Security and Crime

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  • Three Saudis shot dead in separate incidents in Ha'il

    Date: 2015-09-25 07:23:54 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Security and Crime - SN:19 - ID:3412157

    HA'IL, Saudi Arabia, Sept 25 (MENA) – Three Saudis were shot dead in two separate incidents in the northern Saudi Ha'il city on Thursday. A spokesman for Ha'il police said two masked persons shot two citizens dead near Ama'ir Bin Sanaa police ....

  • 40,000 fireworks seized before sold in Alex. markets

    Date: 2015-09-24 08:41:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:17 - ID:3408481

    ALEXANDRIA, Sept 24 (MENA) - Alexandria policemen seized 40,000 fireworks, including fire crackers, before being sold in markets on the first day of Eidual Adha. The fireworks were seized in the possession of a seller on Thursday. The trade ....

  • Attempt of 15 Africans for illegal migration into Italy aborted

    Date: 2015-09-23 21:55:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:85 - ID:3407413

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, Sept 23 (MENA) – The border guards in Beheira's Mediterranean city of Rosetta aborted an illegal immigration bid by 15 Africans into Italy. The illegal immigrants were 12 Somalis, two Sudanese, and a Djibouti ....

  • Police seize large quantities of drugs in Tanta, Qena

    Date: 2015-09-23 21:51:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:84 - ID:3407385

    TANTA/QENA, Egypt, Sept 23 (MENA) – Gharbia security forces managed to arrest a jobless person with 15 packets of hashish in his possession. The public prosecution was notified to launch a probe into the incident. In Qena, police arrested a ....

  • Security measures beefed up in Kafr el Sheikh before Eidul-Adha

    Date: 2015-09-23 18:15:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:71 - ID:3406809

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Sept 23 (MENA) – Security measures were beefed up in Kafr el Sheikh Governorate, northern Egypt, to maintain security by the advent of Eidul-Adha. The governorate's security chief Atef Shalabi said security forces were ....

  • Most wanted criminal arrested, another killed in Sharqia crackdown

    Date: 2015-09-22 12:07:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:3398897

    CAIRO, Sept 22 (MENA) - A dangerous wanted criminal was arrested and another was arrested during a wide-scale security campaign in Sharqia governorate. A criminal hotbed was monitored in Abu Kabir town, where a security crackdown was launched in ....

  • Naval troops foil attempt to smuggle 5 tons of marijuana near Hurghada coast

    Date: 2015-09-22 12:04:06 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:3399133

    CAIRO, Sept 22 (MENA) - Naval troops have foiled an attempt to smuggle five tons of marijuana near the city of Hurghada. The troops acted upon a tip-off that a number of criminals were planning to smuggle the marijuana on a fishing boat near the ....

  • Matrouh security bodies foil infiltration attempt by 101 people to Libya

    Date: 2015-09-20 13:30:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:67 - ID:3387309

    MARSA MATROUH, Sept 20 (MENA) - Matrouh security apparatuses in coordination with the Salloum border guards managed Sunday to foil an infiltration attempt to Libya by 101 persons. Matrouh Security Chief Hisham Lotfy received a notification about ....

  • Interior minister leads mourners in funeral of high-ranking officer

    Date: 2015-09-20 13:01:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:59 - ID:3386317

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar participated on Sunday in the funeral held for police brigadier who was killed in an armed attack in Arish late on Saturday. A number of Interior Ministry commanders, residents and the ....

  • Interior Ministry on alert ahead of Eidul Adha -- Security source

    Date: 2015-09-20 10:22:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:3385589

    CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) – Security measures were intensified nationwide ahead of Eidul Adha celebrations, a security source told MENA on Sunday. In exclusive statements to MENA, the source said that all the ministry's departments have set plans to ....

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