Just had a local (Colorado) member on another (truck) forum deal with a stolen/recovered vehicle (his adult son's truck).

Stolen vehicles are tested for drug residue. It came up positive for Meth or Fentanyl (can't remember which - don't think it matters for either of those two) so the Ins company totaled it. Older Dodge Ram 12V Cummins so worth more than book. IIRC they got 16K (I think it was a 96 2500?) No buyback allowed - straight to the crusher. In this case, it was somehow returned to the owner prior to being totaled so the owner was able to strip off a lot of the aftermarket parts though they had to be replaced with equivalent junk parts. Vehicle didn't have to run, but it had to be whole and not just a shell/stripped. He did apparently make it a 2WD model to get his built trans and t-case. LOL. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to pull that sweet Cummins 12V and weld in a Ford or Chevy motor.