A Surrey woman caught a bold theft of a catalytic converter Thursday afternoon and police are now looking for two suspects.

鈥淭his happened to me yesterday,鈥� the woman told the Now-Leader. 鈥淚t was terrifying.鈥�

Surrey RCMP Cpl. Vanessa Munn said the theft happened in the 10800-block of 142 Street and was reported shortly after 5 p.m.

鈥淭here seems to be an increase, certain metals within them as their value increases, we鈥檒l tend to see a increase in catalytic converter thefts,鈥� she said.

According to ICBC, there have been 1,189 such thefts reported this year resulting roughly $2.3 million in claims. In 2020, there were 1,060 thefts.

Police ask anyone with information on this or other catalytic converter thefts to call the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com
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