Security and Crime

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  • 5,000 traffic violations reported over 24 hours

    Date: 2018-12-17 15:14:41 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:52 - ID:7718957

    CAIRO, Dec 17 (MENA) - The general administration of traffic at the Interior Ministry reported 4,638 traffic violations including 1,706 speed limit ones. Up to 39 persons were arrested for driving under drug influence. This came during the ....

  • 3 killed, 7 injured in Sohag incidents

    Date: 2018-12-16 22:03:29 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:59 - ID:7717907

    SOHAG, Egypt, Dec 16 (MENA) - Three people were killed and seven others injured in separated incidents in Sohag governorate, Upper Egypt. A person was killed and another injured when unidentified gunmen open their fire on them, while a bus ....

  • ACA seizes 2 kg of 'Ice' drug coming from Turkey

    Date: 2018-12-12 18:23:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:79 - ID:7712141

    CAIRO, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) has seized two kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) smuggled from Turkey. The seizure is part of a case of an international gang who had been already busted over several ....

  • 6 killed, 18 injured in Sharqia road accident

    Date: 2018-12-11 19:22:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:80 - ID:7710667

    ZAQAZIG, Egypt, Dec 11 (MENA) - Six people were killed Tuesday when a pickup truck collided with a microbus on a local road in Sharqia Governorate. Up to 18 others were badly injured. Excessive speed is blamed for the accident. (MENA) M S H ....

  • Interior minister asserts need to face cross‑border transit threats

    Date: 2018-12-11 16:52:58 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:66 - ID:7710344

    Cairo, Egypt, Dec 11 (MENA) - Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik affirmed the necessity of boosting international efforts among security agencies to face cross‑border transit crimes that endanger the stability and security of nations. Tawfik's ....

  • Wanted narcotics trafficker arrested in Gharbia

    Date: 2018-12-11 14:38:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:7709966

    CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) – Gharbia security bodies have arrested a wanted criminal with an unlicensed firearm and five kilograms of hashish in his possession. The 40-year-old man, who confessed to his crimes, was previously involved in 22 various ....

  • 2 terrorists involved in Minya monastery attack killed 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2018-12-08 15:00:36 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:42 - ID:7705349

    On November 3, 19 other involved terrorists were killed in a hunt in the Western Desert in Minya, said the interior ministry in a statement. The latest raid targeted a hideout of the terrorist cell in a desert area near the -Dashlout-Farafrah ....

  • 2 terrorists involved in Minya monastery attack killed - Interior Ministry

    Date: 2018-12-08 14:12:27 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:39 - ID:7705257

    CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - Two elements involved in the terrorist attack that took place in Minya last month have been killed, the Ministry of Interior said on Saturday. The move came as a result of hunting down the perpetrators of the terrorist ....

  • Person arrested in Damietta on narcotics trafficking charges

    Date: 2018-12-06 16:56:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:68 - ID:7702826

    CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) – Damietta security bodies have arrested a person on charges of narcotics trafficking with 45 kilograms of marijuana, also known as “bango” in Egyptian slang, and a firearm in his possession. The defendant confessed to drug ....

  • 5 caught red-handed searching for antiquities in Sohag

    Date: 2018-12-05 18:24:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:81 - ID:7701380

    SOHAG, Dec 5 (MENA) - A Sohag prosecution on Wednesday remanded five persons in custody for four days pending investigation after they were caught illegally searching for antiquities. The detainees were digging for antiquities inside a house in ....

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