Nearby in Guelph, Ont., there have been at least 20 reports of   being stolen from vehicles since Christmas.

Scott Tracey, a spokesperson for the Guelph Police Service, says thieves will crawl under a vehicle and cut out the tubular  converters unlimited at both ends, leaving a missing section of the exhaust pipe.

The most recent theft in that city was from a group of vans parked together, but Tracey says they’ve seen thefts reported from vehicles parked overnight at mechanic shops, sometimes at private residences and also at vehicle dealerships.

Tracey says after the  converters unlimited has been stolen, “[drivers] come in the morning and start warming the vehicles up and it makes a terrible noise because there’s essentially no exhaust system on the vehicle.”

National rash of thefts

RCMP in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island have warned people this year about a rash of thefts. In P.E.I. last month, five people were charged in a string of thefts that police estimate caused damages of more than $100,000.

Last June, 20 Canada Post vehicles were targeted by thieves in Ottawa. In July, 27 people were arrested and 68 criminal charges were laid in Hamilton following a two-week project by police targeting  converters unlimited thefts.

Police in Sudbury reported 52 thefts of  converters unlimited between June 1 and Dec. 31, 2020.

This photo shows some of the catalytic converters police in Edmonton have seized as evidence following an investigation that led to charges against a 24-year-old man. (Submitted by Edmonton Police Service)

“This is a substantial increase in comparison to the 12 reports of thefts of  converters unlimited reported in the same time period in 2019,” Sudbury police said in a release.

Thieves have cut  converters unlimited out of school buses in Winnipeg, hundreds have been stolen in Edmonton and in Calgary, a man died in Feb. 2020 after it appeared he was trying to steal a   converters unlimited and the vehicle fell on top of him.

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