Number Plate Theft Rising In Oz

It seems that number plate theft is not specific to just the UK. In Australia there has been a spate of number plate thefts from cars parked at train stations. Similar to the UK, these number plates are then put on other cars to commit crimes such as not paying toll fines and stealing fuel from petrol stations.

The Australian RACV has been issuing train commuters with special anti-theft screws, which would be used to attach the number plates with. These special screws cannot be undone with standard screwdrivers.

A lot of people have been wrongly fined for not paying tolls and being visited by the police for crimes they did not commit as a result of these number plate thefts.