Woman spots ‘twin’ of vehicle’s license plate, calls cops

FROM twins to triplets.

A woman called the police on Monday after she spotted a taxi cab whose plate number was the same as the vehicle she owned.

Supt. Audie Madrideo, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Station 2 commander, said the driver of the taxi cab was picked up by a police team.

The matter is now being investigated by the QCPD in coordination with the Land Transportation Office, he added.

Madrideo said the case was reported to them by Imelda Dioquino, the owner of a school bus service vehicle with the license plate TXT 139.

According to Dioquino, she was riding in the school bus service vehicle which was traveling on the northbound lane of Edsa near Cubao, Quezon City at around 3:30 p.m. on Monday when she spotted a taxi cab with the same license plate parked beside the sidewalk.

Dioquino immediately reported the matter to the police who sent a team to the area to arrest the driver and impound his cab.

Madrideo said the owner of the taxi cab taxi told investigators that he bought the vehicle from its owner who lives in Antipolo City. He added that they had asked the LTO to check the vehicle’s papers.

Dioquino, meanwhile, told the police that this was the second time that she had spotted a taxi cab with the same license plate as her vehicle.

She said that when it happened the first time, she just confronted the driver and operator of the cab who turned over the license plates to her.

“But she did not report the incident as she thought it was just an honest mistake,” Madrideo said.