Cairo's Matriya Police Station (File Photo: Ahram)
Cairo prosecutors are investigating a police officer and a lower-ranking policeman charged of helping a businessman accused of fraud to escape custody, Al-Arabic Ahram website reported Friday.
Ahmed Abdel-Latif was ordered to be detained for four days at Matariya police station for fraud estimated at EGP 28 million.
The prosecution investigations revealed that during a detention renewal session Abdel-Latif asked the two policemen to take him to the Egyptian General Petroleum Cooperation to finish some papers, where he fled.
In May, a police officer was charged with forging a prison record to cover the escape of another detained businessman, also was accused of fraud.
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