17-year-old Illegal Resident Arrested in Ramat HaSharon on Suspicion of Attempting to Steal Yael Bar Zohar and Guy Zoarets' Car

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The suspect, a 17-year-old from Tul Karm who is staying in Israel illegally, started the car of the couple in the Neveh Magen neighborhood of Ramat HaSharon and, according to the suspicion, tried to steal it. He left the car running, and immediately afterward tried to break into a nearby vehicle.

An alert from the Autoran company summoned the officers, and they arrested the suspect as he was found inside the second car. In the search that was conducted, property suspected of being stolen was seized, and in one of the vehicles an advanced ignition module was found. Transmitters that suspects use to steal vehicles were also seized in the car.

At the end of the week, four suspects were arrested in a series of similar incidents in the central region.