Security and Crime

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  • Car, train collide in Giza; 2 persons killed

    Date: 2016-12-31 09:20:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:15 - ID:6246933

    CAIRO, Dec 31 (MENA) - Two persons were reportedly killed when a car broke into a train barrier earlier Saturday. The car then collided with a train that was traveling from Cairo to Assiut. The crash took place between el Balida village and ....

  • 33 wanted people arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2016-12-30 21:12:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:67 - ID:6246013

    ARISH, Egypt, Dec 30 (MENA) - Security forces in North Sinai on Friday arrested 33 fugitives and wanted people who are convicted in different cases. The arrests were made as part of security campaigns against outlaws in North Sinai. All of the ....

  • Giza governorate tightens security measures around churches ahead of Christmas

    Date: 2016-12-29 13:11:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:6238813

    GIZA, Dec 29 (MENA) - Bracing for Christmas celebrations, Giza governorate has taken measures to make sure that all streets leading to churches are clean and safe. In remarks on Thursday, Governor Mohamed Kamal el Dally said the General Authority ....

  • Security forces seize ton of illegal drug in S. Sinai

    Date: 2016-12-29 11:33:21 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:29 - ID:6238081

    CAIRO, Dec. 29 (MENA) - Nuweiba security forces seized 500 packets of bhang weighing one ton, a security source said on Thursday. In remarks to MENA, the source said a security force was patrolling the mountainous area of Wadi Water, when it ....

  • 9 killed, injured in car accident in Ras Sedr

    Date: 2016-12-29 08:08:06 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:12 - ID:6236737

    EL TOUR, Dec 29 (MENA) - Three people were killed and six others injured in a car accident in Oyun Musa area, 35 kilometers north of Ras Sedr, on Thursday. The collision took place between a micro-bus and pick-up truck. The dead bodies and ....

  • Cairo customs foil attempt to smuggle large quantity of medicines

    Date: 2016-12-29 05:56:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:1 - ID:6236273

    CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Cairo Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of medicines without paying necessary customs dues, a well-placed source at the Customs Authority said late on Wednesday. Customs officers suspected an Egyptian ....

  • 70 prisoners pardoned, 84 others released on parole nationwide

    Date: 2016-12-28 16:31:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:65 - ID:6234317

    CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Prisoners' Sector at the Interior Ministry decided on Wednesday to pardon 70 inmates and release 84 prisoners on parole from jails nationwide. The prison service sector said it had formed committees to check on prisons ....

  • Armed Forces destroy longest tunnel in western Rafah

    Date: 2016-12-28 12:54:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:46 - ID:6232993

    CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) – Law Enforcement Forces of the Second Field Army destroyed one of the longest and largest tunnels in Rafah in North Sinai governorate, the Armed Forces said in a statement on Wednesday. The 1,700-meter-long tunnel was used ....

  • State Council procurement general manager, two others to be remanded in custody for four days over bribery charges

    Date: 2016-12-28 06:30:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:5 - ID:6230133

    CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) – The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered on Wednesday remanding in custody for four days the State Council's Procurement General Manager, Gamal Eddin Mohamed el Labban, and two other suspects over bribery charges. El ....

  • Truck driver arrested with over 23,000 pills of illegal drugs in his possession

    Date: 2016-12-27 14:18:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:64 - ID:6227765

    CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) - Officers of the Anti-Narcotics General Administration managed to arrest a truck driver with over 23,000 pills of Captagon drugs in his possession. Reports said the driver intended to smuggle the illegal drugs to an Arab ....

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