) -This is 40-year-old Thanh Nguyen on his way to metro jail. Mobile police say he was responsible for taking in several stolen catalytic converters at his business, NBR recycling.
Mobile Police say Nguyen’s arrest is the culmination of a yearlong investigation. Prine says this time last year the city was up 300% in catalytic converter thefts. Prine says MPD was able to arrest several people who were stealing catalytic converters before turning their attention to Nguyen. As part of Operation Cat Snatch Fever, MPD executed three search warrants at two different houses and Nguyen’s business where they seized machines that could have been used to open catalytic converters to remove the precious metals inside.
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