Earlier this week, Saudi traffic authorities in Tabuk got quite the shock during a police car chase. At first, officers thought they had spotted a female driver drifting in one of the kingdom's roads.
They then followed the vehicle and managed to stop the motorist, only to discover that it was a man dressed as a woman.
In his statement on the matter, the spokesperson for Tabuk's traffic authority said the 19-year-old man was immediately arrested, along with another person who was with him at the time.
News of the arrest quickly spread on Saudi Twitter...
مرور تبوك يتمكن من القبض على مواطن متنكر بزي نسائي ويمارس التفحيط.
— أخبار السعودية (@SaudiNews50) June 26, 2018
.#المرور #تبوك #السعودية
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Several tweeps thought the man cross-dressed on purpose in order to defame female Saudi drivers, just days after the ban lift on women driving in the kingdom took effect last Sunday.
Many found this theory quite logical, given that drifting - or "tafheet" - is a dangerous car stunt that's illegal in the country.
Others thought the defendant dressed as a woman, thinking he'd get away with the dangerous car stunt because police wouldn't chase a vehicle driven by a female.
Many Saudi women thought this was an attempt to defame female drivers...
قذرين يبون يوصلوا فكره سيئه عن البنات انهم يفحطوا وخربوا البلد بعد قيادتهم لكن حطهم الله في سوء عملهم وكشفهم
— فذَّهـ (@fth_thh) June 26, 2018
"They just want to plant a negative idea about girls, that they'll drift and cause problems in the country after they started driving."
"Not even a week passed since the order took effect"
مرور تبوك يتمكن من القبض على مواطن متنكر بزي نسائي ويمارس التفحيط.
— أخبار السعودية (@SaudiNews50) June 26, 2018
.#المرور #تبوك #السعودية
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"And they've already started"
بدينا 😷
— ميسم العشيوي🇸🇦 (@MaisamAlEshaiwi) June 26, 2018
"Astagfarallah"
اسغفرالله😂😂😂😂😂😂💔
— Abdullah|157🇧🇪 (@157__i) June 26, 2018
"He deserves to be arrested, he had such vile intentions"
مرور تبوك يتمكن من القبض على مواطن متنكر بزي نسائي ويمارس التفحيط.
— أخبار السعودية (@SaudiNews50) June 26, 2018
.#المرور #تبوك #السعودية
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