Security and Crime
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Businessman arrested over charges of attacking family in New Cairo
Date: 2017-08-26 19:54:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:71 - ID:6963334
CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - Security forces on Saturday arrested a businessman involved in assaulting a family of a retired army general in their house in New Cairo over a dispute between them. The ex-officer had filed a complaint with police that his ....
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Assistant interior min. inaugurates eastern Samalut police station
Date: 2017-08-26 15:27:02 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:46 - ID:6963051
CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - The assistant interior minister for northern Upper Egypt and the Minya security chief inaugurated on Saturday eastern Samalut police station. This came upon directives of Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar to establish a ....
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Aswan court rejects releasing ex-MP on bail
Date: 2017-08-26 14:45:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:41 - ID:6962922
ASWAN, Aug 26 (MENA) - Aswan Criminal Court's high appeals chamber rejected on Saturday releasing ex-lawmaker Mohamed el Omda on a 10,000-pound bail in line with a previously issued court ruling. The court will hold a session on September 10 to ....
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Egypt interior minister urges further int'l cooperation to curb terrorism
Date: 2017-08-24 19:02:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:97 - ID:6960643
CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said it is inevitable to activate the aspects of cooperation at the international level to curb the dangers of terrorism that affect most of the world countries. Abdel Ghaffar made the ....
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Marsa Alam airport police foils attempt to smuggle 12kg of jewellery
Date: 2017-08-24 15:06:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:76 - ID:6960337
CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Marsa Alam airport police foiled an attempt to smuggle 12 kilograms of gold and silver jewellery without paying needed customs duties. Police received a tip-off that the owner of a jewellery company is planning to smuggle ....
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Gang arrested over check fraud
Date: 2017-08-24 12:04:00 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:44 - ID:6959791
CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) - A gang was arrested over forging a check of EGP1.8 million. It turned out that the name of the man for whom the check was issued was for a man who died in 2000. Two employees at the bank helped a third man to forge the ....
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48 criminals arrested during crackdown in Qena
Date: 2017-08-24 12:01:10 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:43 - ID:6959746
CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Forty-eight dangerous criminals and eight fugitives were arrested during a crackdown in the Upper Egypt governorate of Qena. Weapons were also seized during the security campaign launched under directives of Interior ....
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2 Hasm militants killed in shootout with policemen in Wadi El Natroun
Date: 2017-08-24 11:09:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:6959667
CAIRO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Two Hasm militants were killed in a firefight with policemen in Wadi El Natroun. They were accused of manufacturing bombs to carry out terrorist acts in Egypt, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Two ....
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Attempt to smuggle 426 ancient coins, documents thwarted
Date: 2017-08-23 16:23:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:6958594
CAIRO, Aug 23 (MENA) – The Cairo airport authorities has foiled an attempt to smuggle 426 ancient coins, papers, documents and financial bonds that date back to the Alawiyya dynasty era, head of the airport's central agency of archaeological units ....
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102 prisoners to be pardoned on revolution anniversary
Date: 2017-08-23 11:26:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:6958039
CAIRO, Aug 23 (MENA) - As many as 102 prisoners will be pardoned in line with a presidential decree issued to mark the anniversary of the July 23 revolution. Another 109 inmates will be released on parole. (MENA) M A E/A S E ....