Security and Crime

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  • 131 prisoners to be released upon presidential pardon

    Date: 2017-10-02 10:25:02 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:7019441

    CAIRO, Oct 2 (MENA) - As many 131 prisoners will be released as part of a presidential pardon issued on the occasion of Eidual Adha, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The ministry has been studying the files of prisoners to determine who should be ....

  • Car bomb destroyed before hitting security checkpoint in Arish

    Date: 2017-10-01 20:54:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:80 - ID:7018935

    ARISH, Oct 1 (MENA) - Security forces on Sunday managed to destroy a car bomb before hitting a security checkpoint south of Arish, North Sinai, security sources said. The car bomb was monitored while attempting to attack a checkpoint on the Ring ....

  • Matrouh security bodies thwart infiltration attempt by 117 persons

    Date: 2017-10-01 17:06:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:60 - ID:7018418

    MERSA MATRUH, Oct 1 (MENA) - Mersa Matrouh security apparatuses on Sunday foiled an infiltration attempt by 117 people, including five Africans, who tried to illegally leave to Libya through Salloum. Matrouh Security Chief Maj. Gen. Hesham Nasr ....

  • Security foils attempt to smuggle 2.5 fireworks via Damietta port

    Date: 2017-10-01 11:34:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:28 - ID:7017784

    CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) - The Ports Security Authority on Sunday thwarted an attempt to smuggle 2.5 million fireworks to Egypt through Damietta port. Damietta port police was notified about a shipment of motorcycles that included hidden large ....

  • Butane gas cylinder behind blast heard in Zamalek: Security source

    Date: 2017-09-30 18:42:56 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:67 - ID:7017139

    CAIRO, Sept 30 (MENA) – A senior security source at the Interior Ministry said an explosion heard in Cairo’s Zamalek district earlier on Saturday was caused by a butane gas cylinder. The blast caused material damage but left no casualties, the ....

  • Attempt to smuggle 125,000 EGP foiled at Cairo airport

    Date: 2017-09-30 18:32:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:7017087

    CAIRO, Sept 30 (MENA) - Customs authorities of Cairo International Airport on Saturday foiled an attempt to smuggle a large amount of money into the country, said a customs source. The cash, EGP 125,000, was seized with an Egyptian passenger ....

  • Cairo security bodies nab gang robbing mobiles in Qatamiya

    Date: 2017-09-30 16:04:42 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:7016707

    CAIRO, Sept 30 (MENA) - Cairo security bodies managed to arrest a gang specialized in robbing mobile phones at gun point in Qatamiya. A manhunt was launched and the criminals were nabbed. They confessed of committing eight crimes. All legal ....

  • Security forces carry out executive orders against 399 cases of trespassing on state lands

    Date: 2017-09-30 15:01:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:50 - ID:7016811

    CAIRO, Sept 30 (MENA) - Police forces in different security directorates carried out Saturday executive orders by Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar against 399 cases of trespassing on state lands in seven governorates. The reported cases ....

  • Egypt's air force botches plot to sneak western border, destroys ten vehicles

    Date: 2017-09-28 12:57:20 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:47 - ID:7013659

    CAIRO, Sept 28 (MENA) - Egypt's air force has managed to abort an infiltration attempt by some criminals to Egyptian territories from Libya and destroyed ten 10 four wheel-drive-vehicles loaded with arms, ammunition and smuggled materials. The ....

  • Criminal court jails 10 police for 1 year for attacking security officials

    Date: 2017-09-26 18:40:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:85 - ID:7010857

    MINYA, Egypt, Sept 26 (MENA) – The Minya Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced 10 non-commissioned police officers to one year in prison for assaulting the former Minya security director and his deputy. The court acquitted 13 others in the same ....

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