For perspective on Canadian policing re cars and theft:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stolen-licence-plate-...

>> I was quite flabbergasted that the police weren't at all concerned," Novak said.

>> Halton police say they've since seized the stolen plate from an unoccupied vehicle.

So the cops tracked down the stolen plates and removed them. No arrest of the people using the plates fraudulently. No seizure of the vehicle. The cops just unscrewed the stolen plates and walked away. They really don't care about vehicle-related property crime.