Cairo appeals court upholds 10-year hashish sentence for Dar El Salam man
Cairo's appeals criminal court rejected an unemployed man's appeal and upheld his 10-year sentence for possessing hashish and unlicensed firearms in Dar El Salam. Police had found 90 grams of hashish, a modified shotgun, ammunition, two bladed weapons and cash at his arrest.
Cairo’s appeals criminal court rejected the appeal of an unemployed man against
his 10-year prison sentence for possessing firearms and hashish in Dar El Salam
and upheld the first-instance ruling.[1]Cairo security directorate officers
arrested the man in the city for possessing hashish, firearms, bladed weapons
and ammunition without a licence with intent to trade in them.[1]
Detectives of the Dar El Salam police station had confirmed that a man living in
the district held drugs, firearms and bladed weapons without a licence for
trafficking.[1]After legal procedures were completed, officers arrested him
at his home area and found 90 grams of hashish, a modified single-barrel
shotgun, ammunition of different calibres, two bladed weapons and a sum of
money.[1]Confronted with the findings, he admitted holding the drugs for
trafficking, the firearms and bladed weapons for the same trade and the money as
proceeds of his criminal activity.[1]A report was drawn up and the Public
Prosecution took over the investigation.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
90 g
Prison
10 years
Agency
Egyptian police directorate of Cairo security
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish (90 g)
Activity
Sale, Possession
Setting
Home
Charges
possessing hashish with intent to traffic; possessing unlicensed firearms, bladed weapons and ammunition
Case stage
On appeal
Sentence
Prison
Region
Cairo
Sources
فيتوvetogate.comARتأييد السجن 10 سنوات لعاطل متهم بحيازة أسلحة ومخدرات في دار السلام
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The article gives the appeal ruling only through its publication date of 5 November 2026; no separate ruling or hearing date, case number or first-instance ruling date was published.
The amount of money seized was not quantified, so no cash figure is recorded.
The hashish was not valued separately, so no value is recorded.
No other outlet or court statement reporting this appeal was found, so only one source supports the account.
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