Security and Crime

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  • Attempt to smuggle foreign cigarettes foiled

    Date: 2020-06-10 14:38:28 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:28 - ID:8464295

    CAIRO, June 10 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry Wednesday foiled an attempt to smuggle foreign cigarettes in order not to pay EGP 35 million due customs duty fees. The cigarettes came from an Arab country via West Port Said port and were to be ....

  • Legal measures taken against 5,050 drivers for not wearing face masks

    Date: 2020-06-08 15:11:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:43 - ID:8461503

    CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry announced on Monday that legal measures have been taken against 5,050 public transportation drivers for not wearing face masks over the past 24 hours. The move comes in light of the prime minister's ....

  • 2 guards slightly injured by gunshots in Menoufia

    Date: 2020-06-07 17:00:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:49 - ID:8460414

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - A gunman shot two night watchmen guarding a post office in a village in Quweisna in Menoufia governorate, a security source said on Sunday. The two guards were slightly injured and their assailant escaped on his motorbike. ....

  • Interior Ministry: 170 arrested for violating decision to halt construction works

    Date: 2020-06-05 17:24:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:51 - ID:8458105

    CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Security bodies have arrested 170 people for violating the government's decision to halt all construction works, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday. This comes as part of large-scale campaigns launched by ....

  • Ancient artifacts found at house in Minya

    Date: 2020-06-02 11:15:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:23 - ID:8453590

    MINYA, June 2 (MENA) - Tourism and antiquities police forces in Minya managed to seize 374 antiques inside a house in Abu Besht, Minya, Upper Egypt. A security source said the the ancient pieces included necklaces, statues, scarabs, brass coins, ....

  • Well-placed source denies reports claiming police officer hit 3 detainees

    Date: 2020-06-01 18:38:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:50 - ID:8452918

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - A well-placed source dismissed reports of some pro-Brotherhood satellite channels claiming that a police officer hit and injured three detainees in Qaliobiya governorate. These channels wired a video showing the three ....

  • 754 supply cases recorded over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-05-29 19:25:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:8449390

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - Security bodies recorded 754 supply cases over the past 24 hours to fight all forms of commercial fraud. Also, 160 stores, restaurants and shopping malls have been shut down. The campaign is part of the ministry's ....

  • 7,471 violations of curfew recorded over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-05-29 19:06:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:8449391

    CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) – Security bodies detected 7,471 violations of the partial curfew over the past 24 hours. The curfew was broken by 5,194 individuals, about 2,000 vehicles, 168 motorcycles, and 107 three-wheel vehicles (tuk-tuks) over the ....

  • Interior Ministry: 74 arrested for violating decision to halt construction works

    Date: 2020-05-28 16:30:37 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:39 - ID:8448234

    CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - Security bodies have arrested 74 people for violating the government's decision to halt all construction works, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. This comes as part of large-scale campaigns launched by ....

  • 6 people arrested over money laundering in Alexandria

    Date: 2020-05-27 12:03:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:19 - ID:8446842

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May 27 (MENA) - Security apparatuses in Alexandria arrested six criminals over money laundering of a sum of 10 million pounds illicitly obtained by criminal activities and drug trafficking. The General Department of Public ....

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