Security and Crime
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Border guards continue efforts to fight crime, illegal migration
Date: 2016-08-28 13:02:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:33 - ID:5503153
CARO, Aug 28 (MENA) – Border guards in the surroundings of the Third Field Army in Sinai found 53 drug depots containing 1,848 kg of cannabis and 130 kg of cannabis seeds as well as 320 machine gun ammunition. In a press release on Sunday, the ....
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Matrouh security bodies foil infiltration bid by 16 persons to Libya
Date: 2016-08-28 06:57:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:6 - ID:5501249
MARSA MATROUH, Egypt, Aug 28 (MENA) - Security authorities in Matrouh managed to thwart an infiltration attempt of 16 Egyptians from eight different governorates to Libya via the desert routes west of Salloum city. Matrouh Security Chief Mokhtar ....
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Smuggling bid foiled at Alexandria port
Date: 2016-08-27 18:01:10 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:70 - ID:5500025
AELXANDRIA, Egypt, Aug 27 (MENA) - Alexandria port authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle electric appliances, computer parts and large quantities of cosmetics. Acting upon a tip-off, the authorities found the seized equipment among a ....
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Bid to smuggle 2,000 pieces of cold weapons foiled
Date: 2016-08-27 14:34:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:56 - ID:5499249
CAIRO, Aug 27 (MENA) - Port Said Harbor Police managed to thwart an attempt to smuggle as many as 2,000 pieces of cold weapons, fireworks and banned goods to the country. The investigations revealed that an exportation and importation company ....
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Attempt to smuggle 388 Captagon pills to Saudi Arabia foiled
Date: 2016-08-27 11:51:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:43 - ID:5498309
CAIRO, Aug 27 (MENA) - Daqahliya police managed to seize 388 Captagon pills before being smuggled to Saudi Arabia. Investigations revealed that a gang in Daqahliya that used to traffic in drugs is preparing a large shipment of Captagon and ....
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Giza police recover stolen car in hours
Date: 2016-08-27 09:40:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:22 - ID:5497301
GIZA, Aug 27 (MENA) - Giza police have managed to recover a car stolen at gunpoint on Egypt-Fayyoum desert road hours after receiving a report about the theft. Al Ahram police station received a report from a citizen who was assaulted by a gang ....
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Worker commits suicide at police station because he felt guilty of killing someone - Interior Ministry
Date: 2016-08-26 21:38:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:88 - ID:5496325
CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry said Friday a worker committed suicide at Salam police station because he felt guilty of killing another person. The man, who committed suicide, along with two other persons, were arrested over ....
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Cairo security chief visits officer injured while on duty
Date: 2016-08-26 12:43:38 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:41 - ID:5494097
CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) – Cairo security chief Khaled Abdel Aal on Friday paid a visit to an officer being treated at a hospital after he was injured while on duty. Sergeant Ahmed Mahmoud was injured after a Muslim Brotherhood supporter attacked him ....
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126 prisoners to be pardoned over July revolt anniversary
Date: 2016-08-25 10:05:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:21 - ID:5487809
CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry’s prison department will pardon 126 prisoners on the 64th anniversary of the 23 July Revolution. The prison department also found that 84 inmates are qualified for release on parole. The Egyptian ....
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52 fugitives arrested in North Sinai
Date: 2016-08-24 22:33:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:124 - ID:5486309
AL ARISH, Egypt, Aug 24 (MENA) – Security forces arrested 52 fugitives and wanted elements involved in different cases in North Sinai. In statements on Wednesday, a security source said that the arrests came within the framework of tightened ....