Caboolture teen caught stealing Kia number plates to drive Holden Commodore unlicenced

Police have been left perplexed by the actions of a Caboolture teenager who stole Kia plates to put on a Holden Commodore he bought off Facebook Marketplace depsite never holding a driver’s licence.

A Caboolture teenager jumped the gun by purchasing a used Holden Commodore off Facebook Marketplace, before he’d ever held a licence.

The car arrived from New South Wales without a licence plate, but 19-year-old concreter Ben Pedersen didn’t let that deter him.

Caboolture teen Ben Pedersen pleaded guilty to three charges, including stealing. Picture: Facebook

The Caboolture Magistrates Court heard Pederson snuck into a train station and stole the registration plates from a Kia Rio, a choice that perplexed police prosecutor Peter Mitchelson.

“This is not the action of a criminal mastermind,” Sgt Mitchelson said.

“You would have thought he’d at least have taken the plates from another Commodore.

“He’ll certainly never be the chairman of BHP.”

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Pederson then took the car to south Caboolture, where police officers spotted him hooning and doing burnouts on July 15.

The young man pleaded guilty to driving without a license, stealing, and driving an unregistered vehicle.

He was fined $300, disqualified from obtaining a driver’s license for three months, and no conviction was recorded.