Inside and Native Authorities Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. speaks throughout a joint press convention with the Land Transportation Workplace (LTO) on the arrest of three suspects for allegedly stealing license plates from the LTO Plate Making Plant on Friday, January 26, 2024. Noy Morcoso/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines — Inside Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. on Friday suggested car house owners to confirm the legitimacy of their license plates with the Land Transportation Workplace (LTO).
His advice got here after the LTO, DILG-Particular Mission Group and Quezon Metropolis Police District’s Kamuning Station arrested three LTO staff for allegedly stealing license plates from the LTO Plates Making Plant.
In a press convention, Abalos warned automobile house owners who could have obtained their car license plates illegally that what they’re utilizing proper now could also be unregistered.
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“Sa lahat ng nanood ngayon, check-in ninyo na agad sa LTO [kung legitimate ang license plates],” he stated.
(To everybody watching now, instantly test your license plates with LTO to know if they’re professional.)
“‘Yung mga nakuha nila, walang laman ‘yan, hindi nakarehistro ‘yan, ‘yung QR code niyan, walang laman ‘yan,” he added.
(Those they acquired, it’s empty, not registered, that QR code, it’s empty.)
In response to LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II, an LTO worker wrote a grievance to the workplace of the Inner Safety Operations Division of the Philippine Nationwide Police concerning the alleged crime.
On Thursday, the three LTO staff had been arrested after the responsibility safety guard on the license plate manufacturing website reportedly noticed them stealing 5 license plates as footage from the ability’s closed-circuit tv additionally caught one of many suspects allegedly placing the license plates contained in the top-box of his bike.
Authorities had been additional investigating the explanation behind the theft of license plates from the plant.