Security and Crime

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  • Military spokesman: 3 Takfiris arrested in central Sinai

    Date: 2018-01-16 09:08:38 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:14 - ID:7193420

    CAIRO, Jan 16 (MENA) - Third Field Army forces Tuesday arrested three Takfiri elements while monitoring movements of security forces, according to the military spokesman. Colonel Tamer el Refaey said in a statement a bomb targeting forces in ....

  • Two Cairo police referred to criminal court over 'Afrotto' death

    Date: 2018-01-15 18:01:25 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:100 - ID:7192930

    CAIRO, Jan 15 (MENA) - The Cairo prosecution has ordered a police officer and a non-commissioned officer to be referred to the criminal court over charges of torturing and killing a young man at a Cairo police station. The death of Mohamed ....

  • Court adjourns trial of 215 MBs in "Helwan Brigades" case to Feb. 27

    Date: 2018-01-14 14:10:38 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:53 - ID:7190337

    CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) - Cairo criminal court adjourned Sunday the trial of 215 elements of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group in "Helwan Brigades" case to February 27. The defendants are accused of forming an armed group called Helwan Brigades ....

  • Minya tourism police arrest person over possession of antiquities, arms

    Date: 2018-01-14 12:32:45 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:7190137

    CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's Tourism and Antiquities Department on Sunday arrested a person over possession of 40 pieces of pharaonic artifacts that are suspected to be smuggled antiquities along with fire arms. Public Security ....

  • Security forces arrest workshop owner for forging military, governmental logos

    Date: 2018-01-13 14:55:42 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:7188833

    CAIRO, Jan 13 (MENA) - Security bodies have arrested a shop owner in Cairo's district of Gamalia for manufacturing faked military and governmental logos . In a statement, Cairo Security Directorate said on Saturday that Gamalia police station ....

  • Person nabbed over illegally exchanging foreign currencies

    Date: 2018-01-11 16:14:45 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:73 - ID:7185992

    CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) – The General Department of Public Funds Crime's Investigation Police seized a person over illegally exchanging foreign currencies out of the scope of the banking market. Earlier, the department found that a person, 27, had ....

  • Red Sea court adjourns hearing appeals by 42 policemen till Jan. 17

    Date: 2018-01-11 14:47:45 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:58 - ID:7185724

    HURGHADA, Jan 11 (MENA) – The Red Sea Misdemeanors Court on Thursday decided to delay considering appeals filed by 42 non-commissioned officers over a court ruling to sentence them to one-year in prison and fine them EGP 500. The decision was ....

  • Sisi meets defense, interior ministers on counter-terrorism efforts

    Date: 2018-01-11 11:18:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:27 - ID:7185344

    CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held on Thursday a meeting with the defense and interior ministers and the head of the General Intelligence Service. The meeting tackled the latest security developments in Egypt, Presidential ....

  • Security: Eight terrorists killed in Arish

    Date: 2018-01-09 13:07:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:52 - ID:7182125

    CAIRO, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that eight terrorists were killed in a shootout with police forces in a desert area in Arish, North Sinai. In a released statement, the ministry said efforts will be maintained to purge ....

  • EGP 100m worth of robberies by nabbed gang

    Date: 2018-01-09 12:47:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:50 - ID:7182088

    CAIRO, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry has announced that the heist of the detained gang of homes robbery in Greater Cairo has exceeded 100 million EGP. The five-member gang committed 33 robberies in various districts in Cairo, Giza and ....

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