Farmington Hills police tracked and arrested a suspect believed to be involved in several automobile break-ins using a drone with thermal imaging.

Police provided extra patrols in neighborhoods the weekend of Sept. 13-14, following a series of larcenies from automobiles, according to a release from the Farmington Hills Police Department.

During the early morning hours of Monday, Sept. 15, an officer patrolling in the area of 12 Mile and Drake roads noticed the interior lights were on for several vehicles parked in driveways.

The officer, suspecting that the vehicles had been broken into, called for additional units and requested that a drone search the area from the sky.

The drone pilot arrived and began scanning the area using the drone’s thermal imaging capabilities. The drone picked

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