Thief caught while disassembling “catalyst” from car in Acireale

Acireale (Catania) – The Carabinieri of the Acireale station have arrested a 34-year-old convict from Acireale for aggravated theft. The new frontier of easy (but illicit) earnings is called a “catalyst”, a component of the car exhaust system that is as useful for protecting the environment as it is valuable for unscrupulous traders who, obtaining quantities of noble metals contained in the internally, they commission the thefts with relative economic burdens for the victims of the crime, forced to face high costs of restoring their car from the damage caused by the thieves who, in truth, operate by “cutting” and without special precautions. The latest theft in chronological order was foiled in via Guido Gozzano in Acireale where the Arma patrol surprised the thief intent on dismantling, using a battery grinder, the precious exhaust system from a car there parked.

The stolen goods have been returned to the entitled person, while the arrested person was relegated to house arrest, with the obligation to wear the electronic bracelet, as ordered by the judge at the hearing for direct.