Security and Crime

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  • Interior Ministry: 2 Hasm militants arrested over Alexandria security chief attack

    Date: 2018-06-28 12:36:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:46 - ID:7464058

    CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry announced on Thursday the arrest of two militants of Hasm, the armed wing of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood, over involvement in the armed attack on former Alexandria security chief Mostafa el Nemr on ....

  • Top prosecutor directs Interpol to arrest 3 Daesh terrorists implicated in kidnapping Egyptians

    Date: 2018-06-24 14:24:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:56 - ID:7457655

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadeq has directed the Interpol to issue an arrest warrant for three Daesh terrorists, who are accused of conspiring with an Egyptian national to kidnap Egyptian workers in Libya. Sadeq's ....

  • Alexandria police arrest illegal forex trader with $85,713

    Date: 2018-06-23 15:00:57 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:7456162

    ALEXANDRIA, June 23 (MENA) - Alexandria's public funds crimes investigation department has arrested a man in possession of $85,713 over illegal foreign exchange trading charges. Acting upon a tip-off, the police busted the suspect outside a bank ....

  • Bid to smuggle mobile phones, worth EGP 800,000, foiled at Cairo airport

    Date: 2018-06-22 19:37:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:7455021

    CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) - The Customs Department of Cairo International Airport on Friday thwarted an attempt to smuggle mobile phones worth EGP 800,000. An official source with the department said 79 IPhone 8 devices were found in possession of a ....

  • 7 killed, 19 wounded in Sohag accidents

    Date: 2018-06-18 20:34:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:49 - ID:7449252

    SOHAG, June 18 (MENA) - Seven people were killed and 19 others wounded in separate road accidents, including raod, drowning and fire accidents in Sohag governorate of the Upper Egypt. The prosecution has been notified to launch probes into the ....

  • Hasm, Lewaa Al Thawra used alias names to evade security pursuit

    Date: 2018-06-18 12:48:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:7448677

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - The investigations of the supreme state security prosecution revealed that the 268 defendants accused of commanding and joining two terrorist groups named Hasm and Lewaa Al Thawra used alias names to evade security ....

  • Security source denies reports on thugs blocking Cairo-Alex desert road

    Date: 2018-06-18 10:57:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:23 - ID:7448559

    CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) - A reliable security source denied on Monday reports circulated on social media that around 150 thugs have been blocking Cairo-Alexandria desert road. In statements on Monday, the source asserted that fixed and mobile ....

  • Police seize 39 weapons during country-wide crackdown

    Date: 2018-06-17 13:38:52 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:33 - ID:7447757

    CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - Interior Ministry public security sector in coordination with the criminal investigation bodies, anti-drug and crime-combat sectors seized 39 weapons during a large-scale security campaign across the country. The weapons ....

  • Security measures beefed up at river bus berths: Cairo governor

    Date: 2018-06-15 09:45:36 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:22 - ID:7445303

    CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Cairo Governor Atef Abdel Hamid on Friday, the first day of Eidul Fitr (Lesser Bairam), inspected the berth of river bus in Maspero zone to check on security measures meant to protect passengers. The governor directed ....

  • Interior min. says gaining confidence of citizens on top of ministry's priorities

    Date: 2018-06-14 18:24:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:87 - ID:7444644

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) – Newly-appointed Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik asserted the importance of gaining the confidence of citizens via daily interaction between citizens and the ministry's departments. This came during his first meeting on ....

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