Egyptian Police Kill Eight Drug, Arms Traffickers In Nile Shootout
The men had criminal records for murder, drug smuggling, illegal possession of weapons, armed robbery, and vehicle theft, the ministry said.
They were operating from Nile islands adjacent to the provinces of Menoufia and Qalyubia, using speedboats to facilitate their movements and exploiting the area's terrain to escape security pursuit, it said.
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