Stolen Perfume Traced With Tiny GPS Tracking Device
CARLSTADT, N.J. – An arrest in Carlstadt, a borough of New Jersey, stands as proof that Global Positioning System (GPS tracking) technology is increasingly becoming smaller and more sophisticated.
Police arrested two men for allegedly stealing bottles of Creed-brand designer perfume and cologne from a Carlstadt, N.J. shipping company they worked for. Tiny GPS tracking devices were attached to random bottles of luxury fragrances, after representatives of both Gale Network Company and retailer Neiman Marcus fretted over losses in their inventory. The fragrances had been disappearing over the course of a year.
On May 27, a GPS tracking report noted that one of the marked bottles had wavered from its regular shipping route. The real-time GPS tracking device on the bottle led authorities to the Jersey City home of Carlos Mayta, 30.
Police found a total of 17 bottles of Creed in Mayta’s possession. Mayta then fingered an alleged accomplice, Arturo Vasquez, 30, of Union City, who reportedly admitted to stealing 30 bottles of Creed. The estimated value of the perfume and cologne recovered is $11,000.
Each man was charged with theft of movable property. Mayta faces an additional charge of receiving stolen property.
Not only do the suspects face jail time, they are being investigated by U.S. Immigration Services. Authorities said the case is still open and other arrests might be pending.
The House of Creed is a sixth-generation, privately-held French company founded in 1760. Its products, for men and women, are favored by the Hollywood elite, and they pay handsomely for them. Some Creed fragrances retail for as much as $130 an ounce.
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