This was a totally UNEXPLORED (by the media) aspect of the Awan incident.
Why did Awan leave Wendy’s laptop in a secure location (secure in the sense it was inaccessible to the general public) and yet knew it would be found by ‘security’ and taken into custody?
Was he planning to use it as his ‘bargaining tool’ ?
Yes, and he left it in an area he no longer had access to (legitimately) — i.e., he had to make an unusual kind of effort to leave the laptop in that spot.