Security and Crime

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  • Security forces manage to free kidnapped Saudi businessman

    Date: 2016-05-05 08:07:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:17 - ID:4846461

    CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Security forces managed to set free the Saudi businessman, who was kidnapped last week on the Cairo-Ismailia desert road. In statements to MENA on Thursday, a security source said that the kidnappers left the Saudi ....

  • Illegitimate migration attempt for 308 persons foiled

    Date: 2016-05-04 12:29:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:45 - ID:4842157

    CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) - The military spokesman Mohamed Samir said Wednesday that an illegitimate migration attempt for 308 persons of different nationalities to Libya and Europe was thwarted. In a statement, the spokesman underlined that the border ....

  • Attempt by 663 persons to sneak into Libya foiled in Matrouh in one month

    Date: 2016-05-04 12:07:38 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:4842073

    CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) – Matrouh security forces arrested 663 people for attempting to infiltrate into Libya in one month. This comes upon directives of Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar to step up efforts to combat the phenomenon of illegal ....

  • Security forces continue nationwide clampdown on crime

    Date: 2016-05-04 11:03:59 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:33 - ID:4841629

    CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) – Interior Ministry forces continued nationwide security operations to arrest outlaws and restore law and order to the street. Over the past 24 hours, security forces seized 500 unlicensed firearms, two workshops making ....

  • 18 wanted elements, 2 Palestinians arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2016-05-04 09:00:36 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:18 - ID:4840825

    ARISH, May 4 (MENA) - Eighteen wanted elements were arrested along with two Palestinians during a security campaign in North Sinai. The two Palestinians were arrested for not having stay permits, a security source said. The arrests took place ....

  • 33 fugitives arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2016-05-03 22:45:10 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:101 - ID:4839669

    EL ARISH, Egypt, May 3 (MENA) – Security forces in North Sinai have arrested 33 fugitives wanted over different cases. The arrests were made during security campaigns aiming at enforcing law and order in the governorate. (MENA) M A A/M A F ....

  • Western border guards thwart illegal migration bid into Libya

    Date: 2016-05-03 11:20:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:27 - ID:4835445

    MATROUH, Egypt, May 3 (MENA) – Border guards and security forces in Matrouh foiled a bid by 135 persons to sneak into Libya via the Egyptian western borders. The illegal migrants are Egyptian nationals, except for 13 Sudanese and a ....

  • Amount of explosives, bombs found in Mahallah apartment - official

    Date: 2016-05-03 08:28:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:11 - ID:4834225

    CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - An amount of explosives and two bombs were seized late Monday at an apartment in Mahalla city, Gharbia governorate, an official at the Interior Ministry's media center said on Tuesday. The two bombs were defused in an ....

  • 28 fugitives arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2016-05-02 17:34:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:53 - ID:4832713

    EL ARISH, Egypt, May 2 (MENA) – Security forces in North Sinai have arrested 27 fugitives and wanted elements, security sources said on Monday. The arrests were made during security campaigns aiming at enforcing law and order in the governorate. ....

  • Two journalists detained at press syndicate upon arrest warrants -- police

    Date: 2016-05-02 05:57:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:1 - ID:4829133

    CAIRO, May 2 (MENA) - Two website journalists have been detained at the Syndicate of Journalists upon arrest warrants issued by the prosecution, said the Interior ministry's security media office on Monday. The pair, identified as Amr Ismail Badr ....

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