A source with the media center of the Ministry of Interior has said forces tasked with combing the coast road between Arish and Qantara managed this morning to find an explosive charge in Abul Hesein area in Ber Al Abd in North Sinai.

The source asserted that the scene was sealed off to deal with the explosive charge which contained 250 kilograms of highly explosive TNT material connected with a wire to explode on a parallel road.

Bomb explosive experts in North Sinai managed to detonate the charge remotely and started combing the area.