Egypt’s police thwart plot to smuggle devices to MB’s satellite channel

Cairo - Egypt’s Interior Ministry said in a statement issued on Saturday that the National Security department received information about the intention of a Muslim Brotherhood attempt to smuggle in devices from “Mekameleen”, a satellite channel loyal to the group that broadcasts from Turkey to Egypt.

According to the statement, the security authorities intensified their measures in the airports, as they inspected the elements coming from Turkey and electronic devices with them. Security forces arrested a defendant coming from Istanbul in possession of a large quantity of electronic devices and call forwarding devices.

The defendant said, during the investigations conducted with him, that he smuggled the devices upon an agreement with one of the workers in the channel called Moaz Sh. a loyalist to the Muslim Brotherhood, living in Kuwait.