Suspected car arsonist arrested

AMMAN — Public Security Department (PSD) and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) personnel have arrested a suspect wanted for setting five vehicles on fire in Natheef and Marreikh areas to steal their contents, a PSD statement said Sunday.

Central Amman PSD’s main operations room received reports about an unidentified individual who set five vehicles ablaze. The CID team gathered evidence, which led to a suspect wanted for previous crimes. CID agents arrested him he confessed to breaking the windows of the vehicles to steal what was inside and then burning them to cover his tracks.