A total of 167 drivers have been arrested for speeding between 180 and 220 kph on Jazan’s roads, said Col. Ahmed Al-Qasadi, assistant director of Jazan’s traffic administration.

Violators were jailed for a period of two to 10 days depending on the number of times they had committed speeding violations in the past.

Undercover traffic police wearing plain clothes registered speed violations on the Sabya-Jazan road, the Abu Arish-Jazan road and the Jazan Al-Madaya road, sabq.org electronic newspaper reported.

Al-Qasadi said that police patrols monitor roads until 2.30 a.m. every night.

Besides speeding, secret patrols are constantly on the lookout for cars overtaking other vehicles and similar dangerous practices on public roads.

Al-Qasadi appealed to members of the public to cooperate with the traffic department and not to drive above the speed limit to avoid accidents.

“Police have been posted in large numbers on city roads,” he said.