The Portage la Prairie RCMP contunues to investigate a recent licence plate theft.

RCMP say officers got a report on June 12 stating that a vehicle parked on Cochrane Street in Portage had its licence plates stolen sometime overnight. Police say they placed the stolen plates in a database, and later that day, then Virden RCMP were contacted about a suspicious vehicle matching the stolen plates.

Police say the suspicious vehicle was taken from the RM of Rockwood, near Teulon, and was reported stolen on May 24.