The Tripoli Security Directorate announced that the Abu Salim Traffic Police managed to seize 173 vehicles without license plates or operated by unlicensed drivers inside the Greater Tripoli Municipality during a "traffic safety campaign" on Saturday morning.

Police officers in Abu Salim also arrested a foreign driver who was driving in the opposite direction on Airport Road according to a statement.

The Directorate added that it will continue the campaign as part of its safety push, adding that 237 vehicles without license plates were seized last Saturday.

The traffic police also issued 1,578 violations.