The San Francisco Police Department has become the latest victims of rampant catalytic-converter theft in the Bay Area.
Mission Local reported Tuesday
SFPD said the thefts were discovered Monday afternoon and likely happened either Sunday night or in the early morning hours Monday. What the thieves are after is what is inside this catalytic converter. It's a honeycomb that contains precious metals: platinum, palladium - and most precious of all - rhodium.investigating an early morning catalytic converter theft was injured after being hit by the suspects' carThe theft was reported about 5:08 a.m. in the 400 block of Chestnut Street, where a man told officers that someone had just stolen his car's catalytic converter, according to a release from police.
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