A man flew 4,000 miles to track down a thief who stole Apple AirPods.
Louis Ellis said he spent £2,300 to find the earbuds after watching them travel from Qatar to Nepal to Thailand, which took him five months. paid for
The 31-year-old realized he had misplaced his buds after getting off a flight from Bangkok to Doha.
Don't worry, the airline staff won't be able to go back to the plane to pick them up, but they'll be sitting in the same seats on the way back to Manchester.
He To their dismay, after competing in a male beauty pageant and settling on a seven-hour journey, they were nowhere to be seen.
He then decided to use the "Find My" feature on his iPhone to see where he got there.
Luis watched AirPods fly from Qatar to Kathmandu, Nepalto a small village in the Himalayas.
They then made a short trip to Thailand before finally returning to Doha.
While they stood still, Lewis made an "irrational" decision and flew off to retrieve them. It was great to see him travel the world for months," Lewis said.
"But I became more and more annoyed and kept asking Qatar Airways staff why I was on vacation.
"Left and right buds were on opposite sides of the village. so I shared them.
"I couldn't stand it any longer, so I decided to pursue them." Lewis spent £1,200 on flights, £500 on hotels and £300 on rental cars.
However, after more than 4,000 miles away, he was finally reunited with Earphone in a building owned by an airport employee.
Appearing on his The Apprentice series in 2019, Lewis said: Little things, yes. But I literally jumped and ran around for joy when I found them.
"Everyone giggled at the thought of millennial treasure hunts around the world.
"My bro me Liam Neeson I was particularly lacking in Set Skills.”
That was certainly a minor thing. But I literally jumped and ran around with joy when I found them. With the help of their friend Tom and local man Karim, they constantly checked the locator app to find the buds. I tried to connect with
Once the connection was established, they knew there was a suitable flat and thankfully the earbuds were handed over without issue.
Lewis said. I was happy that they were back.
"I had a box with the serial numbers on it, so I was ready to prove they were mine anyway."
Lewis appeared in Series 15 of The Apprentice and made it to the Final 5.
He later feuded with Lord Sugar on Twitter and got a tattoo of a businessman posing as Al Pacino, calling it Sir Alan Pacino. Louis, who runs the shop, also participated inOpen House: The Great Sex Experimentand signed up for the website OnlyFans to sell lewd snaps} .
Qatar Airways has reached out for comment.
