Security and Crime

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  • Security forces thwart attempt to attack police checkpoint in Minya

    Date: 2018-02-15 22:03:51 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:104 - ID:7248274

    CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) – Security forces thwarted on Thursday an attempt to attack a police checkpoint in al Odwa township in Minya governorate on the Western desert road. A security source told MENA that security forces managed to detain one of ....

  • Interior Ministry: Abdel Mon’em Abul Fotouh arrested for instigating unrest

    Date: 2018-02-15 19:02:43 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:88 - ID:7248025

    CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) – State Security Department intercepted communications between the banned international Muslim Brotherhood organization and Abdel Mon’em Abul Fotouh, a Brotherhood leader, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on ....

  • Egypt’s security chiefs inspect security preparations nationwide

    Date: 2018-02-15 15:40:04 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:61 - ID:7247467

    CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) – Security chiefs nationwide inspected various police posts and vital institutions to follow up the services provided and check on security preparations in line with the state of security alert declared nationwide. Security ....

  • 3 Facebook pages blocked for instigating violence

    Date: 2018-02-15 14:50:42 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:54 - ID:7247217

    CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - Three Facebook pages have been blocked by the Communication and Information Technology Control Sector this week for instigating violence and committing acts of blackmail against nationals via the internet. The pages were ....

  • Bid to smuggle two tons of cannabis via Suez Canal foiled

    Date: 2018-02-10 15:40:05 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:49 - ID:7238097

    CAIRO, Feb 10 (MENA) - Security bodies in cooperation with Ismailia security directorate have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than two tons of cannabis (locally known as bango) through the Suez Canal on Saturday. Security bodies managed to ....

  • 14 Hasm terrorists arrested, three killed in fire exchange

    Date: 2018-02-09 13:40:08 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:45 - ID:7236323

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry said that 14 members of "Hasm Movement", an offshoot of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood, were arrested and three others were killed in an exchange of gunfire with security forces. In a statement on ....

  • Security source to MENA: Police announces highest state of alert

    Date: 2018-02-09 07:45:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:9 - ID:7235752

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - A top-ranking security source told MENA that the police announced the highest state of alert in all Egyptian governorates amid the fierce war against terrorism. In statements to MENA, the source added that the police and ....

  • 3 arrested over receiving EGP 4m as personal loans with forged documents

    Date: 2018-02-08 16:44:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:91 - ID:7235030

    CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) – The General Department of Public Funds Crime's Investigation Police arrested three persons who obtained EGP 3.73 million as personal loans after providing forged documents. The investigations said that four persons faked ....

  • 61 weapons seized during security campaigns in Minya, Assiut

    Date: 2018-02-08 13:45:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:58 - ID:7234665

    CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Security bodies at the Interior Ministry launched campaigns to arrest criminal elements in possession of unlicensed weapons and ammunition. The campaign resulted in seizing 61 weapons and 167 bullets which were possessed by 56 ....

  • 44 kilograms of cannabis, 6 weapons seized during security campaigns

    Date: 2018-02-08 13:40:39 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:56 - ID:7234804

    CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Security bodies launched campaigns in five governorates namely Suez, Alexandria, Ismailia, Daqahlia and Qena to seize drugs and nab criminals possessing unlicensed weapons. The campaigns resulted in seizing 44 kilograms of ....

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