Nallasopara: Thieves held for stealing car silencers for costly metal dust
Nallasopara: Thieves held for stealing car silencers for costly metal dust
Thieves seem to have found a novel way of making more money by stealing silencers of four wheelers and the Maruti Eeco Vans have turned out to be their favourites owing to the presence of expensive metal dust like Rhodium, Palladium and Platinum.
Alarmed by the sudden rise in cases involving theft of silencers, especially from Eeco Vans in the Vasai-Nallasopara belt, senior officials from the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police commissionerate deputed the crime branch unit to conduct a parallel probe and apprehend the culprits.
Updated Jan 08, 2021 | 21:19 IST
The catalytic converters in the vehicles exhaust pipe contain several precious metals that are used in the process of making harmful gases less toxic before they exit silencers. Thieves have targeted the silencers because of the catalytic converters in the exhaust pipes. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The metals in catalytic converters are said to be more precious than gold.
Ahmedabad: Thieves in Gujarat have found a novel way of making more money illegally by stealing the exhaust pipes of the Eeco cars in Ahmedabad.
In just less than a week, thieves have stolen exhaust pipes also known as silencers worth Rs 21 lakh.