The phrase "was located by" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the passive voice to indicate that something or someone was discovered by a certain person or entity. Example sentence: The lost artifact was located by the archeological team.
A statement said: "No actual explosive device was located by police".
Ford initially denied the allegations but backtracked when the recording was located by the Toronto police months later.
A hand grenade was located by a local resident after he reported seeing it in a street drain.
According to Italian media reports, her mobile phone was located by investigators as being within the zone including the villa that night.
Their yacht was located by a French warship, but the pirates managed to get the couple off the boat and on to land.
The shipwreck was located by Odyssey's underwater robot three miles below the surface of the North Atlantic, around 300 miles off the coast of Ireland.
It figured out on its own where Microsoft was located by doing a search of online mapping services.
The father, Peter O'Keeffe, 35, was located by detectives hours later at his mother's house, where he was arrested and charged with murder and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
French investigators said the recorder was located by underwater drones late Tuesday, surrounded by debris from other parts of the airplane.
The wreck was located by Swedish divers just off the coast of Aaland, one of a chain of Swedish-speaking, self-governing islands which belong to Finland.
The second was located by the Manhattan district attorney's office as it investigated the first man's claim; prosecutors determined that the statute of limitations had lapsed for the two complaints, which concerned events about 20 years ago.
