Security and Crime

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  • 6 Brotherhood members arrested in Suez over violence

    Date: 2017-03-15 22:45:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:93 - ID:6704641

    SUEZ, Egypt, March 15 (MENA) – Six Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested by the national security department in Suez over instigating violence. The suspects had received funds from fugitive Muslim Brotherhood abroad to instigate violence in the ....

  • Bid to smuggle 30 mln narcotic pills foiled in Port Said

    Date: 2017-03-15 15:25:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:66 - ID:6702437

    CAIRO, March 15 (MENA) - An attempt to smuggle 30 million narcotic pills into the country has been foiled at East Port Said port. Port Said ports police found that the banned drug shipment was hidden in a container coming from a foreign ....

  • Chief inspector of real estate taxes seized over getting EGP 16,000 bribe

    Date: 2017-03-14 10:43:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:17 - ID:6693105

    CAIRO, March 14 (MENA) - The Administrative Control Authority seized the chief inspector of real estate taxes in Mersa Matrouh's Hammam town over getting a EGP 16,000 bribe. The inspector got the backhander from a lawyer to issue a real estate ....

  • Metro Line 1 traffic restored

    Date: 2017-03-13 16:11:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:80 - ID:6689641

    CAIRO, March 13 (MENA) - Cairo's underground Metro Line 1 was re-operated Monday after a suspension over a technical failure. Traffic came to a standstill after a woman was run over by a train near Tura el Asment Metro Station. (MENA) M S H/R ....

  • Assiut police arrest 2 persons for possessing weapons

    Date: 2017-03-13 11:03:54 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:6684017

    CAIRO, March 13 (MENA) - Assiut police have arrested two persons for possessing RPGs, five machine guns and other firearms. The arrestees admitted to possessing the weapons for the purpose of trade. All legal measures have been taken and the ....

  • Archaeological inspector arrested over bribery charges

    Date: 2017-03-13 08:16:28 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:11 - ID:6682901

    CAIRO, March 13 (MENA) - An archaeological inspector has been arrested over bribery charges. The official received a total of 1.150 million pounds worth of bribes from a person who illegally seized 61 feddans owned by the General Authority for ....

  • Attempt by 99 persons to sneak into Libya foiled

    Date: 2017-03-13 06:23:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:7 - ID:6682457

    MARSA MATROUH, ُEgypt, March 13 (MENA) - Matrouh security forces foiled late on Sunday an attempt by 99 people to infiltrate into Libya. The infiltrators included ten Sudanese and the rest from different Egyptian governorates. Preparations are ....

  • 25 tons of rice, sugar seized before being sold on black market

    Date: 2017-03-12 15:36:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:6679585

    CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - As many as 25 tons of rice and sugar were seized before being sold on black market, Assistant Interior Minister and Director of the Supply Police Department Yasser Saber Maj. Gen. Yasser Saber said on Sunday. The ....

  • Gang accused in EGP 2mn bank bribery case arrested

    Date: 2017-03-12 15:27:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:59 - ID:6679621

    CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) - Members of a gang led by the head of small-sized projects at a bank have been arrested over bribery accusations. The gang is implicated in accepting an EGP two-million bribe in exchange for allocating and giving loans ....

  • Bid to smuggle 12 mln pills of drugs foiled in Port Said

    Date: 2017-03-11 22:39:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:79 - ID:6675909

    PORT SAID, Egypt, March 11 (MENA) - An attempt to smuggle 12 million pills of Tramadol and Tamol has been foiled at West Port Said port, northeast of Cairo. Acting upon a tip-off, the authorities found the banned drug shipment hidden in a ....

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