Proactive policing sometimes starts with something simple. In this case, a car was driving through Irvine without license plates. Unfortunately for the driver a police officer took note.
On Thursday, a sergeant stopped the vehicle near Michelson and Norton. The driver and passenger offered a story that did not quite add up, so the officers took a closer look.
Inside the car, officers found stolen packages, drugs, and a backpack with a passport that did not belong to them…