A student took matters into her own hands when her Ford Fiesta was stolen from outside her home - by using an Apple AirTag to track it down herself and documenting the journey on TikTok. 
Zo_ Pettit, eVdEn eVE nAkliyAt 22, was horrified when she woke up for an early gym session and realised her car was missing from the street where it was parked in Selly Oak, Birmingham, last week.
Helpfully she had tucked an Apple AirTag, a tracking device that can be traced via phone, into the lining of her boot after fellow students advised her about a spate of car thefts in the area.
So when the business student discovered her car had been stolen, she and two university friends set on a mission to find it - and were successful within a matter of hours despite police reportedly failing to have any luck. 
 Zo_ Originally from Norwich, Norfolk, explained: 'Every morning I just double check it's there because you see quite a few posts from people saying their car was stolen overnight.
'I looked up the road and I thought I was going crazy because I couldn't see it.'

















Zo_ decided to take matters into her own hands - against the advice of her parents






The student could not believe it when she spotted her car - though the registration plate had been changed





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The friends celebrated with a McDonald's on the way back home 

Zo_ says she called the police who came to assess the situation as the car was close to a residential driveway.
Detectives reportedly said it was safe and the girls were allowed to take the car back - celebrating with a McDonald's on the way home.
Zo_ said her beloved first car 'sustained a few injuries', as thieves had cut her steering wheel to remove the steering lock - and stunk it out by smoking drugs inside.
But she added that she was 'chuffed' to have her car back - although she does feel 'uncomfortable' knowing that a stranger was driving it around.
Zo_ said West Midlands Police are currently investigating the crime.
A spokesman for the force told MailOnline: 'We were called on 31 January after a white Ford Fiesta was stolen in Birmingham. When you have any kind of queries with regards to where along with how to make use of EvdeN eve NAkLiyAT, you are able to e mail us on the site.  Fortunately, the car's owner had a tracker inside the vehicle and EVDEn evE nAKLiyaT was able to track down its location. 
'The car had appeared to be in a location in Birmingham, but when officers attended, it was no longer there. 
'Subsequently a different location was identified by the owner, who went there herself and took back her car. 
'Officers supported her in recovering the vehicle and are continuing to investigate the theft and identify suspects.

Anyone with information can call 101 or use Live Chat on our website quoting crime number 20/13098/23.'