Security and Crime

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  • Bid to smuggle banned bullets thwarted at Cairo airport

    Date: 2018-07-08 21:38:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:87 - ID:7479582

    CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - The Customs Department of Cairo International Airport on Sunday foiled an attempt to smuggle a quantity of banned bullets into the country. About 21 bullets were found in possession of a US passenger coming from Rome. ....

  • Civil servant, businesswoman in custody over fraud in Qena

    Date: 2018-07-08 20:43:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:82 - ID:7479537

    QENA, Egypt, July 8 (MENA) – The director of purchasing department at Qena University Hospital and a businesswoman were remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations over forgery and looting public funds charges. The suspects are ....

  • Retrial of 33 defendants in Ramses incidents case delayed to Sept. 16

    Date: 2018-07-05 15:38:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:68 - ID:7474905

    CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - The Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday adjourned till September 16 the retrial of 33 defendants in the case of El Fateh Mosque incidents. The court postponed the retrial to hear the defense's arguments. Sentences ranging ....

  • 1,036 prisoners pardoned on Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2018-07-04 16:41:10 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:71 - ID:7473488

    CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's prison department released 394 prisoners who had been pardoned on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. The Interior Ministry, in a statement on Wednesday, said the prison department also found that 642 ....

  • Bid to smuggle 1,294 narcotic pills foiled at Cairo airport

    Date: 2018-07-04 15:25:42 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:7473362

    CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) - The security department at Cairo International Airport thwarted on Wednesday an attempt to smuggle 1,294 Tramadol pills. Authorities at the airport suspected bags of a passenger that was on board of a flight heading for ....

  • Monofiya security ends vendetta between two families in Khatatba village

    Date: 2018-07-02 07:30:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:11 - ID:7468928

    SHEBIN EL KOM, July 2 (MENA) - Monofiya security authority managed to settle a vendetta between two families in Khatatba village. In April, the Monofiya security directorate was notified of a feud between two families in Khatatba village, leaving ....

  • 3 persons killed, 23 others injured in bus accident on Beni Suef-Zafarana road

    Date: 2018-06-30 14:30:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:7467057

    CAIRO, June 30 (MENA) - Health and Population Minister Hala Zayed assigned her ministry's undersecretary in the Red Sea to head for Ras Ghareb Hospital to inquire after the health of the civilians wounded in a bus accident, which took place on Beni ....

  • Interior min. says no tolerance with those using weapons against people

    Date: 2018-06-30 13:29:01 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:7466946

    CAIRO, June 30 (MENA) – Minister of Interior Mahmoud Tawfiq has stressed that no tolerance would be shown with those using weapons against Egyptian people. Tawfiq’s remarks came during his inspection of security measures and checkpoints in Cairo ....

  • Interior Ministry launches campaign to reduce foodstuffs prices at 20-30%

    Date: 2018-06-30 12:29:06 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:28 - ID:7466908

    CAIRO, June 30 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior has launched a campaign to offer foodstuffs at 20-30% less prices than their peers in markets. The head of the general department of the supply and trade police has inspected a number of chain ....

  • Interior min. honors policemen in security post in New Cairo

    Date: 2018-06-29 16:49:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:60 - ID:7466018

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfiq honored a number of police officers manning a security checkpoint in 90th Street in New Cairo, as a sign of his appreciation to their efforts and vigilance while performing their duty and ....

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