A couple were forced to “steal” back their own Jaguar after police told them they were too busy to help .

Mia Forbes Pirie and Mark Simpson managed to track the vehicle to an address just four miles from their home in Brook Green, West London, using an Apple Airtag.

However, the Metropolitan Police said it did not know when it would be able to investigate, despite being given the Jaguar E-Pace’s exact location in Chiswick.

After telling the force they would retrieve it themselves, the pair were told to ring 101 if successful, according to The Times.

Ms Forbes Pirie, 48, and Mr Simpson, 62, first noticed the car – fitted with a ghost immobiliser and tracker – was missing on Wednesday morning.

An update from the Airtag at 10.30am showed it to be just a 10-minute drive away.

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