Security and Crime

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  • 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 ....

  • Police arrest 2 Facebook page admins over Thanaweya Amma exams cheating

    Date: 2017-06-07 16:09:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:58 - ID:6845431

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Police arrested two admins of Facebook pages for helping students cheat in Thanaweya Amma exams. The first admin is accused for promoting on their Facebook page for the smallest Bluetooth headset, saying it will help students ....

  • Two policemen shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Arish

    Date: 2017-06-06 19:02:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:49 - ID:6844053

    EL ARISH, Egypt, June 6 (MENA) - Two policemen were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in el Arish city in North Sinai, security and medical sources said on Tuesday. The attackers fled the scene immediately after the shooting incident. The dead ....

  • Policeman martyred in exchange of fire with outlaw in Alex.

    Date: 2017-06-03 10:42:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:22 - ID:6839033

    CAIRO, June 3 (MENA) - A police officer was killed during an exchange of fire with a dangerous outlaw in Alexandria, the media center of the Ministry of Interior said on Saturday. Mahmoud Sami Abdel Rahman got shot in the chest during a manhunt ....

  • One dead, 3 injured in Suez road accidents

    Date: 2017-06-02 12:55:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:6838105

    SUEZ, Egypt, June 2 (MENA) - One person was killed and three others were injured injured on Friday when a truck and car overturned on the Suez-Cairo road. One of the accidents took place on Kilo 81, leaving one person dead and another ....

  • Man involved in Rosetta boat accident arrested

    Date: 2017-06-02 10:40:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:21 - ID:6837919

    DAMANHUR, Egypt, June 2 (MENA) - Security agencies in Beheira governorate arrested a man involved in the accident of the boat which sank off Rosetta city coast last September, leaving 203 people dead. Naval and border guard forces rescued 164 ....

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