A quick-thinking scaffolder has tracked down his stolen truck in an hour - thanks to a hidden Apple AirTag.<br /><br />Paul Conway's black Nissan Pathfinder was stolen on Monday (March 4) after one of his employees left the car running when he nipped inside his house.<br /><br />Paul, 46, immediately started shaking but he then remembered he had a £29 Apple AirTag inside his car. <br /><br />An AirTag is a tracking device that uses Bluetooth to track different objects such as keys, wallets, purses, vehicles and luggage.<br /><br />Paul then jumped into his car and within an hour had tracked the vehicle in Bradford, around five miles from his house in Farsley, Leeds.<br /><br />He said: "I started shaking, I couldn't believe it as the car is my pride and joy. <br /><br />"I was just sat there shaking and I remembered I had the AirTag in my car so I went onto the app and saw it heading out of Leeds and into Bradford. <br /><br />"We followed the signal and phoned the police, who offered to drive me around looking for it.<br /><br />"It was just there, hidden on a quiet residential street.<br /><br />"I couldn't believe it."<br /><br />Paul's wife Angela bought him the AirTag as a Christmas present in 2022 as he knows the truck is his 'pride and joy.'<br /><br />He thought he would just use it to find his vehicle in a car park, as he 'never thought' it would get stolen.<br /><br />Paul said: "She bought me a pack of four so I put some on my keys and then decided to put one inside the bodywork of the truck. <br /><br />"I just thought I would use it if I parked somewhere and forgot where but I never thought it would get stolen."<br /><br />Paul's employee left the keys in his car so he doesn't think the theft would have been covered by his insurance, which means it would have cost him around £7,000.<br /><br />He's now encouraging other drivers to put one in their vehicles, in case the same thing happens. <br /><br />Paul, who owns Farsley Scaffolding, said: "I knew he left the keys on the seat so it wouldn't have been insured. <br /><br />"So I would have been devastated if I hadn't got it back because I wouldn't have been covered for it.<br /><br />"Loads of builders have said they are going to order them - I think I've done quite well for Apple's sales. <br /><br />"There's even a scaffolding suppliers company who have heard what's happened and are offering free AirTags to customers."
