A Palestinian taxi driver from Barta'a was arrested on Wednesday night after he hit a Border Police vehicle and ran from the scene.
As Border Police officers were operating in Barta'a against illegal aliens and related crimes, they spotted a taxi next to the separation fence which raised suspicions that it had just crossed through a breach in the fence.
The officers approached the taxi to check it when the suspect spotted them and began driving away quickly, hitting a Border Police vehicle in the process and causing damages. No injuries were reported.
The officers immediately began searches for the suspect and, after a few hours, the suspect turned himself in at a Border Police base. Officers found signs on the taxi that it had been fixed in order to disrupt an investigation.