Security and Crime

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  • Interior Ministry cracks EGP 50 million money laundering case

    Date: 2019-03-28 14:04:53 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:45 - ID:7870404

    CAIRO, March 28 (MENA) - The Public Funds Unit at the Interior Ministry cracked an EGP 50 million money laundering case. The unit received information that a group of people has been carrying out criminal activities for years and laundering the ....

  • Two criminals killed, one arrested in exchange of fire with police in Alexandria

    Date: 2019-03-21 15:16:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:48 - ID:7859157

    CAIRO Mach 21 (MENA) - Alexandria security forces managed on Thursday to kill two criminals and arrest a third in an exchange of fire with police. A Grenov gun, two automatic rifles and a big quantity of ammunition were found in the possession of ....

  • Drug addict opens fire at passersby in Giza

    Date: 2019-03-19 22:00:00 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:90 - ID:7856550

    CAIRO, March 19 (MENA) - A drug addict opened fire at passersby after a quarrel with his wife in Ausim district in northern Giza. The 36-year old man, who is notorious for drug addiction, grabbed a gun after he quarreled with his wife and ....

  • Man remanded in custody on charges of driving while drunk

    Date: 2019-03-19 18:26:25 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:82 - ID:7856314

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 19 (MENA) – Alexandria prosecutors remanded a man in custody pending investigations on charges of driving a car while drunk, which led to killing a person and wounding four others. The driver of the car had escaped the ....

  • About 5,000 traffic violations reported nationwide

    Date: 2019-03-14 18:32:48 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:72 - ID:7848474

    CAIRO, March 14 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's General Administration of Traffic has reported 4,660 traffic violations, including 1,958 cases exceeding the speed limit. Meanwhile, 46 people were arrested for driving under drug ....

  • Facebook attempted murder video seeks public anger -- security bodies

    Date: 2019-03-10 12:23:40 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:37 - ID:7840866

    CAIRO, March 10 (MENA) - A video posted by a Facebook user for a man, allegedly trying to slay a student for stealing his cell phone at a police station in Sharkia, is not new, said the security bodies. The footage dates back to February 2018 and ....

  • 27 school bus drivers face drug addiction charges -- ministry

    Date: 2019-03-09 15:46:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:7840028

    CAIRO, March 9 (MENA) - The Social Solidarity Ministry said on Saturday that 27 school bus drivers have been referred to the prosecution over drug addiction charges. A committee on early detection of addiction had examined 1,438 drivers during ....

  • Interior Ministry targets 77 criminal hotbeds in week

    Date: 2019-03-09 13:40:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:28 - ID:7839900

    CAIRO, March 9 (MENA) - Security forces targeted 77 criminal hotbeds, seized 1,322 weapons as well as 1,465 cold weapons and arrested 26 gangs over a week. Up to 1,498 drug cases were also reported as part of the intensified security campaigns ....

  • 23 injured in bus accident in Alexandria

    Date: 2019-03-09 13:20:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:26 - ID:7839795

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 9 (MENA) - Twenty-three people were wounded Saturday when a tourist bus collided with a truck on the Alexandria-Cairo desert highway. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, while the public ....

  • Prosecution summons HCWW officials over gas leak incident in Alex.

    Date: 2019-03-07 14:31:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:55 - ID:7837101

    ALEXANDRIA, March 7 (MENA) - The East Alexandria prosecution, headed by counselor Mahmoud el Ghayesh, on Thursday summoned officials of the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) in the governorate to give testimonies over a suffocation ....

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