"... Officers said during the six-month project, 215 vehicles, valued at approximately $17.4 million were intercepted and recovered..."
That would mean that the average value of each of the stolen vehicles was $81,000,000, as determined by the police. Honestly, what percentage of used cars have a value of $81,000?
I think the same police accountant who determines the value of drug busts came up with that figure... '50 kilos of weed at $10 for .6 of a gram equals an estimated street value of $833,500'.