MAKKAH: Polygamy (for men) is legal in Saudi Arabia, but it’s no secret that many women are adverse to the idea of sharing a husband (and a husband’s resources) with another (often younger) woman. Some ladies will go to great lengths to impede an abusive husband’s quest for another wife. Take, for example, this woman in Makkah who recruited the help of local police to intercept her husband’s trip to propose marriage to another local woman. She called the police to say she had been attacked and then gave the description of her husband and his car. According to a report in Shams newspaper on Friday, it didn’t take long for a highway patrolman to apprehend the suspect. Later, at the police station, the husband apologized for being abusive and dropped his plans to marry a second woman. His wife then dropped the charges, and the two went off to live happily ever after — at least for the time being.