Security and Crime

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  • 2 persons arrested in Cairo for possessing hashish

    Date: 2019-08-15 11:31:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:27 - ID:8064108

    CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Two persons have been arrested for possessing hashish in Cairo. Police stopped the two while they were traveling in their car with 1,340 kilograms of hashish, a sum of money and two cell phones. The two men admitted that ....

  • 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 ....

  • Bid to smuggle 4,000 narcotic bills into Egypt foiled

    Date: 2019-08-11 15:13:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:30 - ID:8060797

    CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Security forces thwarted on Sunday a plot by a foreign passenger to smuggle 4,000 ecstasy pills worth EGP 2.5 million into Egypt via Cairo International Airport. All legal procedures were taken against the arrestee. ....

  • 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 ....

  • Giza police arrests woman over illegal drug trafficking

    Date: 2019-08-09 14:22:38 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:36 - ID:8058861

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Giza police forces have arrested a woman in Imbaba district over illegal drug trafficking. The security forces also apprehended a dry cleaning worker for possessing an unlicensed automatic rifle. All security measures ....

  • Security agencies on full alert for Eidul Adha

    Date: 2019-08-09 13:53:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:32 - ID:8058792

    CAIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - All security directorates across the nation are on full alert to maintain law and order and counter all forms of crime during Eidul Adha holiday. The security measures in Eid days include setting up fixed and mobile ....

  • Interior Ministry: 17 terrorists of Hassm movement killed in security crackdowns in Fayyoum, Shorouk 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2019-08-08 20:21:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:72 - ID:8058173

    Detecting their hotbed in Fayyoum, the militants opened their gunfire against the police troops and tried to detonate explosives. The troops responded to their fires, killing eight of them. Searching their hideout, the security forces founded ....

  • Interior Ministry: 17 terrorists of Hassm movement killed in security crackdowns in Fayyoum, Shorouk

    Date: 2019-08-08 19:59:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:70 - ID:8058146

    CAIRO, Aug 8 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry said Thursday that 17 terrorists of Hassm militant movement were killed in Fayyoum governorate and Cairo’s Shorouk district during security crackdown. They were killed during security crackdowns that ....

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