Security and Crime

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  • Over 5,800 traffic violations recorded in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-02-18 16:18:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:74 - ID:8806167

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior's traffic directorate recorded 5,875 traffic violations over the past 24 hours, including 2,185 breaches of the speed limit. The violations were recorded during security campaigns launched ....

  • Interior Ministry takes legal action against 12,098 persons for not wearing masks

    Date: 2021-02-18 16:07:28 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:70 - ID:8805965

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry on Thursday announced it took legal measures against 12,098 persons for not wearing face masks. As many as 546 violations of shop-closure decisions were also detected, said the ministry in a ....

  • Alexandria customs authority foils attempt to smuggle dietary supplements, used medical devices

    Date: 2021-02-18 08:55:09 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:19 - ID:8805358

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Alexandria customs authority foiled an attempt to smuggle a quantity of dietary supplements and used medical devices. Upon inspection, 30,000 pills, 100 ampules and seven used medical devices banned from entering the ....

  • Security forces crack down on strox crime ring

    Date: 2021-02-17 08:40:06 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:12 - ID:8803562

    CAIRO, Feb 17 (MENA) - Security forces arrested a criminal gang in Cairo that produced and promulgated the narcotic strox drug. Security sources said Wednesday security forces intensified efforts to unriddle mystery of a shotgun cartridge, shots, ....

  • Security bodies take legal action against gang elements on money-laundering charges

    Date: 2021-02-16 14:13:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:53 - ID:8802734

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) – Security bodies have taken legal measures against seven elements of a gang indicted for laundering a sum of EGP 5 million earned from their criminal activities in drug trafficking. Investigations showed that five of the ....

  • Convict in multiple fraud cases arrested in Qalyoubiya

    Date: 2021-02-16 05:19:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:3 - ID:8801609

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) – Police arrested the owner of a construction company who had been sentenced to a total of 198 years in prison in different cases. The convict has been staying in Qalyoubiya, escaping from 113 rulings in different cases of ....

  • Border guard forces intensify efforts to crack down on outlaws: Military spox

    Date: 2021-02-15 19:55:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:74 - ID:8801342

    CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - The Egyptian Border Guard Corps intensified efforts against smugglers, terrorists and criminals threatening the national security in all strategic directions, the military spokesman said. Over the last month, Border Guard ....

  • Woman arrested for offering her baby for sale on internet

    Date: 2021-02-08 15:54:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:8789894

    CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Security forces arrested on Monday a woman, who offered her baby for sale on the internet. The woman was found to have a criminal record. She was arrested in Downtown Cairo with the baby in her possession. She ....

  • Security source dismisses baseless video on assault against lawyer

    Date: 2021-02-03 23:37:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:103 - ID:8782867

    CAIRO, Feb 3 (MENA) – A security source has dismissed as groundless a video propagated by pro-Muslim Brotherhood channel on an alleged assault by security personnel against a lawyer in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut. The Interior ....

  • Customs authorities foil 10 smuggling attempts at Safaga port

    Date: 2021-02-01 14:34:45 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:8778691

    CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Customs authorities at Safaga port foiled on Monday 10 attempts to smuggle various products into Egypt. The products were seized in the possession of 10 passengers coming from the Saudi port of Duba. The customs duties of ....

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