UNDRWEAR  WERE REMOVED.     TECH-LEMMINGS OF THE WORLD, KEEP COMING UP WITH STUFF THAT YOU AREN'T SMART ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

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