Yes, meth addicted house breakers often use high tech toys costing 500-2000 bucks to scout things out. You watch too any movies. Break ins are not like stealing the pink panther diamond... or like Tom Cruise hanging from the ceiling like in Mission Impossible.
All houses have the same easily fenced stuff. A decent TV, some jewelry, a few guns, maybe some cash hidden in the normal places. They knock on the door. If you answer they ask you to buy magazines or for directions. If you don’t, they kick in the door and take the above named items.
I always hear people who think there is a week of “casing” going on. Its sweet that such innocence still exists.
You have no clue.