Police officers from the Judea and Samaria District’s Yamam unit, known as "Hatz Yehuda," raided the Palestinian village of Samua on Sunday night in an intelligence-led operation. The raid was part of the district-wide campaign "Stopping in Red," which has been running for about two years to track stolen vehicles moved into the West Bank, often with fake license plates, and to arrest wanted suspects and fugitives.
During the operation, officers found two Mazda cars parked at a house in the village. Police determined that one had been stolen from the Ramat Gan area and the other from the Beersheba area, and both had false plates fitted. A 32-year-old local resident was arrested, and the vehicles were taken to a police storage compound.
Later in the same operation, officers moved in on another house after a second suspect, wanted for investigation on domestic violence offenses, allegedly tried to escape through the back yard after family members warned him that police were approaching. After searching the structure and temporarily leaving while continuing to monitor the scene, the officers returned about half an hour later, after the suspect had come back, and arrested him.
The 36-year-old resident of the village was transferred for further questioning, along with the other suspects and the seized vehicles.