Police have announced that 50 of the recovered vehicles that were illicitly in the hands of officials of that institution are to be returned to their legitimate owners on Monday. These are vehicles, mostly cars and SUVs that were stolen and recovered by police agents, but then “loaned out” to high-ranking officials. Among the vehicles for which the chemical engineers were able to establish definitive chassis VIN numbers, there were 14 SUVs and eight Mitsubishi L200 pickup trucks. Because the chassis numbers had been filed off, identification of the vehicles was difficult, and in certain cases impossible. Nevertheless, Police Chief Major General Manuel Perez Sanchez maintains that his officers acted in “good faith” by handing over the vehicles. Hoy newspaper says that the vehicles will be returned to the owners or the insurance companies that supply the documentation needed to prove ownership. At the Plaza de la Cultura, hundreds of people from all over the country were looking at the bevy of vehicles, hoping to locate their own. Other vehicles are being kept across the street from the Museum of Modern Art, and still more vehicles are in the parking lot of the SEGNA Insurance Company, across the street from the Plaza de la Cultura. A complete list of the vehicles that have been positively identified is available at www.diariolibre.com.do and www.hoy.com.do