Once attached to a number plate, the anti-theft screws can only be removed with a specially designed tool that cannot be bought in shops, police say. The crackdown, which police are calling Operation ...

A record number of number plate thefts in Victoria has prompted the state's motoring club to make a radical proposal – for anti-theft screws to become mandatory. Last year, 27,466 number plate theft ...

Stealing number plates in West Auckland will be much harder for thieves as police work their way around carparks fitting vehicles with security screws. Thieves pinched more than 400 car number plates ...

With theft of number plates up a massive 46 per cent last year, one industry body is calling on the state government to make installing a type of anti-theft device mandatory. According to the latest ...

On Sunday (10th November) Taupo Community Patrol and Taupo Neighbourhood Support teamed up with Bunnings for Bunnings Crime Prevention Week to help secure vehicles in Taupo with anti-theft screws.

In a bid to combat the rampant issue of stolen number plates fueling criminal activity, the Dominion Road Business Association urges the government to mandate the use of tamper-proof screws on all new ...