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Beheira security services seized 11 unlicensed ferryboats that were working in the Nile River without fulfilling safety and security measures.
Major General Mohamed Emad Eddine Samy, the province security chief, was notified by Rashid police station that a security raid launched by several security departments in Rashid city arrested 11 persons for operating the ferryboats in the Nile without being licensed, not fulfilling security measures, overcrowding the ferries and the absence of fire fighting and rescuing equipment.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm