Around $18,000 worth of GPS tracking devices were stolen from Roambee’s Silicon Valley labs, but were recovered within five to six hours after the company equipped police with their tracking software.

Roambee co-founder Vidya Subramanian said they were able to quickly pinpoint the devices to a warehouse and two cars.

Two men have now been arrested in connection with the theft.

Mr Subramanian said the incident has resulted in some good publicity for the firm: “What this has done is show our customers that our product not only works, but it goes into full recovery mode where we can actually show the end result for a roaming perspective.”