15:00 09 Sep 2008 By Colin Sowman - Contract JournalA-Plant has traced a JCB skid steer loader stolen from the UK to Sharjah in the Middle East using its A-Trak system and positively identified it using Cesar.
Enigma, which hosts A-Plant’s A-Trak system, followed the satellite reports from the stolen skid-steer’s tracking devices showing the machine left Southampton docks nine days after it was stolen.Having contacted the docks it was evident the machine was bound for Gibraltar and on to Oman, where it was unloaded. Once unloaded, Enigma pinpointed the machine’s final location in the neighbouring UAE state of Sharjah.
An undercover visit was arranged through a joint venture partner in Dubai who paid a deposit to ensure the machine wasn’t moved while Interpol completed the necessary paper work for its recovery.
Enigma chief executive Ian Keam-George travelled to Dubai with Data Tag scanning equipment and identified the machine by the hidden transponders because the UPN plate had been removed.
Three days later the Sharjah police arrested two suspects and ceased the skid steer and a generator stolen from another plant hire company in the Manchester area.
