Issuance of 34,000 Traffic Violations and Detention of 17 Reckless Drivers in a Week
Joint campaigns by the Rescue and Traffic Police resulted in the detection of violations and wanted individuals
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
The Traffic and Operations Sector, under direct orders from Sector Commander Brigadier General Ahmed Al-Azmi, and with field supervision from Director General of the General Directorate of Traffic Brigadier General Rashid Al-Hajjar, Director General of the General Directorate of Emergency Police Brigadier General Hamlan Al-Hamlan, and his assistant Colonel Sabah Al-Yousef, continued to carry out security and traffic campaigns aimed at stabilizing traffic and security conditions on internal and external roads across all governorates.
The security campaigns conducted by the General Directorate of Traffic throughout last week resulted in the issuance of 34,375 traffic violations, the apprehension of 17 juveniles, and the impoundment of 250 vehicles and five motorcycles to the impound lot, along with the referral of 21 juveniles to the Juvenile Court after they were caught driving without valid licenses.
Colonel Fahad Al-Eisa, Director of the Traffic Awareness Department at the General Directorate of Traffic, told Al-Qabas that patrols of the traffic management departments in the six governorates, in addition to the traffic operations department patrols and the traffic criminal investigation department patrols, issued 34,375 various traffic violations. They also apprehended 21 juveniles driving without valid licenses, along with 250 vehicles and five motorcycles.
Al-Eisa added that the General Directorate of Traffic patrols handled 2,625 diverse traffic reports last week, including 957 collision accidents and 213 collision accidents involving injuries.
He noted that General Directorate of Traffic patrol officers referred 70 wanted individuals to the authorities, with their security restrictions varying between arrest warrants and absence. He pointed out that traffic officers also apprehended 47 foreigners for expired residency permits, in addition to detaining five individuals lacking official identification.
He highlighted that during the security campaigns, traffic officers managed to seize 24 vehicles wanted by security and judicial authorities, as well as apprehend five individuals exhibiting abnormal behavior, who were referred to the General Directorate of Narcotics Control.
He explained that patrols of the General Directorate of Emergency Police also carried out several field security campaigns and security deployments across various governorates, resulting in the apprehension of 133 wanted individuals, with their security restrictions varying between criminal arrest warrants and absence, in addition to detaining 85 individuals for expired residency.
He stated that Emergency Police patrols conducted 2,530 security operations last week, which varied between apprehending wanted individuals, providing humanitarian assistance to emergency cases, and handling traffic accidents.
Al-Eisa said that Emergency Police patrol officers, through security deployments, managed to apprehend 15 cases of drug or alcohol consumption, and six cases of suspected abnormal behavior, referring them to the General Directorate of Narcotics Control. He noted that the General Directorate of Emergency Police referred all apprehended individuals to the General Directorate of Narcotics Control.
