Security and Crime

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  • Owner of boat that capsized on Alexandria's Mariout lake arrested

    Date: 2021-02-23 16:38:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:81 - ID:8814291

    CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) – Security bodies arrested on Tuesday the owner of a fishing boat that sank on Lake Mariout, a brackish lake near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. He is due to be referred to the Public Prosecution for ....

  • Security bodies take legal action against 6 criminals over money-laundering charges

    Date: 2021-02-21 16:09:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:75 - ID:8810671

    CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) – Security bodies have taken legal measures against six elements of a gang after laundering a sum of EGP 15 million earned from their criminal activities in drug trafficking. Investigations showed that five of the gang ....

  • Interior Ministry takes legal action against 12,567 persons for not wearing masks

    Date: 2021-02-19 16:29:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:47 - ID:8807624

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry on Friday announced it took legal measures against 12,567 persons for not wearing face masks. As many as 560 violations of shop-closure decisions were also detected, said the ministry in a ....

  • One ton of suspected smuggled precious stones seized in Aswan

    Date: 2021-02-19 16:04:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:44 - ID:8807643

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Security forces seized on Friday a pick-up truck in Aswan governorate in which one ton of suspected smuggled precious stones were found. The vehicle was caring one ton of quartz where the gold can be extracted. The ....

  • Interior Ministry: 200 tons of crude siphoned off from oil pipeline in Suez seized

    Date: 2021-02-18 18:51:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:89 - ID:8806512

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) – Interior Ministry apparatus seized on Thursday 200 tons of crude oil that were siphoned off oil pipelines and laden on four trucks in Suez governorate. The forces, affiliated to Etaqa Police, Suez Security Directorate, ....

  • Over 5,800 traffic violations recorded in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-02-18 16:18:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:74 - ID:8806167

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior's traffic directorate recorded 5,875 traffic violations over the past 24 hours, including 2,185 breaches of the speed limit. The violations were recorded during security campaigns launched ....

  • Interior Ministry takes legal action against 12,098 persons for not wearing masks

    Date: 2021-02-18 16:07:28 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:70 - ID:8805965

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry on Thursday announced it took legal measures against 12,098 persons for not wearing face masks. As many as 546 violations of shop-closure decisions were also detected, said the ministry in a ....

  • Alexandria customs authority foils attempt to smuggle dietary supplements, used medical devices

    Date: 2021-02-18 08:55:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:19 - ID:8805358

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Alexandria customs authority foiled an attempt to smuggle a quantity of dietary supplements and used medical devices. Upon inspection, 30,000 pills, 100 ampules and seven used medical devices banned from entering the ....

  • Security forces crack down on strox crime ring

    Date: 2021-02-17 08:40:06 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:12 - ID:8803562

    CAIRO, Feb 17 (MENA) - Security forces arrested a criminal gang in Cairo that produced and promulgated the narcotic strox drug. Security sources said Wednesday security forces intensified efforts to unriddle mystery of a shotgun cartridge, shots, ....

  • Security bodies take legal action against gang elements on money-laundering charges

    Date: 2021-02-16 14:13:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:53 - ID:8802734

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) – Security bodies have taken legal measures against seven elements of a gang indicted for laundering a sum of EGP 5 million earned from their criminal activities in drug trafficking. Investigations showed that five of the ....

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