Security and Crime

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  • 7 suspects in Helwan terror attack arrested, car seized

    Date: 2016-05-26 19:43:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:89 - ID:4987941

    CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) – Seven people suspected of involvement in Helwan terror attack that left an officer and seven policemen dead were arrested. The car used in the attack was seized, a senior security source told MENA. The suspects are being ....

  • Interior Ministry: Keen on saving lives, security of all Egyptians

    Date: 2016-05-26 18:07:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:76 - ID:4987533

    CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry said on Thursday it is keen on saving lives of all nationals and on maintaining security of property everywhere in homeland. In a statement regarding the Minya incident, the ministry said security ....

  • Cabinet follows up Minya incident, asserts enforcement of law

    Date: 2016-05-26 14:55:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:4986257

    CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) – The Cabinet, under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, asserted in its weekly meeting on Thursday the state's commitment to the rule of law and protection of citizens and their property. In light of following up Minya incident, ....

  • Cairo airport authorities seize EGP 100,000 from passenger heading to UAE

    Date: 2016-05-26 14:35:19 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:4985989

    CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) – Cairo International Airport authorities on Thursday arrested a passenger, who was heading to the UAE, with 100,000 pounds in his possession in violation of the law. The authorities seized the money and referred the passenger ....

  • 400 tons of hashish seized during 2015 - official

    Date: 2016-05-25 11:42:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:40 - ID:4977805

    CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - Security agencies seized about 400 tons of hashish and large amounts of narcotic pills during 2015, said Director of the Anti-Narcotics General Administration Ahmed el Khouly said. Speaking at a press conference on ....

  • Egyptian investigation panel following up search operation for MS804 wreckage

    Date: 2016-05-24 15:55:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:80 - ID:4972345

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - An Egyptian team investigating the EgyptAir plane crash is following up search operations in the hope to retrieve more wreckage from the Mediterranean waters. Jets from the Egyptian air force and the Ministry of Petroleum, as ....

  • FMA takes DNA samples from families of plane victims

    Date: 2016-05-24 14:18:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:4971905

    CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - The Civil Aviation Ministry said Tuesday that a team from the Forensic Medicine Authority (FMA) arrived at a hotel, where families of the EgyptAir plane victims are staying to get DNA samples to be able to identify the ....

  • 5 killed, wounded in Sohag firefight

    Date: 2016-05-24 13:00:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:47 - ID:4971881

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, May 24 (MENA) - One person was killed and four others were wounded on Tuesday in a firefight between two families in Sohag. Wafaa Mostafa El Sayyed, 45, breathed her last after receiving a bullet in the chest. The injured ....

  • Semi-military cloth seized in Alexandria

    Date: 2016-05-23 22:52:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:99 - ID:4967305

    ALEXANDRIA, May 23 (MENA) - Alexandria port authorities have seized a large amount of semi-military cloth before entering the country. The 1.75-ton cloth was hidden inside a consignment coming to the port. It was confiscated. Competent ....

  • Police seize 'illegal network for passing int'l calls' in Cairo

    Date: 2016-05-23 19:08:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:88 - ID:4967273

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - A complete system for illegally channeling international phone calls that caused more than EGP 15 million of losses to Telecom Egypt has been seized by police in Cairo, said security authorities. The system was run by a man ....

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