The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced a housewife to three years of aggravated imprisonment and fined her 10,000 Egyptian pounds for possessing cannabis, known in Egypt as bango, and tramadol tablets in the Al-Waily police station district.[1][2]

A chemical laboratory report found a black bag holding green herbal plant material that tested as the active ingredient of cannabis, alongside tablets that tested as tramadol, a drug listed in Egypt’s narcotics schedule.[1]

Cairo Security Directorate officers received information and carried out investigations indicating that a housewife held and traded narcotic drugs, and the inquiries identified her.[1][2] After setting ambushes, police arrested her inside her home and found a roll of cannabis plant and tramadol tablets, a sum of money and two mobile phones.[1][2]

Questioned by police, she admitted holding the items for sale and profit, said the money came from drug sales, and said she used the two phones to contact customers and run her activity.[1][2] In its reasoning, the court said it inferred trafficking intent rather than mere possession or use from the nature and variety of the seized materials and those admissions about the money and phones.[2] She was referred to the criminal court, which issued the sentence.[1]