Security and Crime

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  • Two criminals caught with 50 kg of hashish worth EGP 3.5 m in Matrouh

    Date: 2023-12-17 11:15:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:39 - ID:10494231

    CAIRO, Dec 17 (MENA) - Security agencies in Matrouh have succeeded in nabbing two criminals with 50 kilograms of hashish (cannabis) worth EGP 3.5 m EGP in their possession. The General Directorate of Narcotics Control, Unlicensed Weapons and ....

  • Interior minister holds meeting to follows up on plan to secure presidential election, Christmas holiday

    Date: 2023-12-08 13:40:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:27 - ID:10480399

    CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Mahmoud Tawfiq held a meeting virtually on Friday with security leaderships to follow up on plans to secure the 2024 presidential election and Christmas celebrations. At the onset of the meeting, the ....

  • Arab police, security leaders call on Arab states to benefit from technology, AI in combating terrorism

    Date: 2023-12-07 17:20:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:57 - ID:10479309

    CAIRO/TANGIER, Dec 7 (MENA) - Participants in the 47th Conference of Arab Police and Security Leaders called on Arab countries to pay attention to assessing the risks posed by the use of modern technology in all crimes and to take necessary measures ....

  • 2 drivers arrested for illegally digging for gold in Aswan

    Date: 2023-11-26 14:20:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:49 - ID:10460648

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) - Security apparatus arrested two drivers who were illegally excavating for gold in the upper Egyptian governorate of Aswan. Security forces detained the two drivers who were riding a pickup truck with plastic bags containing ....

  • Security source dismisses Brotherhood post about enforced disappearance of girl

    Date: 2023-11-26 13:18:00 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:41 - ID:10460572

    CAIRO, Nov 26 (MENA) – A security source has downplayed a post circulated by a Brotherhood page pertaining to a mother’s claim about the enforced disappearance of her daughter, noting that was an old story that dates back to 2018. An ....

  • Interior Ministry receives security media delegation from Arab countries

    Date: 2023-11-24 20:53:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:10458381

    CAIRO, Nov 24 (MENA) - The Media and Relations Sector of the Interior Ministry hosted a delegation of directors of security media departments and heads of communication divisions in a number of Arab countries. The delegation praised the ....

  • Security source to MENA: Persons involved in money-laundering cases worth EGP 172 million nabbed

    Date: 2023-11-17 08:54:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:18 - ID:10446122

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - A well-placed security source at the Interior Ministry said Friday that a number of persons have been arrested over involvement in money laundering cases worth EGP 172 million in the past two weeks. The source told MENA on ....

  • Police officer, 6 criminals killed in exchange of fire in Assiut

    Date: 2023-11-14 13:38:26 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:40 - ID:10441882

    CAIRO. Nov 14 (MENA) - A Police officer and six serious criminals were killed in an exchange of fire with police forces in Assiut Upper Egypt, on Tuesday. Assiut police had received a tipoff that the criminals were trading in illegal drugs and ....

  • Interior Ministry clarifies content of video showing foreigner insulting 2 girls in S. Sinai

    Date: 2023-11-14 08:05:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:17 - ID:10441089

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry Tuesday clarified the content of a video that was being circulated on the social media, showing a foreigner, allegedly an Israeli, insulting two girls in South Sinai. He turned out to be holding a ....

  • Security source: Egypt grants "illegal residents" till Dec 15 to legitimize their stay

    Date: 2023-11-02 19:15:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:80 - ID:10423296

    CAIRO, Nov 2 (MENA) - A security source said Thursday that "illegal residents" in Egypt will be granted till December 15 to legitimize their stay in the country. The source said the decision is applied in accordance with the “conditions and ....

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