The administrative court in Makkah is to listen to the case on July 4 (Rajab 22), Al-Madinah daily reported. In addition to seeking compensation for mental anguish and material damages, the man wants his car, a Toyota Cressida, back.

According to the lawsuit, the man informed police that his car had been stolen from outside his home in Jeddah’s Al-Nuzha district on June 26 (Jumada Al-Thani 26) last year.

Four months later, police informed the man that his car had been found and that it was at a vehicle compound in Jeddah. “When I contacted police, they told me that they had tried contacting me several times by telephone. They then said the car had been recovered and was at a compound. I went there and couldn’t find it,” said the man in his lawsuit.

“I then went to the police for a second time and they told me that Jazan police had taken the car into their custody. I rented a car and went to Jazan straight away. I couldn’t also find it there,” said the man.

The man then asked Jeddah police once again and was told that the car was with anti-drugs police in Jazan. “I then arranged an automobile transportation company to bring the car to Jeddah at my own expense. But the company officials later informed me that they could not find the car,” he added.

The man again asked Jeddah police who said the car was with Border Guards in Jazan. “When I contacted officials from the Border Guards by phone, their reply was also in the negative. I again notified Jeddah police, they instructed me to contact the sea customs department in Jazan,” said the man, adding that by that time he was fed up and stopped contacting the police.