Gqeberha police have recovered stolen catalytic converters worth more than R24-million and arrested three suspects in Sidwell.
Spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu says a 43-year-old truck driver was driving with 44 pallets of catalytic converters towards Markman on Friday when his vehicle was blocked off by two bakkies at robots.
She says two men got into the truck and drove off to an unknown location where all the converters were offloaded.
The truck was later driven to Prince Alfred Road in North End where the suspects abandoned it.
Colonel Naidu says police later found 24 pallets of the stolen converters at a freight transport company in Commercial Road, Sidwell.
She says a truck was found already loaded with some of the stolen goods and three suspects, aged between 29 and 33 were arrested and are being detained on a charge of vehicle hijacking.
Police are still searching for the other 20 pallets.
