A truck carrying 21 Arab passengers arrived at the Tapuah checkpoint south of Shechem on Monday afternoon and was asked to stop for inspection. The driver, an Israeli citizen, refused to stop, and sped away from the checkpoint instead, endangering nearby soldiers. IDF officers and police managed to chase after the truck and force the driver to come to a halt.
Police discovered that the driver had a false policeman’s ID, a police hat, and police siren. The driver and his 21 passengers, none of them Israeli citizens, were taken to a nearby police station for questioning.