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Thefts of catalytic converters are skyrocketing. Why? And what are lawmakers and law enforcement doing about it? - The Denver Post

Steve Horvath, owner of Jeno’s Auto ...
Steve Horvath, owner of Jeno’s Auto Service Inc., places a sticker on the catalytic converter of a Toyota Tacoma on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Horvath has been placing the registration stickers on the auto assembly to help deter would-be thieves from cutting the part from a car. Each label has a unique registration number and is applied with a chemical that etches the serial into the metal of the converter even if tampered with.

When Alan Bucknam’s daughter started the Toyota 4Runner to drive to school, it sounded like a Harley Davidson revving up.

“I figured either the muffler fell off or the catalytic converter was taken out,” Bucknam said.

He looked underneath the vehicle and saw two clean diagonal cuts on each end of where the catalytic converter should have been.

“They certainly knew what they were doing,” Bucknam said. . . .



source: https://www.denverpost.com/2022/05/09/colorado-lawmakers-target-catalytic-converter-thefts/

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