How did the police track my number down?

A week ago, i found a iphone6 in the bathroom so i put it in my pocket, it was dead already. FYI i have the same phone so i had no intent to use it. I put it in my coat pocket.

This morning I received a call from the police asking about an iphone but i'm at work at the moment so i can't really call back. I realized I still had the lost phone in my coat pocket at home.

It got me thinking on how and why did they get my number in the first place?

IPhone are the most trackable gadgets around. GPS the stolen number. Find the address where its currently located. Phone records indicate a billing address trace the billing number to that address. Call that person. Next time steal a tracphone

If i told you id have to kill you.

There's many ways, police have access to a lot of systems including department of transport or equivalent for your state/country. Also other agencies data and historical data, even phone company data. We can also ping phones, view CCTV footage, speak to witnesses… Any number of these things simultaneously would be your answer.

They may track it with gps.

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