Security and Crime

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  • Public security seizes 369 weapons over past 24 hours

    Date: 2015-06-01 19:07:17 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:114 - ID:2710029

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - The Public Security sector of the Interior Ministry has continued campaigns to arrest outlaws, fugitives and holders of unlicensed firearms and cold steel and to control the security situation on streets. The campaigns have ....

  • 23 MB elements held in custody in Sharqiya over riots

    Date: 2015-06-01 15:58:52 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:73 - ID:2708497

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, June 1 (MENA) – The public prosecution in Sharqiya held 24 members and supporters of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group for 15 days pending investigations over rioting charges. The detainees are accused of breaking the protest ....

  • Nuweiba customs foiled attempt to smuggle heroin from Jordan

    Date: 2015-06-01 11:41:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:43 - ID:2706993

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - Nuweiba customs authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle a big quantity of heroin drug, a source at the customs said. The seized drugs worth 16.4 million pounds, he added. The drugs were found in a Jordanian car on board ....

  • Police arrest robbers of plastic shipment

    Date: 2015-06-01 07:53:01 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:13 - ID:2705125

    SUEZ, June 1 (MENA) - Suez police arrested a criminal gang that robbed a plastic shipment at Adibiya port. A container loaded with plastic shipment was unloaded at Adibiya port then trucked to the warehouses at the harbor. While on way to ....

  • Employee arrested in Qena for manufacturing weapons

    Date: 2015-06-01 07:05:17 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:10 - ID:2704661

    QENA, June 1 (MENA) - Qena police arrested an employee who runs his house as a workshop for manufacturing and selling weapons. Two pistols, 50 bullets and two cartouche bullets along with other weapons were found with the 46-year-old employee. ....

  • NCHR says 2,600 people killed from June 2013 till December 2014

    Date: 2015-05-31 18:39:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:76 - ID:2701181

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - In a report covering violence acts in Egypt from June 30, 2013 to December 2014, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) said 2,600 people, including 700 security men and 550 civilians, were killed during the ....

  • NCHR says 2,600 people killed from June 2013 till December 2014 2 Cairo

    Date: 2015-05-31 14:59:38 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:92 - ID:2701769

    Faek urged the Interior Ministry to improve the living conditions inside jails, saying that dozens of prisoners, who were held pending investigations, died due to overcrowding in prisons. He quoted a statement by the Interior Ministry as claiming ....

  • 13 MB members arrested on violence charges

    Date: 2015-05-31 12:49:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:57 - ID:2700849

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) – Security forces arrested 13 middle-ranking members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group in the past 24 hours. Security forces managed also to arrest nine members of quality operations committees affiliated to the ....

  • Interior minister urges solidarity with policemen to maintain stability of the nation

    Date: 2015-05-31 11:40:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:45 - ID:2699945

    ALEXANDIA, May 31 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghafar on Sunday made a field tour to check on security conditions in the Mediterranean City. In statements on Sunday, the minister voiced his appreciation for the efforts exerted by ....

  • Unidentified men explode gas pipeline southwestern Arish

    Date: 2015-05-31 05:31:53 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:1 - ID:2697641

    ARISH, May 31 (MENA) - Unidentified men exploded gas pipeline southwestern Arish, no casualties were reported, security sources said. The gunmen placed explosive devices under the pipeline feeding Arish steam power plant and the industrial zone, ....

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