CAIRO, Feb 20 (NNN-MENA) – Nine criminals and one policeman were killed, during a security raid at a gang’s hideout, in Egypt’s Nile Delta province of Dakahlia, said the Egyptian Interior Ministry in a statement yesterday.
The criminals, involved in drug smuggling and armed robberies, took a piece of agricultural land in a village of the province, as a den for their activities.
“It was found in their possession, nine machine guns, a large number of bullets, 350 kilograms of marijuana, six kilograms of hashish, two kilograms of heroin and two kilograms of shabu,” said the Egyptian police.
The statement noted that, the gang members were already facing jail sentences, including life sentences, which means 25-year-imprisonment, according to Egyptian laws.
In recent years, Egypt has been intensifying security crackdowns, to bust drug smugglers and dealers and combat drug abuse nationwide.– NNN-MENA
