Two get 10 years over 70 g of hashish in Helwan, Cairo
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced a housewife and an unemployed man to 10 years of aggravated imprisonment for possessing hashish and unlicensed weapons with intent to traffic in Helwan. Police arrested the pair after finding 70 grams of hashish, a shotgun, ammunition, a bladed weapon and cash.
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced a housewife and an unemployed man to 10 years
of aggravated imprisonment for possessing drugs and unlicensed firearms, bladed
weapons and ammunition in the Helwan police-station district.[1]A second
account confirms the same court gave both defendants 10 years of aggravated
imprisonment.[2]Helwan police investigations found that the housewife, who
lived in the district, held drugs and unlicensed firearms and bladed weapons
with another person for the purpose of trafficking.[1]
After legal procedures were completed, officers arrested the woman at her home,
and she named her partner, an unemployed man, whom officers then arrested.[1][3]Officers found him with 70 grams of hashish, a shotgun, ammunition of different
calibres, a bladed weapon and a sum of money.[1][3]The second account likewise
says 70 grams of hashish, a shotgun, ammunition, a bladed weapon and cash were
found with him.[2]
Confronted with the seized items, both admitted holding them to traffic in drugs
and weapons and said the money came from their criminal activity, after which
legal measures were taken against them.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Charged
2
Convicted
2
Sentenced
2
Cannabis
70 g
Prison
10 years
Agencies
Cairo Criminal Court; Cairo Security Directorate
Agency type
Court, Police
Cannabis
Hashish (70 g)
Setting
Home
Charge
possessing hashish and unlicensed firearms, bladed weapons and ammunition with intent to traffic
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Prison
Region
Cairo
Date
Publication date
Sources
فيتوvetogate.comARالسجن 10 سنوات لربة منزل وعاطل لحيازتهما حشيش في حلوان
جريدة الدستورdostor.orgARالمشدد 10 سنوات لربة منزل وعاطل بتهمة حيازة 70 جرام حشيش وأسلحة نارية في حلوان
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No separate sentencing-hearing date is given; 11 November 2026 is the articles' publication date and is used as the incident date.
The amount of cash seized was not quantified, so no cash figure is recorded.
The defendants are described only as a housewife and an unemployed man, with no names or ages given.
No appeal or later step in the case is reported.
One published account's body records a 10-year aggravated sentence only for the housewife, while its headline and the other reports say both defendants received that term.
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