Posted on 12/11/2020 1:33:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
Hollister police arrested an alleged team of catalytic converter thieves early Wednesday.
Two men and a woman, all from Bakersfield, were arrested after a resident called police after seeing suspicious police, police reported.
Officers responded to the report around 12:10 a.m. when they pulled over the reported vehicle with its three occupants. Inside the vehicle they found cutting tools, power tools, saws and two recently removed catalytic converters.
A K-9 search of the vehicle led officers to find methamphetamine and the vehicle itself was later determined to have been stolen.
All three occupants were arrested and have since been released from custody. Any charges of vehicle theft will be referred to the district attorney’s office, police said.
A stolen catalytic converter can be sold to metal recyclers for anywhere between $20 and $250.
Good...They'll now be able to steel enough of the convertors to pay their fines...
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