Operation Highway Shield Removes Nearly 400 Truckers, Vehicles From US Roads Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times , Nearly 400 truck drivers and vehicles have been removed from service in a crackdown on hazardous vehicles, unsafe drivers, and fraudulent practices along Arkansas highways.
Trucks drive through the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The removal came under the third phase of Operation Highway Shield, which targets unqualified truckers and related criminal activity on U.S. roads.
In addition to putting 393 drivers and vehicles out of service, the operation identified 183 English Language Proficiency violations, referred 74 immigration violations to federal enforcement, made 44 criminal arrests, and recovered one stolen trailer , the Department of Transportation (DOT) said in a Nov.
4 statement.