357 vehicles impounded over suspected chassis cloning – DVLA CEO

He explained that the practice could enable imported vehicles to evade the payment of the appropriate taxes and duties by fraudulently reusing existing vehicle identification details.

He said the operation followed the introduction of On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) devices to verify vehicle identification details and detect irregularities before registration.

The intervention, he explained, is aimed at protecting government revenue, strengthening the integrity of vehicle registration and preventing vehicles with questionable import or identification records from being registered without the necessary checks.