Security and Crime

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  • 112,637 violations reported among citizens failing to wear masks

    Date: 2021-05-16 18:01:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:79 - ID:8959652

    CAIRO, May 16 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry said Sunday that 112,637 masks-on violations have been detected over the past seven hours. Of all the violators, 112,290 paid fines for not wearing masks; a measure considered most effective at ....

  • 1,520 drug trafficking cases busted in 7 days

    Date: 2021-05-16 17:56:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:78 - ID:8959648

    CAIRO, May 16 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's agencies busted 1,520 drug cases nationwide over the past seven days. Up to 1,663 suspects have been arrested during the campaign. All legal measures were taken and the prosecution has been ....

  • Security bodies deny MB allegations on repeated robberies of cars

    Date: 2021-05-16 05:15:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:4 - ID:8958638

    CAIRO, May 16 (MENA) - Security bodies denied allegations by a pro-Muslim Brotherhood satellite program that many citizens were forced to pay money to regain their robbed cars in many governorates amid security failure and dereliction of duty. ....

  • Interior Ministry uncovers truth behind facebook post of kidnapped girl

    Date: 2021-05-15 13:08:26 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:40 - ID:8958103

    CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry unraveled the truth behind a Facebook post of a kidnapped girl. The post was a 20-pound banknote written on it "Iam kidnapped by human organs' traffickers" at a flat in Cairo's Shubra ....

  • Interior Ministry: 919 inmates pardoned over Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2021-05-13 13:53:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:61 - ID:8955939

    CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) – As many as 919 inmates were pardoned on the occasion of Eidul Fitr, the Interior Ministry said Thursday. The move was taken in accordance with presidential decree No. 143 of 2021, the ministry said in a statement. The ....

  • Short circuit behind fire in lanterns workshop in Cairo

    Date: 2021-05-12 06:40:56 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:5 - ID:8953720

    CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) – The security bodies were able to reveal the truth behind a fire that broke out in a non-licensed workshop for manufacturing lanterns in Cairo after they intensified their efforts to stand on the reason behind the blaze that ....

  • Security source denies attempted kidnapping of three girls in Qaliobiya

    Date: 2021-05-12 06:08:25 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:2 - ID:8953722

    CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) - A security source denied on Wednesday news purported by some social media pages claiming that a man driving a motorbike attempted to kidnap three girls in Qaliobiya. The source said the news is bare of truth and there is no ....

  • Interior minister: All precautionary measures to be applied, security deployment during Eid Al-Fitr

    Date: 2021-05-11 10:14:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:36 - ID:8952225

    CAIRO, May 11 (MENA) - Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfiq asserted that all precautionary measures will be applied during Eid Al-Fitr vacation along with beefing up the security deployments at public squares and streets and following up the closure of ....

  • Interior ministry foils plot to smuggle 30 kg of heroin

    Date: 2021-05-10 20:00:38 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:78 - ID:8951611

    CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry foiled on Monday a plot to smuggle 30 kg of heroin. The EGP 6-million shipment was in possession of a gang, including a convict with a criminal record, in Ismailia governorate. The criminals were ....

  • Probe launched after 6 drowned in sewage room in Minya

    Date: 2021-05-08 21:15:23 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:78 - ID:8948488

    CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) - The Public Prosecution has launched a probe into the death of six people who drowned in a sewage room in Minya Governorate. The initial information revealed that the local water and sanitation company refused to take over ....

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