Security and Crime

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  • Fagala fire causes no casualties; damages assessed

    Date: 2016-11-16 20:40:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:71 - ID:5976977

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - A fire that engulfed a cardboard factory Cairo's Fagala has been extinguished, according to the civil protection administration's chief Maj. Gen. Magdy el-Shalaqany on Wednesday. The fire caused no casualties, Shalaqany ....

  • 10 fire engines deployed to put out Fagala factory flames

    Date: 2016-11-16 17:35:53 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:5976257

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Ten fire engines have been deployed to extinguish a fire that broke out at a cardboard factory in Cairo's Fagala area, Civil Protection Administration's chief Maj. Gen. Magdy el-Shalaqany told MENA late on Wednesday. The ....

  • 24 takfiris killed in security raids on Arish, Rafah, Sheikh Zuweid

    Date: 2016-11-16 08:30:04 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:11 - ID:5971321

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Law Enforcement Forces of the Second Field Army and civil police continued their security raids in the surroundings of Rafah, Arish and Sheikh Zuweid cities in North Sinai to hunt down terrorist elements as part of large-scale ....

  • 39 wanted people arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2016-11-13 22:26:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:112 - ID:5957337

    ARISH, Egypt, Nov 13 (MENA) - Security forces in North Sinai have arrested 39 fugitives and criminals, who are wanted in different cases. According to a security official, the arrests came within the framework of tightened security measures and ....

  • 4 tons of rice, flour seized before sale on black market

    Date: 2016-11-13 12:29:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:46 - ID:5954277

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Cairo supply police Sunday seized large quantities of smuggled goods before being sold on the black market. As many as two tons of salt, 1,600 kilograms of rice, two tons of flour, 750 kilograms of pasta, 500 kilograms of ....

  • Gunmen arrested for drug trafficking

    Date: 2016-11-13 11:59:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:5953881

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Security forces arrested two gunmen for drug trafficking in Mokattam area. Acting upon a tip-off, police found out that the two criminals are renting an apartment in Mokattam to sell hashish to their clients. Police ....

  • 14 terrorists killed, 5 hideouts, 10 explosive charges destroyed in Sinai

    Date: 2016-11-13 10:23:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:20 - ID:5952553

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Egypt's Law Enforcement Forces backed by Saeqa elements and civil police units killed 14 terrorists during raids carried out against their hideouts in several villages in Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai. The troops ....

  • Fire erupts at truck carrying petroleum products in Qena

    Date: 2016-11-12 22:46:54 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:77 - ID:5951441

    QENA, Egypt, Nov 12 (MENA) - Qena firefighters are trying to control a fire that erupted at a container carrying petroleum products. The container, which was carrying 56,000 tons of petroleum products, overturned after it collided with another ....

  • Interior Ministry denies terrorist MB attack on Church in Sharqiya

    Date: 2016-11-11 22:55:56 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:101 - ID:5946273

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry on Friday denied news that supporters of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood hurled firecrackers at police forces in charge of securing Saint Karas Church in Zagazig city of Sharqiya Governorate. The news ....

  • 119 drug trafficking cases recorded over 24 hours

    Date: 2016-11-11 14:28:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:57 - ID:5944049

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Public Security Sector at the Interior Ministry continued its nationwide campaigns to arrest outlaws and holders of unlicensed weapons to restore security. The campaigns, which were launched upon the directives of ....

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