DVLA to prosecute offenders over usage of fake, expired plates

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has intensified a nationwide enforcement exercise focusing on forged DV number plates, expired registrations and fake stickers, warning that offenders will be prosecuted.

Addressing the press on Thursday, April 23, 2026,the assistant manager of Compliance and Enforcement at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, Kofi Ansah Apenteng, disclosed that the operation became necessary after authorities detected increase levels of non-compliance.

“It was necessary for the compliance enforcement to hold an enforcement activity to dig out and find out what is really happening,” he stated.

According to him, preliminary findings from the exercise have revealed alarming levels of forgery, including fake number plates and counterfeit DV stickers some allegedly linked to stickers originally issued at the ports.

“It has come to our attention that the stickers we issued from the port, most of them, are also being forged. Anyone caught up with that will be prosecuted,” he warned.

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He also indicated that the ongoing exercise began last month and has already yielded significant results in identifying vehicles operating with forged and expired DV plates.

“We started last month, so today marks almost a month we started operating on finding out the forged DV plate and the expired DV plate,” he said.

He entreated motorists to regularize their documentation and avoid engaging middlemen or illegal channels, as the ongoing crackdown is set to continue in the coming weeks.

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Use of fake DVLA plates will attract prosecution – Kofi Apenteng