Hundreds of Vehicles Seized by NYC Sheriffs Over Illegal Paper License Plates

by CrownHeights.info

The law is finally catching up with the lawbreakers.

NYC’s Sheriffs have announced the seizure of 411 vehicles since June found to have illegal or counterfeit license paper plates.

The operation, dubbed Operation “CON-temporary”, has netted the seized vehicles as well as issued over 400 traffic summonses and arrests. Fifty-eight people have been arrested according to the most recent number.

The illegal paper plates were widely used in NYC to evade the law, including the city’s ever-present speeding and red light cameras. The more active criminals, such as package thieves, burglars, and gangs, also used the plates to evade the police, easily switching them so as to make their vehicles harder to track by the police.