Libberate, not steal. It was being oppressed!
My neighbor had a catalytic converter stolen from his brand new car a few months back, as did others in my neighborhood. We heard no sound and we are up at night, and it must of made a hell of a racket.
According the the police (or my neighbor), they aren’t going directly to the metals recyclers, but rather through intermediaries. Th thieves sometimes getting just a few dollars to ten or twenty bucks for something that might normally be worth a few hundred to the scrap yard, and up to a few thousand for to the car owner.
