[njk53]

That is a good statement. Thieves operate in their comfort zone, search locally.

Years ago a friends of mine shop was broken into and thieves stole almost all of their engine components heads, blocks, intakes rods pistons, etc.. What they did was call all speed equipment dealers, machine shops, racers, auto parts stores stores, etc. they could think of within a 50 mile radius and left a contact number if anyone had info.

The word got spread around the racing community very well just by word of mouth.
A machine shop about 30 miles north of their shop called saying a guy was trying to sell cylinder heads and a crank. They got the police involved and set up a buy and nailed the thief. It turned out the miserable slug lived less than a 1/4 mile from their shop. They got almost everything back.

It's worth the effort.