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Police are investigating a possible parking violation scam at the top of Napo‘opo‘o Road near the Hawaii Belt Road (Highway 11) intersection in Captain Cook.

Multiple reports of a parking enforcement device known as “The Barnacle” is being placed on the windshield of vehicles parked at the top of Napo’opo’o Road, police said.

According to the instructions on the device, the owner of the vehicle needs to call or visit a website in order to pay a fine to receive a code to remove the device from the windshield.

Anyone who has been a victim of this scam or has any information about it is asked to contact Community Policing Officer John Harvey at (808) 326-4646 ext. 258.