Security and Crime

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  • 2 Egyptian passengers stopped at airport for smuggling foreign currencies

    Date: 2015-05-27 09:36:04 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:32 - ID:2674001

    CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) - Cairo airport police have arrested two Egyptian passengers who attempted to smuggle 85,000 euros and 100,000 Saudi riyals out of the country. The passengers were taking flights to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. They were arrested ....

  • Huge blast hits Arish, no casualties

    Date: 2015-05-27 05:52:01 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:1 - ID:2672997

    ARISH, May 27 (MENA) - A powerful blast hit Arish late on Tuesday that was followed by heavy gunfire and light bombs fired by security forces, security sources said on Wednesday. No casualties were reported as the blast took place during curfew ....

  • 10 suspects arrested in N. Sinai crackdown

    Date: 2015-05-26 20:44:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:139 - ID:2672253

    ARISH, May 26 (MENA) – Ten suspects were arrested Tuesday in a security campaign in North Sinai, security sources said. The campaign targeted terrorist hideouts in Sheikh Zuwaid and Rafah cities. The sources added that a number of huts owned ....

  • 9 MB members remanded in custody for more 15 days on violence charges

    Date: 2015-05-26 17:46:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:117 - ID:2671273

    TANTA, Egypt, May 26 (MENA) - Tanta prosecutors ordered on Tuesday remanding nine Muslim Brotherhood members in custody for further 15 days pending investigation. They are accused of bombing pylons and possessing highly-explosive ....

  • Taliban suicide bombers attack Afghan court

    Date: 2015-05-26 12:58:30 GMT - Afghanistan - Security and Crime - SN:69 - ID:2668213

    KABUL, May 26 (MENA) - Taliban suicide bombers attacked a court in Wardak province on Tuesday, killing two police officers before being shot dead as they entered the compound, the police chief said. The police officers were killed when one of the ....

  • MB lawmaker dies in custody – security source

    Date: 2015-05-25 12:45:21 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:2660441

    CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) – Muslim Brotherhood MP Mohamed el Falahgy, who has been in custody pending trial, died of a hepatic coma, a high-level security source at the Interior Ministry said. Speaking to MENA, the source said that Falahgy felt ill on ....

  • Matrouh security foils infiltration of 103 persons into Libya

    Date: 2015-05-25 06:04:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:4 - ID:2657753

    MARSA MATROUH, May 25 (MENA) - Border guards of the military western area foiled an attempt by 103 persons to sneak into Libya via Salloum Sunday night. All the infiltrators are from Egypt except one Sudanese national. (MENA) S R E/M A E ....

  • 1613 fugitives arrested in Gharbiya

    Date: 2015-05-24 22:40:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:110 - ID:2657425

    TANTA, Egypt, May 24 (MENA) – Security forces in Gharbiya arrested 1,613 fugitives convicted in criminal cases. In a security campaign on Friday, the police also seized unlicensed weapons and recorded 1,227 various traffic violations. (MENA) M ....

  • Policemen referred to criminal court over murdering defendant in Beheira

    Date: 2015-05-24 20:25:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:96 - ID:2656749

    DAMANHUR, Egypt, May 24 (MENA) - A police officer and two operatives were referred to the criminal court in Beheira over murdering a defendant at a police station. A Beheira prosecution accused the policemen of beating the defendant to ....

  • Top MB terrorist arrested in Qena

    Date: 2015-05-24 19:58:56 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:94 - ID:2656641

    QENA, May 24 (MENA) – Qena police on Sunday nabbed a top terrorist of the Muslim Brotherhood group in the Upper Egyptian city. The 35-year-old man is charged of committing around 20 terrorist acts, said a security source. An investigation ....

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