Security and Crime

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  • Security forces continue to fight goods smuggling

    Date: 2016-05-23 15:24:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:69 - ID:4966221

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) – Security forces continued efforts to fight the illegal smuggling of goods nationwide. In just a week, the public security sector detained 13 smugglers, handled 64 cases of smuggling foreign goods and products of unknown ....

  • Three persons killed, injured in shootout with police in Cairo - interior ministry

    Date: 2016-05-23 14:57:22 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:4966001

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - An official at the security media center said Monday that police personnel suspected four persons driving a car near New Cairo. In a statement issued by the Interior Ministry, the official underlined that when the policemen ....

  • Another person in Saudi businessman's kidnap nabbed

    Date: 2016-05-23 14:40:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:57 - ID:4965617

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Policemen managed to arrest the fourth person in the gang believed to be involved in kidnapping Saudi businessman. The police personnel received information about the presence of a runaway criminal who is accused of ....

  • 2 Al Gamaa Al Islamiya members among 3 terrorists arrested -- security source

    Date: 2016-05-22 11:09:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:35 - ID:4956401

    CAIRO, May 22 (MENA) - Security forces arrested three terrorists, including two Al Gamaa Al Islamiya members, over involvement in armed robberies and setting fire to electricity generators, a senior security source told MENA. The three terror ....

  • Interior Ministry denies reports on fire at Assiut/Cairo train

    Date: 2016-05-22 11:06:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:4956393

    CAIRO, May 22 (MENA) - A reliable source at the Media Center of the Interior Ministry denied reports on a fire that broke out at three carriages of Assiut/Cairo train. In a statement released on Sunday, the Interior Ministry explained that smoke ....

  • Court delays trial for Daesh recruit

    Date: 2016-05-21 13:54:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:43 - ID:4951349

    CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - A Cairo criminal court ordered on Saturday adjourning a trial held for a taxi driver who joined the terrorist Daesh group in Syria and engaged in military operations. The court's judge has adjourned the case until the ....

  • Trial of seven defendants over charges of forming terrorist cell adjourned to June 5

    Date: 2016-05-21 13:51:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:4951333

    CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday adjourned to June 5 the trial of seven defendants over charges of forming a terrorist cell under the name of "Ultras Kerdasa". The defendants are facing charges of attacking state ....

  • Two policemen killed, injured in armored vehicle blast in Arish

    Date: 2016-05-21 10:10:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:27 - ID:4950569

    CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) – A Central Security Forces personnel was killed and a police sergeant injured when an explosive charge hit their armored vehicle in Arish, a security media center official said. In an Interior Ministry statement on Saturday, ....

  • Interior minister to lead policeman funeral - source

    Date: 2016-05-21 09:43:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:24 - ID:4950273

    CAIRO, May 21 (MENA) – The funeral of a central security forces captain – who was martyred on Friday during confrontations with terrorists in Helwan – will be held on Saturday, an Interior Ministry source said. In statements to MENA on Saturday, ....

  • Interior Ministry denies car blast in Beheira

    Date: 2016-05-20 22:42:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:112 - ID:4949269

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry has denied as "baseless" reports that a car blast occurred outside a traffic unit in Kafr el Dawar city in Beheira. "A microbus caught fire due to a short circuit," the ministry said in a statement, ....

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