Source: Kassie Simmons, WECT, 8/17/21

 It only takes a matter of minutes for thieves to get under your truck or car, steal the catalytic converter and disappear without you knowing they were even there. Mechanics in Wilmington say they get calls every day from customers about replacing one. One has even seen a customer have several catalytic converters stolen within a single month. The criminals are after the metals inside the part like platinum and rhodium. On a truck at Aaron’s Custom Exhaust today, the stolen catalytic converter could be sold for up to $800 on the black market. That owner is left with a bill of their own, now, totaling about $600.

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