A POLICE officer has revealed his top 'inexpensive' tip to track valuable items after two Land Rovers were stolen in Ascot.

The expensive motors -- both of which were keyless -- were taken from Redwood Drive in Sunningdale and Furlong Drive in North Ascot on Tuesday, February 15.

A tracker was activated for the second stolen car -- a Black Land Rover Discovery -- showing a reading picked up in Maidenhead.

Items and the number plate from the car were found but not the vehicle itself.

The thefts come just days after police warned owners of keyless cars to keep their fobs as far away as possible from their vehicles when parked following a spate of thefts.

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The thefts were revealed by Jeffrey Pick, the community police officer for Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead.

In a statement on a Thames Valley Police website, Mr Pick gave his top tip to help victims of theft recover their important stolen items.

He said: “After speaking to a techy, they recommended that anyone with one of these makes /models of car, continually being stolen, that they add additional security to the car, in the form of a third party tracking system – to ‘Low Jack’ the car!

“The professional thieves know where the manufacturer’s tracking systems are in the car and remove or disable them.

“They would not anticipate a third party additional system!

“A simple inexpensive temporary back up precaution – and this goes for anyone needing to track anything discretely, is to buy an Apple Airtag.

“These were designed to put on our keyrings, to find your car keys!

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“They do though have a multitude of other uses. People put them in parcels they are sending – the tracking is brilliant!

“They are small and can of course be hidden inside a car, as a supplemental tracking system, the thieves may not anticipate to look for.”

AirTags work by sending a secure Bluetooth signal that can be detected by nearby devices in Apple’s ‘Find My’ network.

These devices send the location of your AirTag to iCloud — then you can go to the ‘Find My’ app and see it on a map.

The whole process is anonymous and encrypted to protect your privacy, according to Apple.

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Earlier this month, Thames Valley Police offered advice to owners of keyless cars about how to prevent thefts.

A spokesperson said: “Keyless car theft describes the theft of cars with a keyless entry system. Criminals use equipment to intercept the signal from the key inside the house and use this to unlock and start the car and then drive away.

"This means that even if your car and home are secure, thieves can still unlock, start and steal your car. Criminals only need to be within metres of your car key to capture the signal!"

How to prevent you keyless car being stolen

  • Place your keys in a metal tin to block the signal from travelling any further.
  • Purchase a signal-blocking pouch and keep your keys in this when they’re not in use.
  • Consider using other non-keyless vehicles to block your keyless car in so it can’t be easily driven away.