Mysterious ‘tire traps’ plague city streets as locals take matters into their own hands

A popular city has locals taking to the streets to help crack down on the “tire traps” that are scattered across busy roads.

Volunteers in Jakarta, Indonesia, have been picking up nails, threaded bolts and scraps of umbrella frames, according to the Associated Press.

It is thought the mysterious sharp metal pieces are intentionally left by vandals to damage the tires of vehicles on main roads. 

What started as a few community members involved in addressing the issue has grown into a movement of locals cleaning the streets called “Sapu Bersih,” or the Clean Sweep.

Siswanto, a Jakarta resident, told AP he has been picking up metal for five years after his own encounters with the tire traps.

“From 2010 to 2016, we collected 4 tons of nail traps

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