Egypt’s Interior Ministry seizes huge amounts of narcotic drugs at total cost of LE 7M

CAIRO – 15 September 2022: The General Administration for Drug Control and the General Administration for Unlicensed Weapons and Ammunition have monitored the activity of “several criminal elements” who specialized in trafficking narcotics in large quantities and selling it using their place of residence.

According to Egypt’s Interior Ministry, the accused have been spotted and arrested at their residences and in their possession huge amounts of cannabis, hydro drug, Captagon narcotic tablets long with unlicensed guns and weapons.

The total amount of narcotics seized was (a quantity of cannabis that weighed 87 kilograms - a quantity of hydroxy drug that weighed 10 kilograms - a quantity of heroin that weighed 4 kilograms - 9000 tablets of Captagon drug - a quantity of banjo that weighed 25 kilograms).

The total coast of all seized narcotic drugs is approximately LE 7,015,000. All legal procedures were taken.