Who Is Stealing License Plates? 

Residents of Maris Deena Street in Southside Belize City are facing costs they did not anticipate after their licence plates were stolen earlier this week. 

Early Tuesday morning, thieves targeted at least nine vehicles in the area, stealing license plates and two car batteries. Some plates were left damaged beyond use.

Victims now face the inconvenience of filing police reports and making multiple trips to the Traffic Department to replace their stolen plates — a process residents say is both time-consuming and expensive.

Police have not yet determined a motive, but the department issued a bulletin for the missing plates. Residents are concerned that the stolen plates could be used on other vehicles to commit crimes or traffic offences, wrongly implicating the original owners.

Police are urging anyone with information to come forward.