Security and Crime

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  • 26 wanted people arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2016-12-23 19:46:28 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:73 - ID:6207077

    ARISH, Egypt, Dec 23 (MENA) - Security forces in North Sinai on Friday arrested 26 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 ....

  • Chairman of Agricultural Devel. Company nabbed for bribery

    Date: 2016-12-22 19:58:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:85 - ID:6202273

    CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) – The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) announced on Thursday that it has arrested the chairman of Egyptian Company for Agricultural and Rural Development for bribery charges. According to a statement carried by Nile News ....

  • Interior Ministry: Four terrorist Facebook accounts closed

    Date: 2016-12-22 16:41:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:70 - ID:6201509

    CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) – Four terrorist Facebook accounts were closed over the past few days due to posting contents inciting people to commit sabotage, the Interior Ministry said Thursday. It added the move came as part of efforts exerted by the ....

  • Interior min. confers with aides on measures to secure Christmas celebrations

    Date: 2016-12-22 12:51:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:45 - ID:6199301

    CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar has held a meeting with his aides within the framework of the ministry's plan and measures to secure people and vital institutions, and take all necessary measures during Christmas ....

  • Cairo officers seized weapons before being sold to criminals

    Date: 2016-12-22 10:39:10 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:31 - ID:6198313

    CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) – Officers of Cairo investigation department managed to seize five machine guns and shotguns alongside four Russian and locally made pistols before being sold to dangerous criminal elements. Acting on a tip that an Assiut man ....

  • Narcotics gang arrested in Sharqiya

    Date: 2016-12-21 21:16:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:78 - ID:6195585

    CAIRO, Dec 21 (MENA) - Sharqiya police arrested Wednesday members of a gang known for trading narcotics in the governorate. The gang members were arrested with about 8 million narcotic pills as well as millions of Egyptian pounds and foreign ....

  • Cocaine smuggling attempt thwarted

    Date: 2016-12-21 19:20:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:72 - ID:6195077

    CAIRO, Dec 21 (MENA) - Security authorities at Cairo International Airport arrested on Wednesday two foreigners who tried to smuggle an amount of cocaine, hidden in their intestine, inside Egypt. The airport officials suspected the two Bolivian ....

  • 3 police officers wounded in car accident in N. Sinai

    Date: 2016-12-21 17:20:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:66 - ID:6194929

    EL ARISH, Dec 21 (MENA) - Three police officers were injured Wednesday when a private car overturned on the coastal international road in North Sinai governorate. The officers, who suffered abrasions and bruises, were moved to hospital to receive ....

  • Rudimentary bomb dismantled near Giza governorate building

    Date: 2016-12-21 16:36:16 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:62 - ID:6194941

    CAIRO, Dec 21 (MENA) – Explosive experts defused a rudimentary bomb that was found near the building of Giza governorate. Unidentified men planted the bomb near the governorate building, a security source told MENA. No injuries were reported, ....

  • 3 persons arrested over possessing 109kg of explosives

    Date: 2016-12-20 13:18:46 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:68 - ID:6185993

    CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Cairo police have managed to arrest three persons for trading in explosive materials used in detonating mountainous rocks in Maadi, south Cairo. Police received a tip-off that three traders, previously charged with drug ....

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