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A 33-YEAR-OLD man was arrested on Sunday for selling fake off-peak car supplementary licenses.
The police said the suspect had been selling the forged licences since February and has sold about 1,400 pieces.
He sold them in stacks of 22, at $300 per stack. Original ones cost $20 each, or $440 for 22.
The forged licences can be identified by their paler colours and bolder marked lines. They also have deeper perforation lanes, as well as six serial numbers compared to the standard eight on the originals.
The suspect advertised his licences on social networking websites like Friendster and Facebook.
He also recruited six runners to leave flyers on the windscreens of parked cars.
The flyers carry a contact number one can reach to purchase the discounted licence.
Police have recovered items including 500 pieces of fake licences, a personal computer, a printer and $28,990 cash from the suspect's home.
Ang Mo Kio Police Division's commander Lee Chin Ek said, 'It is important for the public not to be naive and be taken in by this kind of scheme...we take a serious view of people who attempt to resort to such scams to cheat the members of the public.'
Supplementary licences are used by off-peak car owners who want to use their cars during peak hours.
An off-peak car can be used only between 7pm and 7am on weekdays, and from 3pm on Saturdays and the eve of major public holidays.
Marked by red number plates, these cars can be driven freely on Sundays and public holidays.
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