Security and Crime

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  • Sadat station at Metro Line 1, 2 closed for security reasons

    Date: 2017-06-16 07:16:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:7 - ID:6856987

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – Sadat metro station will be closed on Friday for security reasons, the spokesman for the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation said. In statements to MENA, Ahmed Abdel Hadi added that the station will be back ....

  • Policeman wounded in unintentional discharge incident

    Date: 2017-06-15 11:07:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:27 - ID:6855861

    CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - A non-commissioned officer was wounded in an accidental discharge incident, according to the Interior Ministry's media center on Thursday. Mohamed Ahmed el Sawy of October police station accidentally pulled the trigger ....

  • 1 killed, 12 wounded in road accident in Port Said

    Date: 2017-06-14 15:59:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:78 - ID:6855068

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) - One person was killed and 12 others wounded when a bus overturned on Port Said-Damietta road on Wednesday, Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said. Wounded sustained fractures, bruises and internal bleeding, he ....

  • 19 July first session in trial of dlrs 7.2m money laundering case

    Date: 2017-06-14 14:39:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:6854556

    CAIRO, June 14 (MENA) - Cairo Court of Appeal has set 19 July to start the trial of defendant Sami Salah Eldin Abdullah Belal in a money laundering case before the criminal court. The defendant is accused of laundering 7.2 million dollars using ....

  • Attempt by 41 persons to sneak into Libya foiled

    Date: 2017-06-13 13:32:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:36 - ID:6853073

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, June 13 (MENA) – Matrouh security forces foiled an infiltration attempt by 41 people, who plotted to illegally sneak into Libya. The infiltrators included 22 Egyptian citizens, alongside nine Sudanese, three Ethiopian, three ....

  • Former lawmaker arrested for "inciting against state"

    Date: 2017-06-12 17:19:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:60 - ID:6851990

    ASWAN, Egypt, June 12 (MENA) - Security forces in Aswan on Monday arrested a former Muslim Brotherhood lawmaker over accusations of inciting against the state. Mohamed el Omda was undersecretary of the legislative committee of the 2012 parliament ....

  • 48 wanted elements arrested in North Sinai

    Date: 2017-06-11 07:35:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:11 - ID:6849381

    ARISH, June 11 (MENA) - Security bodies in North Sinai have arrested 48 fugitives and wanted elements over the past 24 hours. They are wanted over their indictment in several security cases. The campaign comes as part of intensive security ....

  • Attempt to smuggle huge amount of drugs foiled in Port Said

    Date: 2017-06-10 19:18:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:6849129

    CAIRO, June 10 (MENA) - Port Said customs authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle a huge amount of Bango (a type marijuana). The authorities seized a car loaded with 99 packages of the locally-produced drug weighing 198 kilograms, an ....

  • Security source to MENA: Security agencies on alert over regional conditions

    Date: 2017-06-10 11:33:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:26 - ID:6848635

    CAIRO, June 10 (MENA) – A senior Interior Ministry source stressed placing all security agencies on alert in view of the current regional conditions. Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar gave directives to all the ministry's sectors to step up ....

  • Interior min. holds plenary meeting to review security plans

    Date: 2017-06-08 11:03:02 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:6846246

    CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar held a plenary meeting on Thursday with a number of his aides and security chiefs in various governorates to review efforts to remove land encroachments as well as security plans and ....

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