Security and Crime

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  • Infiltration attempt of 138 people into Libya foiled

    Date: 2017-10-14 10:41:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:23 - ID:7038672

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Oct 14 (MENA) - Matrouh security bodies thwarted on Saturday an attempt by 138 persons, including 18 Sudanese citizens, to infiltrate into Libya via Salloum crossing. The arrested included Egyptians from different ....

  • Army thwarts terror attack on Arish checkpoint: Spokesman

    Date: 2017-10-14 08:27:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:10 - ID:7038503

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - Law enforcement forces of the Second Field Army on Saturday foiled a terror attack by takfiri elements against a security checkpoint in Arish, Military Spokesman Colonel Tamer el Refaee said. The army-clad terrorists were ....

  • Police arrest man accused of killing pastor in Cairo neighborhood

    Date: 2017-10-12 18:01:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:77 - ID:7036587

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) – A man accused of killing a pastor in the Cairo neighborhood of el Marg was arrested, the Interior Ministry said Thursday. The man, unemployed with a criminal record, attacked pastor Smaan Shehata Rizkallah and killed him ....

  • Two containers full of beads guns seized in Ain Sokhna

    Date: 2017-10-12 13:15:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:43 - ID:7035953

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Suez police seized two containers containing 60,000 beads guns and 48,000 beads bullets before being smuggled into the country. The shipment belongs to an export and import company in Egypt and was seized at Ain Sokhna ....

  • Borg el Arab customs authorities foil currency smuggling attempt

    Date: 2017-10-10 22:39:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:83 - ID:7033423

    CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) - Customs authorities at Borg el Arab International Airport foiled on Tuesday an attempt to smuggle a large amount of foreign currency. In statements, a source at the customs authority said officers suspected three passengers ....

  • Court rules in favor of Muhammad Al Zawahiri's release pending investigations

    Date: 2017-10-10 14:27:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:49 - ID:7032723

    CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) - Cairo criminal court ruled Tuesday in favor of keeping defendant Muhammad Al Zawahiri outside bars for 45 days pending investigations over establishing and leading a terrorist group called Al Taefa Al Mansoura. The court ....

  • Robbers of public property arrested

    Date: 2017-10-10 13:23:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:40 - ID:7032689

    CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) - The Administrative Control Authority on Tuesday foiled an attempt to seize public property to the value of 110 million pounds. Two public property robbers were arrested over an attempt to forge documents of ownership of a ....

  • Four social interaction pages shut down over instigating violence

    Date: 2017-10-10 10:29:57 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:22 - ID:7032224

    CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry has shut down four social interaction pages for inciting acts of violence and sabotage against State buildings. The move comes as part of efforts by the security department's telecommunications and ....

  • Drug trafficker killed in Red Sea

    Date: 2017-10-08 22:07:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:85 - ID:7030113

    HURGHADA, Oct 8 (MENA) - A drug trafficker was killed Sunday during an attempt to smuggle 150 kg of Heroin. The drug shipment came from Yemen and entered the country via the shores of south Shalateen. The attempt was foiled by the southern Upper ....

  • Security, traffic measures beefed up to secure Word Cup celebrations - Interior Minister

    Date: 2017-10-08 21:36:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:82 - ID:7030090

    CAIRO, Oct 8 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar issued directives Sunday to beef up security and traffic measures nationwide to secure the Egyptian people's celebrations after the national football team snatched a seat at the 2018 FIFA ....

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