Firearms, and ammo seized – 604 arrests in security blitz

Security establishments arrested 604 people and seized 30 firearms and 543 rounds of ammunition in the weekend  “Operation Bishop 2022” developed at the national level.

During the operations, seven vehicles and three boats were recovered, 309 drug packages were seized and $11,820 in cash. In an additional emergency evacuation, 47 foreigners were detected with expired stays, evasion of immigration controls, and impediments to alert and undocumented respectively.

There were 4,807 infractions to the Traffic Regulations, of these 1,440 were for speeding, 279 for proven drunkenness, 51 for talking on the cell phone, 79 for alcoholic breath, 396 for inadequate lights, and 62 for expired licenses.