Car Thief Tricks Part 2: Fake plates Syndicate

The horrific dusitD2 terrorist attack in January 2019, exposed a racket involving NTSA officials and car thieves.

Collusion between State officials motivated by greed and the criminal underworld has increasingly fuelled theft of motor vehicles in the country.

Investigations revealed that that for as little as Ksh2,000, and a 30-minute wait, one can get a duplicate number plate for a vehicle that normally operates in another town.

The trick is to prevent car owners with similar number plates from ever encountering each other.

When the ingenious tricks run out, the thugs revert to their default setting of hijacks masked in tricks.