Egypt’s Ministry of Interior announced on Monday the killing of two criminals in an exchange of fire with police officers in Assiut, Upper Egypt. The statement added that the first was sentenced to life in prison in two cases, and to seven years in another case, while the other had been previously charged for brandishing a weapon. Officers found the body of the first man with a Grenov machine gun, an ammunition box, a gas grenade, two kilos of marijuana, and 14 heroin sachets, the statement said. The body of the second man was found with a machine gun, four safes of ammunition, a number of bullets, an F1 bomb and 750 grams of cannabis. After searching the premises, officers found a large some of cash, supposedly from the sale of narcotics.

Source: Egypt Independent August 17, 2021 08:03 UTC