Ottawa police say the driver was charged with installing unauthorized license plates after claiming he ‘bought the vehicle new’

A driver charged under the Highway Traffic Act for failing to wear license plates told the officer the vehicle had been recently purchased, according to Ottawa police.

The Ottawa Police Service said traffic officers using Automatic License Plate Recognition technology stopped a driver without a license plate in the area of ​​Bank Street and Surrey Boulevard.

“The driver, whose license plate was not attached, claimed that he ‘newly purchased’ the vehicle and went out to ‘run some errands’,” the police said in a statement to

The purchase date was Aug. 29, police said.

The driver faces charges of having unauthorized license plates, failure to change registration and being uninsured.

On Thursday, police filed multiple charges in the area of ​​Carling Boulevard and Holy Acres Drive.

The charges included speeding, no insurance and trespassing.