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Cairo customs foil attempt to smuggle large quantity of medicines
Date: 2016-12-29 05:56:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:1 - ID:6236273
CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Cairo Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of medicines without paying necessary customs dues, a well-placed source at the Customs Authority said late on Wednesday. Customs officers suspected an Egyptian ....
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70 prisoners pardoned, 84 others released on parole nationwide
Date: 2016-12-28 16:31:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:65 - ID:6234317
CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Prisoners' Sector at the Interior Ministry decided on Wednesday to pardon 70 inmates and release 84 prisoners on parole from jails nationwide. The prison service sector said it had formed committees to check on prisons ....
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Armed Forces destroy longest tunnel in western Rafah
Date: 2016-12-28 12:54:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:46 - ID:6232993
CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) – Law Enforcement Forces of the Second Field Army destroyed one of the longest and largest tunnels in Rafah in North Sinai governorate, the Armed Forces said in a statement on Wednesday. The 1,700-meter-long tunnel was used ....
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State Council procurement general manager, two others to be remanded in custody for four days over bribery charges
Date: 2016-12-28 06:30:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:5 - ID:6230133
CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) – The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered on Wednesday remanding in custody for four days the State Council's Procurement General Manager, Gamal Eddin Mohamed el Labban, and two other suspects over bribery charges. El ....
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Truck driver arrested with over 23,000 pills of illegal drugs in his possession
Date: 2016-12-27 14:18:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:6227765
CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) - Officers of the Anti-Narcotics General Administration managed to arrest a truck driver with over 23,000 pills of Captagon drugs in his possession. Reports said the driver intended to smuggle the illegal drugs to an Arab ....
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Two faculty students arrested over selling stolen gold objects
Date: 2016-12-27 06:00:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:3 - ID:6223805
QENA, Upper Egypt, Dec 27 (MENA) – Security forces arrested early Tuesday two law faculty students while attempting to sell 650 grams of stolen gold objects. One of the detainees admitted during initial investigations that he was financially ....
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Bus driver who ran over 8 persons arrested in Qalyubia
Date: 2016-12-26 19:27:37 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:6222225
BANHA, Egypt, Dec 26 (MENA) - Security bodies in Qalyubia on Monday arrested a bus driver who ran over eight persons leaving all of them dead on the agricultural highway. The bus was seized and the driver was referred to the prosecution that ....
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Security efforts underway to nab bus driver who ran over 8 persons
Date: 2016-12-26 13:32:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:6220749
BANHA, Egypt, Dec 26 (MENA) - Security bodies in Qalubiya intensified efforts to arrest the driver of the bus which ran over eight persons leaving all of them dead and fled the scene of the accident. Qalubiya Security Chief Magdy Abdel Aal ....
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Arms dealer arrested in Minya with 199 pellet guns
Date: 2016-12-25 19:41:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:6217477
CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - A 49-year-old arms dealer was arrested in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya on Sunday, a statement by the interior ministry said. As many as 199 pellet guns were seized in his possession, it added. The seized arms ....
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Aswan security chief: New security system in Aswan city
Date: 2016-12-25 10:22:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:17 - ID:6213737
ASWAN, Egypt, Dec 25 (MENA) – Security authorities have started to implement a new security system in Aswan city on the occasion of the Christmas. In statements on Sunday, Head of Aswan Security Directorate Magdy Moussa said that the city was ....