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Interior min. confers with aides on measures to secure Christmas celebrations
Date: 2016-12-22 12:51:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:45 - ID:6199301
CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar has held a meeting with his aides within the framework of the ministry's plan and measures to secure people and vital institutions, and take all necessary measures during Christmas ....
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Cairo officers seized weapons before being sold to criminals
Date: 2016-12-22 10:39:10 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:31 - ID:6198313
CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) – Officers of Cairo investigation department managed to seize five machine guns and shotguns alongside four Russian and locally made pistols before being sold to dangerous criminal elements. Acting on a tip that an Assiut man ....
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Narcotics gang arrested in Sharqiya
Date: 2016-12-21 21:16:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:78 - ID:6195585
CAIRO, Dec 21 (MENA) - Sharqiya police arrested Wednesday members of a gang known for trading narcotics in the governorate. The gang members were arrested with about 8 million narcotic pills as well as millions of Egyptian pounds and foreign ....
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Cocaine smuggling attempt thwarted
Date: 2016-12-21 19:20:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:72 - ID:6195077
CAIRO, Dec 21 (MENA) - Security authorities at Cairo International Airport arrested on Wednesday two foreigners who tried to smuggle an amount of cocaine, hidden in their intestine, inside Egypt. The airport officials suspected the two Bolivian ....
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3 police officers wounded in car accident in N. Sinai
Date: 2016-12-21 17:20:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:66 - ID:6194929
EL ARISH, Dec 21 (MENA) - Three police officers were injured Wednesday when a private car overturned on the coastal international road in North Sinai governorate. The officers, who suffered abrasions and bruises, were moved to hospital to receive ....
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Rudimentary bomb dismantled near Giza governorate building
Date: 2016-12-21 16:36:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:6194941
CAIRO, Dec 21 (MENA) – Explosive experts defused a rudimentary bomb that was found near the building of Giza governorate. Unidentified men planted the bomb near the governorate building, a security source told MENA. No injuries were reported, ....
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3 persons arrested over possessing 109kg of explosives
Date: 2016-12-20 13:18:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:68 - ID:6185993
CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Cairo police have managed to arrest three persons for trading in explosive materials used in detonating mountainous rocks in Maadi, south Cairo. Police received a tip-off that three traders, previously charged with drug ....
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Illegal immigration broker arrested in Alex.
Date: 2016-12-20 11:59:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:52 - ID:6184245
ALEXANDRIA, Dec 20 (MENA) - Security bodies in Alexandria arrested on Tuesday an illegal immigration broker in Alexandria's Abu Qir district. The man and three other persons are accused of facilitating the illegal immigration of youth to Italy ....
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Death toll of Boutroseya church attack up to 27
Date: 2016-12-20 09:37:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:16 - ID:6183513
CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - The 10-year-old girl who had sustained severe injuries in the Boutroseya church attack on December 11 succumbed to her wounds on Tuesday. Church sources told MENA that Magy Momen, a primary school pupil, had received ....
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Human rights sector at interior ministry inspects police stations in Minya, Assiut
Date: 2016-12-19 16:11:52 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:60 - ID:6179077
CAIRO, Dec 19 (MENA) - The human rights sector at the Interior Ministry inspected police stations and centers in Minya and Assiut governorates. The move came after directives issued by Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar to inspect police ....