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Surrey, British Columbia, once one of the car-theft capitals of North America, with 8,000 vehicles stolen in 2003, has seen a 50 percent decline in auto theft since the inception of a bait-car program four years ago. Decoy cars are outfitted with an arsenal of gadgetry that allows cops to track anyone foolish enough to take them.
