Salt Lake and Bountiful police teamed up Tuesday to recover stolen construction tools that — unknown to the thief — had been installed with tracking devices.

Two concrete saws were recently stolen out of a trailer in West Valley City near 2700 South and 5600 West. Bountiful police had placed tracking devices on some of the equipment prior to when it stolen, according to Salt Lake police.

Tuesday about 10 p.m., a Bountiful officer was able to track the equipment to a storage shed near 750 North and 800 West. Salt Lake police were called to assist and obtained a search warrant to enter the shed where the stolen equipment was found.

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No arrests had been made as of Wednesday afternoon.

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