This often leaves victims in deep trouble because of the long time it takes to obtain a temporary plate to travel back to their countries, not to mention the hassle they have to go through to obtain new plates for their vehicles once they are back home.
Gulf visitors began complaining about this problem when they visited Saudi Arabia. They claim that trying to cheat such a system at their expense is unfair.
A Gulf resident told Al-Watan daily that he will actually take his car plates back to his hotel room every time he parks his car the next time he visits the Kingdom.
Qatari national Fawaz Al-Shammari said he parked his car at a Qassim hotel for one night on his way to Hail. He was shocked the next day to see that his car’s number plates had gone missing.
He complained to the traffic department and claimed that a number of other Qataris had also been affected. He said that youths are increasingly stealing their plates to avoid being caught by Saher.
Local Traffic Department head Gen. Suleiman Al-Ajlan admitted there was a trend of number plates being stolen from Gulf nationals to avoid detection by Saher.
