All reported, what a pain in the backside. And lol at CIA, true, they could have taken the car and left the plates

Sam works for the police and has told me just how common this is - I had no idea. How funny though if the car is used in a bank job, and PNC check shows it belongs to Met personnel (about par for the course he he).
Our car now has a marker or something on it (something to do with a stop and check owner identity) which is what they do when plates are reported stolen.