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Bid to smuggle 2 tons of bango thwarted

Date: 2019-11-16 17:59:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:8190318

CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Security bodies arrested Saturday three persons during their attempt to smuggle nearly two tons of bango from the western side to the eastern side of Suez Canal. The detainees were trying to smuggle the narcotics in a truck ....

Attempt to smuggle 25 mln packs of nutritional supplements, cosmetics foiled

Date: 2019-11-14 15:02:42 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:39 - ID:8187509

CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - Security bodies at Alexandria port on Thursday thwarted an attempt to smuggle 25 million packs of nutritional supplements and cosmetics into the country. The large quantity of food supplements and brand unknown cosmetics ....

Aborted theft attempt of oil pipeline caused Beheira’s fire - Official

Date: 2019-11-13 21:48:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:75 - ID:8186626

CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) – Abdel Moneim Hafez, head of the Petroleum Pipelines Company (PPC), said an aborted theft attempt of the petroleum products line in Etai el Baroud town, Beheira governorate, led to an oil spill on the ground and in a nearby ....

Two suspects in "Al Ayat girl" case released for lack of evidence

Date: 2019-11-13 21:03:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:76 - ID:8186624

CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Two suspects in a case where a young girl killed her kidnapper and attempted rapist were let out of custody for lack of evidence, the office of the general prosecutor announced Wednesday. Documents of the case, widely ....

Interior Ministry declares 2 Turks persona non grata

Date: 2019-11-12 08:37:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:16 - ID:8183987

CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry issued a decision declaring two people of Turkish nationality persona non grata. Minister of Interior Mahmoud Tawfiq ordered that they leave the country for reasons related to the protection of public ....

7 workers in a Sharm El Sheikh hotel injured in gas cylinder explosion

Date: 2019-11-11 22:49:37 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:82 - ID:8183812

CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - A leaking gas cylinder explosion left seven workers at a cafeteria in a hotel in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh injured. Firefighters rushed to the site and put out the blaze that occurred at the staff-only ....

Inmates treated equally in accordance with human rights norms: official

Date: 2019-11-11 16:54:17 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:58 - ID:8183411

CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - The correctional policy is based on the principle of preserving the human dignity of inmates to reintegrate them into the society as good citizens, Assistant Interior Minister for Prisons Sector Ashraf Ezz Al-Arab said ....

Assistant interior min.: Ministry highly concerned with penitentiary and correctional institutions

Date: 2019-11-11 14:06:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:45 - ID:8183181

CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - Assistant Interior Minister for Media Affairs Alaa el Ahmadi said the ministry has given great and unique attention to penitentiary and correctional institutions and set up policies and plans to modify the relevant national ....

Interior minister's assistants, human rights advocates visit Torah prison complex

Date: 2019-11-11 12:26:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:32 - ID:8182942

CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - Torah prison complex received on Monday a visit by a delegation involving high-ranking Interior Ministry officials and human rights advocates. The delegation made a tour of the extended complex and its different facilities ....

Interior ministry okays exceptional visits to prisoners on Mawled Nabawi

Date: 2019-11-10 14:29:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:24 - ID:8181970

CAIRO, Nov 10 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry granted one exceptional visit to all inmates in Egyptian prions on the occasion of Mawled al Nabawi. The visit can be paid whether Monday or Tuesday and won't be deducted from the number of legalized ....