Catalytic converters, which contain precious metals worth more than gold, are being sawn off cars around the country, leaving victims to pay hefty repair bills.
Kaitlin Evans parked her car in a commuter car park in Brisbane's south-east one morning in January and went to work.Thieves steal converters from a car's exhaust system as they contain precious metalsWhen she returned to her car that afternoon and turned on the ignition, the engine roared so loudly that she thought the sound was coming from another vehicle.Someone had stolen her catalytic converter.
She said she could hear other vehicles in the car park were rumbling like hers when she checked underneath her car. The price of palladium is currently $US1,380 an ounce, while rhodium is roughly three times the price of gold at $US6,500 an ounce. Thieves typically target car yards, shopping centres and car parks as they can swipe several converters from parked vehicles within an hour.Sydney mechanic Omar El-Dadoun said he once served a customer who had converters stolen from three cars which were parked in his backyard.The rise in catalytic converter thefts has prompted police to take a proactive stance on the issue.
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