Police in Bradford are carrying out further work to tackle vehicle registration plate thefts, which have been slashed by a third.
Surgeries, allowing motorists to have anti-theft screws fitted for free to their registration plates, have been set up.
The scheme follows the publishing of images in the Telegraph & Argus of plate thief suspects, as well as offenders making off from petrol stations without paying for fuel, which is linked to the crime.
An 18-year-old man was arrested and given an adult caution after CCTV images of two suspects, unscrewing registration plates from cars in a car park near to Bradford Royal Infirmary, were published.
One man has been convicted of theft after the T&A published a rogues gallery in February of culprits filling up with petrol without paying in Girlington, Thornbury, Odsal, Bingley and Keighley.
Police released the images as part of a crackdown after revealing registration plate thefts had increased by 35 per cent in the district. Now they have revealed such offences have fallen by 32 per cent between February 27 and March 26.
Motorists can attend the ?surgeries? at Lawcroft House Police Station in Lilycroft Road, Manningham, Bradford, between 4pm and 6pm every Sunday to have free anti-theft screws fitted.
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Police tackle number plate theft in Bradford (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
Surgeries, allowing motorists to have anti-theft screws fitted for free to their registration plates, have been set up.
The scheme follows the publishing of images in the Telegraph & Argus of plate thief suspects, as well as offenders making off from petrol stations without paying for fuel, which is linked to the crime.
An 18-year-old man was arrested and given an adult caution after CCTV images of two suspects, unscrewing registration plates from cars in a car park near to Bradford Royal Infirmary, were published.
One man has been convicted of theft after the T&A published a rogues gallery in February of culprits filling up with petrol without paying in Girlington, Thornbury, Odsal, Bingley and Keighley.
Police released the images as part of a crackdown after revealing registration plate thefts had increased by 35 per cent in the district. Now they have revealed such offences have fallen by 32 per cent between February 27 and March 26.
Motorists can attend the ?surgeries? at Lawcroft House Police Station in Lilycroft Road, Manningham, Bradford, between 4pm and 6pm every Sunday to have free anti-theft screws fitted.
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Police tackle number plate theft in Bradford (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)