Egyptian police kill 8 drug, arms traffickers in Nile shootout


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  • Wednesday, 20 Aug 2025

CAIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian police killed eight drug and arms traffickers in a shootout at their hideouts on Nile islands, north of Cairo, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said Tuesday in a statement.

The men had a criminal record including murder, drug dealing, illegal weapons possession, armed robbery, and vehicle theft, the ministry said.

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