Is stealing catalytic converters a thing?

[DodgyGeezer]

seems like the US is also suffering from these scumbags

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AknKM2BhMdo

one dealership mentioned lost c150 cats

[CoolHands]

Whole lot of brand new cars that can’t be sold. And then if / when they do replace them the same thing could happen again.

[NMNeil]

But here they are targeting the scrap yards who buy the stolen converters.
If the f**ksticks can't sell them, no point in stealing them.
https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/three-arreste...