Number of stolen cars are on the rise
“A total of 9,169 cars were stolen last year (2013) from various parts of the Kingdom, Makkah daily reported on Wednesday, quoting official traffic police statistics.
According to statistics, 4,213 vehicles, representing about 45.9 percent, were returned to their owners.
"Not a single hour passes without a car being stolen in the Kingdom," a traffic police officer, who preferred to remain anonymous, said. Statistics said Riyadh, with 3,907 cases, tops all cities in terms of the number of stolen vehicles. It is followed by Makkah region with 2,621 cars.
In Riyadh, as many as 2,313 stolen cars were recovered and given back to their owners, while in Makkah, 927 cars were retrieved.”
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