Security and Crime

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  • Attempt to smuggle amount jewelry into Egypt foiled

    Date: 2019-08-24 13:58:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:24 - ID:8075132

    CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) – Cairo airport's customs department thwarted on Saturday an attempt to smuggle 2.5 kilograms of jewelry into Egypt. An Iraqi passenger, coming from Turkey, came under suspicion by security officers who ordered his luggage ....

  • Child killed, 4 injured in Matrouh road accident

    Date: 2019-08-23 22:33:42 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:58 - ID:8074523

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Aug 23 (MENA) - A child was killed and four others wounded when a car overturned on Marsa Matrouh-Alexandria road Friday. The injured were moved to Ras El Hekma hospital. (MENA) H M E/M S H ....

  • Interior Ministry: 228 inmates pardoned, 314 released on parole

    Date: 2019-08-23 13:33:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:8074088

    CAIRO, Aug 23 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry announced that 228 inmates were finally pardoned while 314 others were released on parole on the occasion of Eidul Adha. The move was taken in accordance with presidential decree no. 351/2019, the ....

  • More than 5,000 traffic violations recorded over past 24 hours

    Date: 2019-08-22 17:49:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:52 - ID:8073260

    CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior's traffic directorate recorded more than 5,000 traffic violations over the past 24 hours, including 2,443 breaches of speed limits. The violations were recorded during security campaigns launched ....

  • Court sets Sept. 2 to issue verdict on Ansar Beit El Maqdis case

    Date: 2019-08-18 15:07:54 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:57 - ID:8067475

    CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday set a September 2 session to issue verdict in the trial of 213 defendants of "Ansar Beit El Maqdis" militant group for being involved in 54 terrorist crimes against Egyptian police troops and ....

  • Attempt to smuggle narcotics foiled at Cairo Airport

    Date: 2019-08-16 14:33:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:8065349

    CAIRO, Aug 16 (MENA) – Cairo International Airport authorities foiled on Friday an attempt to smuggle narcotics, including Cannabis and marijuana, security sources at the airport said. The narcotics were found in a foreign passenger’s ....

  • More than 4,000 traffic violations recorded over past 24 hours

    Date: 2019-08-13 20:32:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:8062690

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior's traffic directorate recorded more than 4,000 traffic violations over the past 24 hours, including 2,082 breaches of speed limits. The violations were recorded during security campaigns launched ....

  • 30 people arrested for illegal possession of firearms

    Date: 2019-08-13 15:15:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:24 - ID:8062448

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Public security authorities apprehended 30 people on charges of possessing unlicensed firearms in various parts of the country. This came during coordinated intensive security campaigns to crack down on outlaws and the ....

  • Four Arab nationals arrested over drug-trafficking charges

    Date: 2019-08-13 14:28:54 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:23 - ID:8062447

    CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's anti-narcotics department in Giza governorate held five criminal elements, including four Arab nationals, over drug-trafficking charges. The general anti-narcotics department tracked the activities ....

  • Senior N. Sinai official injured in road accident

    Date: 2019-08-09 22:41:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:8059311

    ARISH, Egypt, Aug 9 (MENA) - Undersecretary of the Health Ministry in North Sinai Osama Salem was wounded when his car overturned on the governorate's international coastal road Friday. Members of his family were also injured and rushed to a ....

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