Suspicious minds | Boss arrested for planting GPS tracker on employee's car in sick leave row

An overly-suspicious boss was arrested after planting a tracker on the car of an employee as part of a long-running row over sick leave.

Shedding light on the situation, which occurred in Spain, media outlet Antena 3 reported that a man was arrested after the worker, who was off sick with anxiety at the time, found the GPS device hidden on the underside of his vehicle while he was cleaning it.

A Spanish court is now in the process of considering evidence and will now decide whether to proceed with criminal charges.

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The incident allegedly formed part of an ongoing dispute between the employee and his boss.