Security and Crime

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  • Cairo security denies alleged prison break from Sayeda Zeinab police station

    Date: 2016-09-22 01:47:54 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:2 - ID:5637641

    CAIRO, Sept 22 (MENA) - A high-level source at Cairo security directorate denied media reports that some prisoners of El Sayed Zeinab police station have tried to escape. These reports are groundless, the source told MENA, stressing security ....

  • 39 fugitives arrested in North Sinai

    Date: 2016-09-21 22:44:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:107 - ID:5637493

    AL ARISH, Egypt, Sept 21 (MENA) – Security forces arrested up to 39 fugitives and wanted elements involved in different cases in North Sinai. According to a security official, the arrests came within the framework of tightened security measures ....

  • 45 kgs of chemical substance used in making drugs, explosives seized by ANGA

    Date: 2016-09-21 16:42:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:77 - ID:5634785

    CAIRO, Sept 21 (MENA) – The Anti-Narcotics General Administration (ANGA) Wednesday thwarted an attempt to smuggle 45 kilograms of the Potassium Permanganate substance used in making drugs and explosives. The large quantity of the chemical ....

  • African passenger arrested while trying to smuggle $25,000 to Congo

    Date: 2016-09-20 14:08:21 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:5627773

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - Authorities at the Public Funds Investigation at Cairo airport arrested on Tuesday an African passenger who tried to smuggle 25,000 dollars to Congo, according to security sources at the airport. The passenger was ....

  • Interior Ministry denies monitoring social media accounts

    Date: 2016-09-19 19:08:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:94 - ID:5623289

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry on Monday denied media reports that security agencies monitor citizens’ social media accounts. “These reports are totally false and unfounded,” the official of the security media center said in a ....

  • Trial of policeman over killing street vendor postponed to Oct 10

    Date: 2016-09-18 12:54:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:51 - ID:5614733

    CAIRO, Sept 18 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court decided during a session Sunday to postpone until October 10 the trial of non-commissioned police officer Zenihom Abdel Razek over charges of killing one of the peddlers in New Cairo. Abdel Razek shot ....

  • Suez prosecution continues probe into Adibeyah berth fire

    Date: 2016-09-18 10:53:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:40 - ID:5613949

    SUEZ, Egypt, Sept 18 (MENA) - Suez General Prosecution intensified its investigations into the fire that erupted in a berth at Suez's Adibeyah on Saturday. The prosecution asked for probe carried out by the criminal investigation department of ....

  • Fire at Adabiya port in Suez contained; No casualties reported

    Date: 2016-09-17 19:32:56 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:68 - ID:5611789

    SUEZ, Egypt, Sept 17 (MENA) – Civil defense teams contained a fire that erupted on Saturday evening at Adabiya port, head of Suez Security Directorate Mostafa Shihata said. No casualties were reported. Earlier, a fire erupted at a fishing boat ....

  • Very dangerous terrorist hotbed found in Bahariya Oasis

    Date: 2016-09-17 13:33:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:44 - ID:5609809

    CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – A very dangerous terror hotbed was found and stormed by security forces in Buwayti area in Bahariya Oasis, around 370 km away from Cairo. The Armed Forces said the hideout was found during a wide-scale operation combing ....

  • One person killed, 2 others injured in accidents on Alex. road

    Date: 2016-09-17 13:03:36 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:43 - ID:5609833

    ALEXANDRIA, Sept 17 (MENA) – A student was killed and two people were injured in two road accidents in Alexandria. A student, 13, was killed after being hit by a car while he was crossing a street. He died after suffering a fracture in his ....

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