Security and Crime

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  • 33 Africans deported from Egypt over infiltration attempt to Libya, Italy

    Date: 2015-09-25 22:32:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:96 - ID:3415969

    CAIRO, Sept 25 (MENA) – Authorities at Cairo International Airport deported 33 Africans to their home countries after they tried to sneak into Libya and Italy, an official source said on Friday. The deportees include 26 Sudanese and seven ....

  • 9 terrorists involved in national security HQ, Italian consulate blasts killed -- Interior Ministry

    Date: 2015-09-25 19:10:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:79 - ID:3415461

    CAIRO, Sept 25 (MENA) – Security forces stormed a terrorist hotbed located in a poultry farm in Awsim township of Giza governorate, the Interior Ministry said in a press release on Friday. Nine terrorists were killed during the raid when they ....

  • Three Saudis shot dead in separate incidents in Ha'il

    Date: 2015-09-25 07:23:54 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Security and Crime - SN:19 - ID:3412157

    HA'IL, Saudi Arabia, Sept 25 (MENA) – Three Saudis were shot dead in two separate incidents in the northern Saudi Ha'il city on Thursday. A spokesman for Ha'il police said two masked persons shot two citizens dead near Ama'ir Bin Sanaa police ....

  • 40,000 fireworks seized before sold in Alex. markets

    Date: 2015-09-24 08:41:44 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:17 - ID:3408481

    ALEXANDRIA, Sept 24 (MENA) - Alexandria policemen seized 40,000 fireworks, including fire crackers, before being sold in markets on the first day of Eidual Adha. The fireworks were seized in the possession of a seller on Thursday. The trade ....

  • Attempt of 15 Africans for illegal migration into Italy aborted

    Date: 2015-09-23 21:55:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:85 - ID:3407413

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, Sept 23 (MENA) – The border guards in Beheira's Mediterranean city of Rosetta aborted an illegal immigration bid by 15 Africans into Italy. The illegal immigrants were 12 Somalis, two Sudanese, and a Djibouti ....

  • Police seize large quantities of drugs in Tanta, Qena

    Date: 2015-09-23 21:51:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:84 - ID:3407385

    TANTA/QENA, Egypt, Sept 23 (MENA) – Gharbia security forces managed to arrest a jobless person with 15 packets of hashish in his possession. The public prosecution was notified to launch a probe into the incident. In Qena, police arrested a ....

  • Security measures beefed up in Kafr el Sheikh before Eidul-Adha

    Date: 2015-09-23 18:15:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:71 - ID:3406809

    KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Sept 23 (MENA) – Security measures were beefed up in Kafr el Sheikh Governorate, northern Egypt, to maintain security by the advent of Eidul-Adha. The governorate's security chief Atef Shalabi said security forces were ....

  • Most wanted criminal arrested, another killed in Sharqia crackdown

    Date: 2015-09-22 12:07:14 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:3398897

    CAIRO, Sept 22 (MENA) - A dangerous wanted criminal was arrested and another was arrested during a wide-scale security campaign in Sharqia governorate. A criminal hotbed was monitored in Abu Kabir town, where a security crackdown was launched in ....

  • Naval troops foil attempt to smuggle 5 tons of marijuana near Hurghada coast

    Date: 2015-09-22 12:04:06 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:3399133

    CAIRO, Sept 22 (MENA) - Naval troops have foiled an attempt to smuggle five tons of marijuana near the city of Hurghada. The troops acted upon a tip-off that a number of criminals were planning to smuggle the marijuana on a fishing boat near the ....

  • Matrouh security bodies foil infiltration attempt by 101 people to Libya

    Date: 2015-09-20 13:30:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:67 - ID:3387309

    MARSA MATROUH, Sept 20 (MENA) - Matrouh security apparatuses in coordination with the Salloum border guards managed Sunday to foil an infiltration attempt to Libya by 101 persons. Matrouh Security Chief Hisham Lotfy received a notification about ....

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