Two Dunedin girls who allegedly stole a smartphone got more than they bargained for when the owner traced the phone back to their front door.
Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen, of Dunedin, said the phone had been taken from a vehicle in Dunedin on Tuesday.
The owner used a ''find my phone'' app on another device to track the phone to a Liberton address in Dunedin later the same day.
When police arrived, two girls aged 16 and 15 were spoken to and the phone was recovered, he said.
The girls have been referred to Youth Aid.
