Egyptian Armed Forces
military (Egypt)
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No. 115 · Friday, 23 October 2026
Egypt says border guards seized 241 tonnes of drugs and 1,149 firearms in three months and foiled 213 migration attempts
So what? With no routes or origins named, the tonnage measures Cairo’s enforcement messaging more than a verified trafficking shift, and it aggregates several categories. The usable detail is 4,432 people in 213 attempts, which keeps Egypt’s land borders in the irregular-migration picture alongside Libya.
Sources: Egyptian Gazette · Ahram Online (22 Oct 2026)
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No. 43 · Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Egypt foils cross-border arms-smuggling network, seizes 49,000-plus rounds of ammunition on its southern frontier
Sources: Ahram Online · Middle East Monitor (Aug 11, 2026)
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Mission areas Transnational Organized Crime
Countries Egypt