Security and Crime

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  • Security campaigns in several governorates to arrest outlaws

    Date: 2016-01-11 15:01:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:4091397

    QENA, Egypt, Jan 11 (MENA) - Security agencies in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena launched a number of security campaigns to arrest outlaws and those accused of possessing fire arms and illegal drugs. Qena security director Salah Eddin ....

  • 40 suspects nabbed, terrorist hotbeds destroyed in N. Sinai crackdown

    Date: 2016-01-11 14:00:56 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:48 - ID:4092317

    ARISH, Jan 11 (MENA) - Forty suspects were arrested Monday in a wide-scale security campaign in North Sinai, security sources said. The campaign targeted terrorist hideouts in Arish, Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah cities, the sources added. The ....

  • Coast guards thwart narcotic pills smuggling bid off Matrouh

    Date: 2016-01-11 12:04:54 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:36 - ID:4090941

    CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) – The Egyptian Navy foiled a bid to smuggle a large amount of narcotic pills off the coast of Matrouh. Coast guards suspected a small boat sailing in the vicinity of the army's Matrouh naval base and asked it to stop for ....

  • British team arrives at Hurghada airport to assess security measures

    Date: 2016-01-11 11:26:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:4090713

    HURGHADA, Jan 11 (MENA) - A British training team from Control Risks Group (CRG) company arrived at Hurghada International Airport to assess the security measures. Director General of Hurghada International Airport Captain Sadeq el Shouri ....

  • Interior Minister honors some police troops

    Date: 2016-01-11 09:21:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:20 - ID:4089709

    CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) - Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar Monday honored troops that foiled a terrorist attack on a hotel in the Red Sea city of Hurghada on Friday. The troops were able to arrest the attackers. The minister also honored Col. ....

  • 8 MB members held in custody in Kafr El Sheikh

    Date: 2016-01-10 19:47:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:103 - ID:4087437

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Jan 10 (MENA) - Kafr El Sheikh prosecutors ordered on Sunday eight Muslim Brotherhood members to be held in custody for 15 days pending investigations. They are accused of joining a terrorist group and violating the protest ....

  • 24 workers injured in car accident on Cairo-Alex road

    Date: 2016-01-10 10:24:22 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:30 - ID:4083737

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan 10 (MENA) – Twenty-four workers were injured when their minibus collided with a truck on Cairo-Alexandria road on Sunday. The workers were returning home from a factory in Borg el Arab city. The workers sustained bruises ....

  • Anti-drug police seizes 180 kilograms of cannabis, 62 kilograms of marijuana during December

    Date: 2016-01-10 07:32:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:10 - ID:4082705

    CAIRO, Jan 10 (MENA) - Anti-drug police department has carried out a large-scale campaign to arrest drug dealers and addicts. The campaign, launched during December, resulted in seizing 62 kilograms of marijuana and 180 kilograms of cannabis, 4 ....

  • 66 people arrested over illegal immigration attempt to Libya

    Date: 2016-01-10 06:03:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:1 - ID:4082565

    CAIRO, Jan 10 (MENA) - As many as 66 people were arrested while trying to sneak into Libya via the border crossing of Salloum. Security forces have tightened the net around illegal immigrants who try to infiltrate into neighboring countries ....

  • 2 killed, 5 injured in revenge shooting in Minya

    Date: 2016-01-09 14:57:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:67 - ID:4079789

    MINYA, Egypt, Jan 9 (MENA) - Two people were killed and five others injured when two persons opened fire randomly on a cafe in a revenge incident in Upper Egypt's governorate of Minya Saturday. The two defendants, from one family, opened their ....

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