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Creative - USA - Thieves target Toyota trucksCatalytic converters
Being stolen from vehicles for valuable metals insideFremont,CA,USA -The Argus, by Ricci Graham -11 Apr 2006: -- So, with the prices of certain metals soaring in commodities markets, they have begun targeting catalytic converters that are featured in a line of 1990's Toyota trucks and sport utility vehicles... Authorities say the converters contain valuable metals — platinum, palladium and rhodium — that now can net a recycler thousands of dollars on the open market... Thieves are focusing on 1990s Toyota 4Runners, Tundras and Tacomas because the catalytic converters are easy toremove, according to police... Lt. Bill Gaudinier, an investigator with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, said he has seen a rise in catalytic converter thefts from Toyota trucks in the past six months...
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