New police team to crack down on illegal number plates across England
Summary
The UK government has set up a National Roads Policing Coordination Centre (NRPCC) to fight illegal number plates across England. This new team will help police forces work together using new technology to catch drivers who use fake or unreadable number plates to avoid fines and commit crimes.Key Facts
- The NRPCC is a new national police team focused on illegal number plates.
- It will combine information from police forces across England to improve tracking.
- New technology, like special goggles, can detect number plates made unreadable to cameras.
- Illegal plates are used by criminals to move stolen goods and avoid speeding or parking fines.
- Drivers with illegal plates can be fined up to £1,000.
- Types of illegal plates include cloned plates (copying real registrations) and ghost plates (using see-through film to hide from cameras).
- The police say this effort will help catch offenders faster and disrupt crime gangs linked to these plates.
- Officials emphasize that illegal number plates help criminals avoid law enforcement and are not harmless.
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