28,400 Traffic Violations and 257 Vehicles Impounded... Over Two Weeks
Security and traffic campaigns resulted in issuing 28,000 violations, seizing 257 vehicles and 185 wanted individuals, and referring drug users to authorities.
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
The Traffic and Operations Sector continued its security and traffic campaigns to regulate conditions on external and internal roads across all governorates.
The campaigns carried out by the General Directorate of Traffic throughout last week resulted in the issuance of 28,457 traffic violations, the apprehension of 44 reckless drivers, and the referral of 257 vehicles and five motorcycles to the impound lot, along with two juveniles referred to the Juvenile Court, after they were caught driving without valid licenses.
Colonel Fahad Al-Eissa, Director of Traffic Awareness at the General Directorate of Traffic, stated in a press statement that patrols from the traffic management departments in the six governorates, in addition to the Traffic Operations Department patrols and the Traffic Criminal Investigation Department patrols, issued 28,457 various traffic violations. This also included the apprehension of two juveniles driving without licenses, as well as 257 vehicles and five motorcycles.
Al-Eissa added that the General Directorate of Traffic patrols handled 2,846 diverse traffic reports during the past week, including 1,426 collision accidents and 226 collision accidents involving injuries.
He noted that traffic officers managed to seize 21 vehicles wanted by security and judicial authorities during the security campaigns, in addition to apprehending five individuals in abnormal conditions, who were referred to the General Directorate for Combating Narcotics.
He clarified that patrols from the General Directorate of Emergency Police also conducted several field security campaigns and security deployments across various governorates, resulting in the apprehension of 185 wanted individuals, with their security charges ranging from criminal arrest warrants to absconding. Furthermore, 89 individuals were apprehended on charges of expired residency.
Al-Eissa pointed out that Emergency Police patrol officers issued 948 various traffic violations during the security campaigns, referred 14 vehicles violating traffic regulations to the General Directorate of Traffic’s impound lot, and handled 99 traffic accidents. Additionally, eight vehicles were seized for committing serious violations. He noted that Emergency Police patrols provided assistance in 711 cases.
He explained that Emergency Police patrols conducted 1,789 security operations during the past week, which varied between apprehending wanted individuals, providing humanitarian aid to emergency cases, and handling traffic accidents.
Al-Eissa stated that Emergency Police patrol officers, through their security deployments, managed to apprehend 24 cases of drug or intoxicant consumption, adding that the General Directorate of Emergency Police referred all apprehended individuals to the General Directorate for Combating Narcotics.
He clarified that Emergency Police patrol officers managed to seize 13 vehicles wanted by security and judicial authorities, in addition to apprehending 42 individuals lacking identification documents, and recorded 343 identity verification cases.
