Police back efforts to make it harder for crims to steal number plates

June 19, 2018

For $5, community patrols are replacing the screws on anyone's number plate so they can't be easily removed.

New Zealand Police are supporting an initiative to make it harder for criminals to steal number plates.

For $5, volunteers from community patrols are replacing the screws on anyone's number plate so they can't be easily removed.  

Stolen plates can often turn up on vehicles involved in illegal activities, 

Over a recent period of 11 days, Auckland police picked up five vehicles with dodgy plates.

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