Security and Crime

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  • Man remanded in custody on charges of driving while drunk

    Date: 2019-03-19 18:26:25 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:82 - ID:7856314

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 19 (MENA) – Alexandria prosecutors remanded a man in custody pending investigations on charges of driving a car while drunk, which led to killing a person and wounding four others. The driver of the car had escaped the ....

  • About 5,000 traffic violations reported nationwide

    Date: 2019-03-14 18:32:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:72 - ID:7848474

    CAIRO, March 14 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's General Administration of Traffic has reported 4,660 traffic violations, including 1,958 cases exceeding the speed limit. Meanwhile, 46 people were arrested for driving under drug ....

  • Facebook attempted murder video seeks public anger -- security bodies

    Date: 2019-03-10 12:23:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:7840866

    CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - A video posted by a Facebook user for a man, allegedly trying to slay a student for stealing his cell phone at a police station in Sharkia, is not new, said the security bodies. The footage dates back to February 2018 and ....

  • 27 school bus drivers face drug addiction charges -- ministry

    Date: 2019-03-09 15:46:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:7840028

    CAIRO, March 9 (MENA) - The Social Solidarity Ministry said on Saturday that 27 school bus drivers have been referred to the prosecution over drug addiction charges. A committee on early detection of addiction had examined 1,438 drivers during ....

  • Interior Ministry targets 77 criminal hotbeds in week

    Date: 2019-03-09 13:40:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:28 - ID:7839900

    CAIRO, March 9 (MENA) - Security forces targeted 77 criminal hotbeds, seized 1,322 weapons as well as 1,465 cold weapons and arrested 26 gangs over a week. Up to 1,498 drug cases were also reported as part of the intensified security campaigns ....

  • 23 injured in bus accident in Alexandria

    Date: 2019-03-09 13:20:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:26 - ID:7839795

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 9 (MENA) - Twenty-three people were wounded Saturday when a tourist bus collided with a truck on the Alexandria-Cairo desert highway. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, while the public ....

  • Prosecution summons HCWW officials over gas leak incident in Alex.

    Date: 2019-03-07 14:31:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:7837101

    ALEXANDRIA, March 7 (MENA) - The East Alexandria prosecution, headed by counselor Mahmoud el Ghayesh, on Thursday summoned officials of the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) in the governorate to give testimonies over a suffocation ....

  • Man remanded in custody for 15 days over photographing police forces

    Date: 2019-03-07 11:35:02 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:30 - ID:7836911

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 7 (MENA) - Alexandria prosecution remanded a person in custody for 15 days pending more investigations after he was caught capturing photos of police forces in front of the Alexandria court of first instance. Alexandria ....

  • 7 MB terrorists killed in shoot-out with police forces in Giza

    Date: 2019-03-07 10:56:36 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:27 - ID:7836908

    CAIRO, March 7 (MENA) - Seven Muslim Brotherhood (MB) terrorists were killed in a gunfight with police forces in Giza, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The Homeland Security sector got information that the seven MB ....

  • Security forces kill dangerous drug dealer in Sharqiya

    Date: 2019-03-05 10:28:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:25 - ID:7833623

    CAIRO, March 5 (MENA) - Sharqiya security forces have killed a dangerous drug trafficker in a shootout and arrested two others. The operation was conducted within the framework of a crackdown on criminal elements dealing in drugs. The forces ....

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