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MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. on Friday advised vehicle owners to verify the legitimacy of their license plates with the Land Transportation Office (LTO).

His recommendation came after the LTO, DILG-Special Project Group and Quezon City Police District鈥檚 Kamuning Station arrested three LTO employees for allegedly stealing license plates from the LTO Plate Making Plant.

In a press conference, Abalos warned car owners who may have obtained their vehicle license plates illegally that what they are using right now may be unregistered.

READ: 3 LTO employees nabbed over car license plate theft

鈥淪a lahat ng nanood ngayon, check-in ninyo na agad sa LTO [kung legitimate ang license plates],鈥� he said.

(To everyone watching now, immediately check your license plates with LTO to know if they are legitimate.)

鈥溾�榊ung mga nakuha nila, walang laman 鈥榶an, hindi nakarehistro 鈥榶an, 鈥榶ung QR code niyan, walang laman 鈥榶an,鈥� he added.

(The ones they got, it鈥檚 empty, not registered, that QR code, it鈥檚 empty.)

According to LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II, an LTO employee wrote a complaint to the office of the Internal Security Operations Division of the Philippine National Police about the alleged crime.

On Thursday, the three LTO employees were arrested after the duty security guard at the license plate manufacturing site reportedly saw them stealing five license plates.

Footage from the facility鈥檚 closed-circuit television also caught one of the suspects allegedly putting the license plates inside the top-box of his聽motorcycle.

Authorities were further investigating the reason behind the theft of license plates from the plant.