JENIN, February 18, 2017 (WAFA) – Police and security forces in Jenin intensified Saturday a campaign to go after illegal cars and motorcycles in the district following Friday’s hit-and-run accident that caused the death of a traffic police officer.

Jenin chief of police Muhannad Suwan told WAFA that the security forces in the district have intensified their efforts to remove from the roads all vehicles and motorcycles deemed illegal and to destroy them because of the danger their drivers could cause to people.

He said police seized 145 illegal cars last month and destroyed 170 others, including two trucks and a motorcycle.

First Lieutenant Mahmoud Ayyaseh, 44, was fatally injured when a resident of the town of Qabatiya hit him with his car when the officer attempted to stop him to check his papers. The car was illegal.

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