Security and Crime

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  • Matrouh security bodies close illegal crossings on Hamam railway line

    Date: 2017-01-16 18:53:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:82 - ID:6345873

    MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Jan 16 (MENA) - Security bodies in Matrouh on Monday launched a wide-scale campaign to close all illegal crossings on a railway line linking Alexandria and Matrouh. All illegal crossings in Hamam city have been closed by ....

  • Interior Ministry: Beit al Maqdes leading element killed in shootout with police in Al Arish

    Date: 2017-01-15 08:52:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:15 - ID:6334461

    CAIRO, Jan 15 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior announced Sunday that a leading element of Beit al Maqdes organization was killed in a shootout with police forces in Al Arish city. The shootout left one policeman killed and others wounded, ....

  • Interior Ministry: 10 terrorists involved in two N.Sinai checkpoint attacks killed

    Date: 2017-01-13 16:44:28 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:6326797

    ARISH, Egypt, Jan 13 (MENA) - The security services continued efforts to pursue the terrorists who carried out recent attacks in Al Arish, North Sinai, killing a number of policemen. The Interior Ministry said in a statement Friday that all 10 ....

  • 3rd Army forces destroy terrorist hideout in central Sinai

    Date: 2017-01-13 16:35:07 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:6326809

    CAIRO, Jan 13 (MENA) – The 3rd Army law enforcement personnel, supported by the Air Forces, detected and destroyed a terrorist hideout in central Sinai. The forces killed an armed Takfiri man and arrested another one. The operation also resulted ....

  • 56 fugitives, wanted persons arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2017-01-13 05:58:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:2 - ID:6323417

    ARISH, Jan 13 (MENA) – Fifty-six fugitives and wanted persons were arrested in North Sinai during a crackdown, a security source said. All needed legal measures were taken against the arrested persons, the source added. (MENA) M N E/A S E ....

  • Interior min.: 800-meter safe area around presidential, vital facilities in Cairo

    Date: 2017-01-12 16:11:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:48 - ID:6321077

    CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar ordered a 800-meter safe area to be erected around all presidential posts, vital facilities and public utilities in Cairo. In exclusive statements to MENA on Thursday, a security source ....

  • Interior min.: Terror attacks to spur security forces to confront terrorism

    Date: 2017-01-12 16:04:26 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:47 - ID:6321093

    CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar met on Thursday with a number of his aides and commanders to review security plans especially in North Sinai governorate. During the meeting, he hailed police martyrs who sacrificed ....

  • Matrouh security bodies foil infiltration bid by 41 persons into Libya

    Date: 2017-01-12 13:35:04 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:33 - ID:6319721

    MARSA MATROUH, Jan 12 (MENA) - Security bodies in Matrouh managed Thursday to thwart an infiltration attempt by 41 persons including six Sudanese who were seeking to cross the borders into Libya via desert routes at Salloum. Assistant Interior ....

  • Prosecutor General refers health minister advisor to Criminal Court over bribery charges

    Date: 2017-01-12 11:20:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:21 - ID:6318445

    CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) – Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek referred the health minister advisor for the secretariat of the specialized medical centers to Cairo Criminal Court over bribery charges. The top prosecutor said on Thursday that the ....

  • Man arrested in Luxor with 15kg of marijuana in his possession

    Date: 2017-01-12 07:00:26 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:3 - ID:6316865

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Jan 12 (MENA) - Luxor security forces arrested a jobless person with 15 kilograms of marijuana, narcotic pills and two rifles in his possession. Acting on a tip, security forces searched the house of the 41-year-old man and ....

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