So far in 2004, 300 vehicles with a combined insured value of over RD$350 million have been reported stolen. While approximately 100 of these vehicles have been recovered by police, not all have been returned to their owners. National Police Chief Major General Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez gave a 72-hour period, beginning at 8am today, for all agents, no matter their rank, to return such vehicles. If not returned within the time allotted, anyone found to have recovered stolen vehicle in their possession will be indicted as accessories to theft. The case of stolen vehicles was presented to the police by the Dominican Chamber of Underwriters and Reinsurers, and brought before Perez Sanchez, Insurance Superintendant Euclides Gutierrez Feliz, Minister of Interior & Police Franklin Almeyda and the Santo Domingo District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez. Perez Sanchez told the group that the police have sufficient investigative power to find, search and arrest any police officials or civilians with stolen property in their possession. Gutierrez Feliz told reporters that every month some 40 vehicles are stolen, whose combined insured value amounts to RD$70 million.