Thieves were caught on camera early Friday morning, right in the driveway of an El Cajon home targeting a car’s catalytic converter. That car part helps burn off emissions and allows your car to operate more efficiently. "They're recycling them for a good amount of money," Kelley said. It's all about who they know and where they can take it, to buy it," Nathan Kelley said, who is the manager at Express Performance Center in Santee. He says it's the metal these thieves are after and they then most likely sell to a recycle or scrap yard. Some can go for more than $2,000, while victims are stuck with an even higher price tag to get it fixed. It took at least four suspects, in two separate vehicles less than three minutes to steal the part. Alex Piscitelli lives in El Cajon near where the theft happened despite multiple Ring cameras, security signs and a '"big dog" warning. "They obviously know what they're doing, they're organized," Piscitelli said. FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/catalytic-converter-stolen-less-than-three-minutes/509-c0ef3a32-f937-408d-901c-ddcc6bb8b7af