Security and Crime
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14 Hasm militants arrested - Interior Ministry
Date: 2017-10-07 17:39:01 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:7028156
CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry said Saturday 14 militants of Hasm Movement (an armed group affiliated with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood) were arrested before carrying out plots to hit police headquarters. Information collected ....
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Man accused of shooting dead policeman killed in shootout with police
Date: 2017-10-05 16:50:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:63 - ID:7025265
CAIRO, Oct 5 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry said Thursday that a man accused of shooting dead a policeman in Assiut Governorate has been killed in a shootout with police forces. Ahmed Hosni Hamadallah, 31, wounded a policeman before he was killed ....
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Police crack down on Samalout Police station attackers
Date: 2017-10-05 11:59:17 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:7024876
CAIRO, Oct 5 (MENA) - Perpetrators of September's Samalout police station attack were arrested on Thursday after a fire exchange with security forces in Minya. On September 29, two defendants opened fire at a security unit affiliated to Samalout ....
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Bid to smuggle more than 8 mln illegal drug pills foiled in Port Said
Date: 2017-10-03 15:39:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:60 - ID:7022105
CAIRO, Oct 3 (MENA) - An attempt to smuggle more than 8 million pills of illegal drugs has been foiled Tuesday at East Port Said port, northeast of Cairo. The security bodies found that the banned drug shipment was coming from a foreign ....
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Security bodies arrest 5 runaways, 19 criminals in Qena
Date: 2017-10-03 08:54:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:11 - ID:7020922
QENA, Upper Egypt, Oct 2 (MENA) - Security bodies in Qena arrested five runaways on Tuesday and 19 dangerous criminals. All legal measures were taken against the arrested. Also, police recorded 1,057 traffic violations. (MENA) M H K/D A E ....
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Bid to smuggle more than 8 mln pills of drugs foiled in Port Said
Date: 2017-10-02 19:01:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:72 - ID:7020466
CAIRO, Oct 2 (MENA) - An attempt to smuggle more than 8 million pills of Tamol has been foiled at East Port Said port, northeast of Cairo. Acting upon a tip-off, the authorities found the banned drug shipment concealed in a container coming from ....
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Tourism police arrest 3 people in Fayoum over antiquities trafficking
Date: 2017-10-02 16:07:52 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:7020117
CAIRO, Oct 2 (MENA) - Tourism and Antiquities Police on Monday managed to arrest three people with six antique statues before selling them in Fayoum. The tourism police had been notified that three people, whose ages range between 20 and 34, are ....
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Police kill 3 'Hasm' senior leaders in 15th May city
Date: 2017-10-02 14:30:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:58 - ID:7020017
CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) - Three senior 'Hasm' leaders were killed in an exchange of fire with police in 15th of May city, southern Cairo, the Ministry of Interior announced on Monday. The National Security Sector was notified about movements of ....
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131 prisoners to be released upon presidential pardon
Date: 2017-10-02 10:25:02 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:7019441
CAIRO, Oct 2 (MENA) - As many 131 prisoners will be released as part of a presidential pardon issued on the occasion of Eidual Adha, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The ministry has been studying the files of prisoners to determine who should be ....
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Car bomb destroyed before hitting security checkpoint in Arish
Date: 2017-10-01 20:54:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:80 - ID:7018935
ARISH, Oct 1 (MENA) - Security forces on Sunday managed to destroy a car bomb before hitting a security checkpoint south of Arish, North Sinai, security sources said. The car bomb was monitored while attempting to attack a checkpoint on the Ring ....