Security and Crime
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Attempt to smuggle cell phones into Egypt thwarted
Date: 2021-01-16 14:18:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:23 - ID:8754640
CAIRO, Jan 16 (MENA) – Customs department of Cairo International Airport thwarted on Saturday an attempt to smuggle 12 cell phones. In a press release, the customs department said that an Egyptian passenger coming from Dubai tried to smuggle 12 ....
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Security forces bust gang elements in S. Sinai on money-laundering charges
Date: 2021-01-12 15:43:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:50 - ID:8749317
CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior said legal measures have been taken against nine members of a gang in South Sinai indicted for laundering a sum of EGP 115 million they earned from drug trafficking. Investigations have showed that ....
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Public Prosecution orders custody of murderer of child in Giza
Date: 2021-01-11 20:51:36 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:65 - ID:8748141
CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) – The Public Prosecution ordered on Monday that a person accused of raping and murdering an 8-year-old boy to be remanded in custody pending investigations. The prosecution also ordered to assign a forensic doctor to conduct ....
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Security forces arrest 11 criminals in Aswan
Date: 2021-01-11 17:24:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:56 - ID:8747885
ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Jan 11 (MENA) - Security forces arrested on Monday 11 dangerous criminals in Aswan. Among the arrestees was a criminal, who was found guilty in 28 cases. They were arrested with firearms and drugs in their ....
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Police seize over 8 tons of hashish, 8 mln. Captagon pills in Port Said
Date: 2021-01-04 17:20:57 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:45 - ID:8738874
CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) – Police have seized more than 8 tons of hashish and over 8 million Captagon pills inside a container ship at Port Said port. The ship arrived from an Arab port and was en route to another Arab country, the interior ministry ....
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Interior Ministry takes legal action against 8,968 drivers for not wearing masks
Date: 2021-01-01 17:46:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:8735451
CAIRO, Jan 1 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry on Friday announced it took legal measures against 8,968 public transport drivers for failing to wear face masks while on duty in a span of 24 hours. As many as 780 violations of shop-closure decisions ....
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Interior minister: State of security to be heightened on new year
Date: 2020-12-29 13:46:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:28 - ID:8731301
CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) – Minister of Interior Mahmoud Tawfiq has said his ministry will not allow practices violating the law and will put the security state on the maximum degree of alert during the coming period. The minister’s statements came ....
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Zagazig court sentences 9 terrorists to rigorous imprisonment
Date: 2020-12-28 12:37:04 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:26 - ID:8729791
ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Dec 28 (MENA) - Zagazig Criminal Court on Monday sentenced nine members of the terrorists Muslim Brotherhood organization to 3-7 years of rigorous imprisonment over charges of forming a terror cell calling for ousting the regime, ....
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Interior Ministry takes legal action against 8,252 drivers for not wearing masks
Date: 2020-12-25 18:48:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:53 - ID:8726679
CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry on Friday announced it took legal measures against 8,252 public transport drivers for failing to wear face masks while on duty in a span of 24 hours. As many as 1,070 violations of shop-closure ....
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Security source denies deterioration of health condition of inmate Aisha el Shater
Date: 2020-12-23 14:36:37 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:30 - ID:8723442
CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) - A security source has dismissed as groundless claims by Facebook accounts in connection with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) terrorist group on the deterioration of the health condition of inmate Aisha Khairat El Shater. The ....