Police arrest suspect W. Bank car-jacking wave

28.02.2012                      05.Adar. 5772

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Police arrest suspect W. Bank car-jacking wave

Police launch stakeout following wave of car thefts in the past month, eight of which occurred in the past week.

Following a spate of nighttime car-jackings on West Bank highways, police arrested a suspect they believe may be linked to the robberies during a stakeout late Sunday night.
Police arrested the suspect at a junction near Kalkilya after he approached an automobile parked on the side of the road in which an undercover female police officer was sitting. When the suspect attempted to pull the officer out of the vehicle, undercover officers swooped in and made the arrest. Police said the suspect, a 23-year-old resident of Kalkilya, was carrying a knife when he was arrested….