Two wanted men killed in Aswan raid; hashish seized
Egyptian police killed two men wanted for drug and weapons cases during an operation against criminal hotspots in Nasr El-Nuba, Aswan, seizing a Grengov machine gun, two automatic weapons, quantities of hashish and shabu and a sum of money. No weight was published for either drug and no other arrests were reported; the Aswan security directorate said legal measures were taken.
Egyptian police killed two men known as Abu Yasin and Mahdi, both wanted for
drug and weapons cases, during an operation against criminal hotspots in Nasr
El-Nuba, Aswan.[1]Al-Masry Al-Youm reported the same killing of the two
wanted men in Nasr El-Nuba.[2]
The security confrontation left police holding a Grengov machine gun and two
automatic weapons, along with quantities of hashish and shabu, Egypt’s name for
crystal meth, and a sum of money, the Aswan security directorate said.[1]El-Balad reported the same seizure of a Grengov machine gun, two automatic
weapons, hashish, shabu and cash.[3]No weight was published for either drug,
and the reports name no other arrests, saying only that legal measures were
taken.[1]
Aswan governor Amr Lashin praised the Aswan security directorate, led by Major
General Abdullah Jalal, an assistant interior minister, for chasing dangerous
criminal elements and confronting the trade in drugs and unlicensed weapons.[1]He thanked the security bodies for their continuing pursuit of criminal
elements and their confrontation of drug trafficking.[3]
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No weight was published for the hashish or for the shabu, so no cannabis quantity can be recorded.
The reports give no separate date for the operation; 11 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The reports do not say whether shots were fired during the confrontation or who fired them.
No arrests beyond the two men killed were reported, and no charges or court outcome were reported.
The reports do not say where inside Nasr El-Nuba markaz the confrontation took place.
The sum of money seized was not quantified in any of the reports.
Shabu is Egypt's name for crystal methamphetamine and is not a cannabis product, so it is excluded from the cannabis figures.
The accounts come from the same security directorate statement circulated with the governor's comments; the Interior Ministry's own statement for this operation was not found.
Security forces arrested three suspects in Al-Maragha district of Sohag Governorate, Egypt, during a campaign against weapons and drug possession. The three were found with six firearms and two pieces of hashish, and the Public Prosecution took over the investigation.
The Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced a worker to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and a EGP 50,000 fine for hashish trafficking. Officers had arrested him in First Ameriya with 400 hashish slabs weighing about 18 kilograms.
Police in Kafr El Dawar, Beheira, shot dead a drug suspect who fired on a raiding party on 2 November 2026. Officers later reported finding 20 kg of hashish, plus methamphetamine and firearms, at his house and surroundings.
Two 25-year-old men were killed in a shootout with police in Mit Hamal village, Bilbeis, Sharqia, on 31 October 2026 after officers came to arrest them on drug and weapons charges. Police said the men opened fire first and that officers then seized about 3.5 kg of cannabis — 20 hashish slabs and 2 kg of hydro — along with two guns, ammunition, cash and a scale.