Security and Crime

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  • 240 encroachments on state-owned lands removed

    Date: 2017-06-02 06:09:45 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:2 - ID:6837662

    QENA, Upper Egypt, June 2 (MENA) - Security forces removed 240 encroachments on state-owned lands in the Upper Egypt governorate of Qena, Qena security chief Salah Eddin Hassan said. Meanwhile, security forces arrested three people with weapons ....

  • Interior Ministry: 145 narcotics cases recorded, two gangs arrested in 24 hrs.

    Date: 2017-06-01 17:24:07 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:56 - ID:6837155

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) – Up to 145 drugs cases were recorded and two gangs were arrested during the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry reported Thursday. Also 124 fugitives were arrested during security campaigns, aimed at restoring security, ....

  • Attempt to smuggle large quantity of tramadol tablets foiled

    Date: 2017-05-31 15:21:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:65 - ID:6835753

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - Salloum customs foiled on Wednesday an attempt to smuggle large quantity of cigarettes and tramadol tablets, a security source at the customs department said. Customs officers suspected a truck coming from Libya. After ....

  • ACA arrests two officials at sports faculty on bribery charges

    Date: 2017-05-30 11:21:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:16 - ID:6833710

    CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) - The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) has arrested two officials at a sports faculty in Banha on bribery charges. A. S., the secretary of the faculty, and M. S., an assistant professor, had allegedly received money ....

  • Unemployed man nabbed for establishing a workshop for manufacturing weapons in his house

    Date: 2017-05-29 14:25:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:51 - ID:6832836

    ALEXANDRIA, May 29 (MENA) - Security bodies in Alexandria arrested an unemployed man for establishing a workshop for manufacturing weapons in his house. He was nabbed with number of weapons, bullets and tools used in manufacturing them in his ....

  • MB element arrested in Suez

    Date: 2017-05-29 08:35:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:11 - ID:6832030

    SUEZ, May 29 (MENA) - Suez security apparatus arrested a member of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group during his attempt to escape. The detainee, who is a member of the MB's party "Freedom and Justice", has been on the run since 2013 after ....

  • 37 fugitives arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2017-05-28 21:37:28 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:81 - ID:6831857

    ARISH, Egypt, May 28 (MENA) - Security forces arrested 37 fugitives in a security campaign in North Sinai, said a security source on Sunday. All legal measures have been taken against the arrestees, the source added. (MENA) M S H/M A F ....

  • Attempt to smuggle banned tapping devices foiled at Cairo airport

    Date: 2017-05-27 19:28:52 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:68 - ID:6830574

    CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) – Authorities at Cairo International Airport have thwarted an attempt to smuggle banned communications and tapping devices into the country. In statements on Saturday, a customs official said an Egyptian passenger, coming ....

  • 24 killed, 27 injured in Meniya shooting incident -- Health Ministry

    Date: 2017-05-26 17:01:28 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:28 - ID:6828547

    CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - The Egyptian Health Ministry said 24 citizens were killed and 27 others injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire against a bus carrying Copts in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Meniya on Friday. Head of the ambulance ....

  • Sisi convenes security meeting after Meniya shooting

    Date: 2017-05-26 16:59:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:6828611

    CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - President Abdel Fatta El Sisi on Friday convened a security meeting to discuss the consequences of a shooting incident in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Meniya, that left scores dead and wounded earlier in the day. The ....

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