Security and Crime

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  • Farmer arrested in Assuit for manufacturing weapons

    Date: 2017-09-08 14:24:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:65 - ID:6980810

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - Assuit police arrested on Friday a farmer, who runs a workshop for manufacturing weapons. Mahmoud M. R., 29, was nabbed with two locally-made firearms, two bullets and parts of weapons in his possession. He admitted ....

  • Security source: 473 encroachment cases on state-owned lands removed

    Date: 2017-09-08 14:22:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:6980817

    CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior launched inspection campaign to remove all the encroachments on the state-owned lands, agricultural lands and Nile River, Security source said Friday. He pointed out that the campaign, according to ....

  • Attempt to smuggle 700 grams of cocaine foiled at Cairo airport

    Date: 2017-09-06 17:19:57 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:74 - ID:6978048

    CAIRO, Sept 6 (MENA) - Airport authorities foiled on Wednesday an attempt to smuggle 700 grams of cocaine, security sources at Cairo International Airport said. The narcotics were found in an Ecuadorian passenger’s socks and stomach after he was ....

  • Illicit currency trader arrested in Nasr City

    Date: 2017-09-06 10:53:53 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:6977317

    CAIRO, Sept 6 (MENA) - Officers of the General Department of Public Funds Crime's Investigation arrested an illicit currency trader in Cairo's Nasr City district. The 44-year-old man owns a poultry shop and was rounded up over illicit currency ....

  • 4 killed, 6 wounded in car accident on Sohag-Red Sea road

    Date: 2017-09-06 07:15:45 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:15 - ID:6976845

    SOHAG, Sept 6 (MENA) - Four people were killed and six others wounded in a collision between a car and a pickup on Sohag-Red Sea road. The driver of the car lost control over the steering wheel and rammed into the pickup. The wounded sustained ....

  • Interior Ministry: Police conscript killed, two officers injured in shooting by mistake at Suez police station

    Date: 2017-09-06 06:58:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:11 - ID:6976812

    CAIRO, Sept 6 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that a police conscript was killed and a commissioner and investigation chief were injured when a police element accidentally opened fire by mistake at Suez police station. In a ....

  • Policeman killed in vendetta in Beni Suef: Ministry of Interior

    Date: 2017-09-04 11:33:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:47 - ID:6974382

    CAIRO, Sept 4 (MENA) - A Policeman from Beni Suef was killed after three people attacked him in a revenge attack. While two assailants were arrested, the third managed to escape, a statement by the Ministry of Interior read. The three ....

  • Minya security director follows up security, traffic status during Eidul Adha

    Date: 2017-09-03 08:25:57 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:16 - ID:6973002

    MINYA, Sept 3 (MENA) – Minya Security Director Mamdouh Abdel Monsef toured different police sites and vital facilities in Minya and Samalout township to follow up security and traffic status during Eidul Adha. Abdel Monsef met with officers and ....

  • Brazilian passenger arrested with cocaine at Cairo airport

    Date: 2017-09-03 07:44:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:13 - ID:6972947

    CAIRO, Sept 3 (MENA) - Cairo International Airport authorities are interrogating a Brazilian passenger coming from Addis Ababa after arresting him while trying to smuggle cocaine. After searching the luggage of the passenger, the authorities ....

  • Attempt to smuggle 13,000 liters of subsidized fuel, diesel foiled

    Date: 2017-09-03 07:29:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:12 - ID:6972973

    TANTA, Sept 3 (MENA) - Gharbiya police foiled an attempt to sell 13,000 liters of subsidized diesel oil and fuel on the black market. Police received information that some owners of fuel stations have closed their places and refrained from ....

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