Security and Crime

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  • Explosive belt without detonator found outside Paris

    Date: 2015-11-23 20:07:05 GMT - France - Security and Crime - SN:124 - ID:3791541

    PARIS, Nov 23 (MENA) - A suspicious object resembling a suicide belt has been found in Montrouge, a commune in the southern French Parisian suburbs. Police sources said that the device is missing its detonator, Russia Today reported. The ....

  • Matrouh security foils attempt by 28 persons to sneak into Libya

    Date: 2015-11-23 13:45:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:66 - ID:3788737

    MARSA MATROUH, Nov 23 (MENA) - Border Guard elements, in coordination with security agencies in Matrouh, foiled an attempt by 28 persons to infiltrate into Libya across Salloum desert. Matrouh security director major general Hisham Lotfi had been ....

  • Infiltration bid by Sudanese immigrants foiled; 11 killed, injured

    Date: 2015-11-23 13:03:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:56 - ID:3788081

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Five Sudanese illegal immigrants were killed and six others injured as they attempted to sneak from the west to the east through the international borders between Israel and Egypt, said Army Spokesman Brigadier-General Mohamed ....

  • Nigerian passenger arrested over bid to smuggle 2kgs of gold jewelry

    Date: 2015-11-22 22:30:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:136 - ID:3784525

    CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - The customs authorities of Cairo International Airport arrested a Nigerian passenger who tried to smuggle two kilograms of gold jewelry. The passenger arrived at the airport Sunday in board an Egyptian flight coming from ....

  • Bid to smuggle banned spying devices foiled at Cairo airport

    Date: 2015-11-21 16:06:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:79 - ID:3775070

    CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Authorities at Cairo international airport have thwarted an attempt to smuggle banned espionage devices into the country. A passenger, returning from China via Qatar, was suspected by security officers who ordered his luggage ....

  • Fire at Fayyoum hospital wastes controlled

    Date: 2015-11-21 13:54:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:66 - ID:3774450

    FAYYOUM, Egypt, Nov 21 (MENA) - Civil protection units controlled a fire that broke out in the wastes of the medicines' factory attached to Fayyoum General Hospital. Assistant Interior Minister General Nasser el-Abd received a report on the fire ....

  • Borg el Arab customs authority foils attempts for smuggling foreign currency, spying devices

    Date: 2015-11-21 12:58:04 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:61 - ID:3774086

    CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Borg El Arab Customs Authority on Saturday foiled three attempts to smuggle foreign and Egyptian currencies and spying devices. A reliable source at the authority said two Egyptian passengers were seized with 40,000 ....

  • Belgium raises terror alert level for Brussels

    Date: 2015-11-21 10:22:37 GMT - Belgium - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:3773077

    BRUSSELS, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Belgian capital, Brussels, is facing a “serious and imminent” threat of a terrorist attack, with a government official warning the public to avoid crowds, while the metro has been closed, RT reported Saturday. Brussels ....

  • Gharbiya security chief inspects security measures in Tanta

    Date: 2015-11-21 09:07:49 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:16 - ID:3772074

    TANTA, Egypt, Nov 21 (MENA) – Gharbiya security chief Nabil Abdel Fattah inspected on Saturday the security measures in Tanta city, north of Cairo. His tour included the fixed and mobile checkpoints and their locations to assure readiness to deal ....

  • Intensified security in Suez ahead of elections

    Date: 2015-11-20 10:50:24 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:30 - ID:3768050

    SUEZ, Nov 20 (MENA) - Security measures in Suez were intensified in preparation for holding the parliamentary elections on November 22-23. The forces were deployed at the entrances and exits of the governorate. There is full coordination ....

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