Security and Crime

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  • Security source denies carrying body of coronavirus patient by van

    Date: 2020-04-03 17:06:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:68 - ID:8381458

    CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - A security source denied reports carried by some websites about carrying the body of a person infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to al Mabarra Hospital in Port Said by a van. The source explained that a police ....

  • Large quantity of medical supplies seized in unlicensed warehouse in Alexandria

    Date: 2020-04-02 12:33:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:26 - ID:8379803

    CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry seized 255,160 medical tools in an unlicensed warehouse in Alexandria that were hidden from the public to achieve illicit gains. The ministry received a tip-off that the owner of a warehouse in Bab ....

  • Interior Ministry continues to sanitize jails against coronavirus

    Date: 2020-04-02 11:58:45 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:23 - ID:8379728

    CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry continued disinfecting jails across the country as a precautionary measure against coronavirus outbreak. Sanitization covered exterior gates, jail corridors, kitchens, illiteracy classes and ....

  • Interior Ministry takes legal measures against money laundering gang

    Date: 2020-04-01 14:55:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:8378587

    CAIRO, April 1 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry has taken legal action against four criminal elements in Sohag, Upper Egypt, for laundering EGP 65 million that they illegally earned from their criminal activities in the field of drug ....

  • Bid to smuggle of 360 kilograms of Hashish foiled

    Date: 2020-04-01 14:38:37 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:36 - ID:8378538

    CAIRO, April 1 (MENA) - Security bodies thwarted Wednesday an attempt to smuggle 1,636 packages of cannabis (hashish) concealed aboard a ship coming from an Arab country. Information provided by the Interior Ministry's anti-narcotics general ....

  • ACU seizes thousands of off-specification medical supplies

    Date: 2020-03-31 19:15:20 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:75 - ID:8377523

    CAIRO, March 31 (MENA) - The Administrative Control Authority (ACU) on Tuesday seized over 15,000 off-specification medical gloves and 37,000 face masks, urging citizens to be cautious when buying medical supplies and disinfectants. Those items ....

  • ACA catches pharmaceutical company chairman, 7 others on bribery charges

    Date: 2020-03-31 16:56:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:65 - ID:8377262

    CAIRO, March 31 (MENA) - The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) caught Tuesday the board chairman of a private pharmaceutical company in Menoufia and seven others on bribery charges. The indictees, including the company's accountant and legal ....

  • Interior Ministry denies fining doctor for violating curfew rules

    Date: 2020-03-29 05:14:22 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:1 - ID:8373738

    CAIRO, March 29 (MENA) - An Interior Ministry source denied on Sunday media reports that a doctor in Menoufia governorate was stopped by police and fined for violating the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed by Egyptian authorities. A news website ....

  • Security forces seize 800,000 medical supplies at Alex. warehouse

    Date: 2020-03-28 17:12:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:8373541

    CAIRO, March 28 (MENA) - Security forces seized on Saturday about 800,000 medical supplies and masks inside a warehouse in Alexandria. The unlicensed facility was used to monopolize the medical supplies in a bid to make illicit gains. All ....

  • First day of curfew saw positive response from people - Interior Ministry

    Date: 2020-03-26 17:14:26 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:79 - ID:8370946

    CAIRO, March 26 (MENA) – The Ministry of Interior said the first day of the partial curfew imposed nationwide has seen positive response from people. In a statement released Thursday, the ministry noted that such a response has helped police ....

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