Security and Crime

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  • Court seeks Grand Mufti's opinion on death sentences for 8 terrorist MB members

    Date: 2017-05-18 22:09:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:113 - ID:6817679

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, May 18 (MENA) – A criminal court in Beheira on Thursday issued an order requesting the Grand Mufti's legal opinion on death sentences handed down to eight members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The eight were charged with creating ....

  • 7 killed, injured in two road accidents on Sohag-Red Sea highway

    Date: 2017-05-18 17:41:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:94 - ID:6817400

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, May 18 (MENA) – One person was killed and six others were injured in two separate road accidents on Sohag - Red Sea highway. The injured were moved to hospitals for treatment, sources said. The prosecution was notified to ....

  • 3 suspects accused of supporting Takfiris arrested in Sinai - Army

    Date: 2017-05-18 15:14:36 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:85 - ID:6817149

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - The Armed Forces spokesman said law enforcement forces of the Third Field Army continued their strikes against terrorist hideouts in central Sinai. In a statement released on Thursday, the spokesman said the raids come as ....

  • Cairo security bodies end encroachments on 36 plots of land

    Date: 2017-05-18 13:45:01 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:72 - ID:6816866

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - Cairo security bodies have stopped encroachments on 36 plots of land on an area of 68.7 km (42.68 miles). The move came upon directives from Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar as part of the state's efforts to restore ....

  • Salafist arrested over financial crimes

    Date: 2017-05-18 10:18:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:26 - ID:6816372

    CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - Security forces arrested a Salafist who tricked Egyptians living abroad and traded with their savings on the black market, an official at the Interior Ministry said. The 41-year-old Pharmacist, with the help of three ....

  • Truck laden with chemical materials used in making fireworks seized in Qena

    Date: 2017-05-17 10:09:45 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:20 - ID:6814797

    CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) - Qena security apparatus in cooperation with the Public Security Sector seized a truck laden with chemical materials that are used in making fireworks. Qena investigation unit seized a truck that was parked on the roadside ....

  • Cairo security forces restore 320 feddans of state lands seized in Helwan

    Date: 2017-05-17 09:32:56 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:18 - ID:6814754

    CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) - Cairo security directorate on Wednesday launched a large-scale security campaign to remove transgressions on state lands in Helwan. The campaign comes as part of Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghafar's directives to restore ....

  • Driver arrested over holding 7,000 narcotic pills

    Date: 2017-05-16 22:48:25 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:88 - ID:6814264

    MERSA MATROUH, Egypt, May 16 (MENA) –Security forces on Tuesday arrested a driver over holding 7,000 drug pills in Matrouh. The arrestee, 28, from Aswan, was nabbed while carrying 70 Tamol-X drug packs to the 6th of October City. About EGP ....

  • 21 fugitives, wanted persons arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2017-05-16 22:34:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:85 - ID:6814417

    ARISH, Egypt, May 16 (MENA) – North Sinai security forces arrested 21 fugitives and wanted elements in a security campaign, a security source said on Tuesday. All legal measures were taken against those arrested, the source added. (MENA) M A ....

  • Interior minister says committed to removing encroachments on state lands

    Date: 2017-05-16 17:47:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:68 - ID:6814176

    CAIRO, May 16 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar on Tuesday stressed his ministry’s commitment to the directives of the political leadership to remove encroachments on state-owned lands according to a timetable set by the ....

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