Cairo detectives arrested a man in the Marg police station district in Cairo on suspicion of trading in narcotic drugs.[1] Officers seized 13 kilograms of hashish from him, together with a shotgun, firearm cartridges and an amount of money.[1]
Marg investigators had received information that a criminal suspect was storing drugs and preparing to sell hashish in the area.[1] Cairo criminal-investigations director Alaa Beshendy was notified of the tip by Marg investigations chief Mohamed El-Madawy.[1] After legal procedures were completed, officers set a security ambush that caught the suspect inside the Marg district.[1] Police described the arrested man as unemployed and as having a criminal record.[1] A search found hashish weighing 13 kilograms and a shotgun in his possession.[1]
Officers completed the required legal procedures and notified Cairo security chief Mohamed Youssef, who referred the case to the Public Prosecution to conduct the investigation.[1]
The seized hashish was 135 individual pieces, seized together with a mobile phone in addition to the shotgun, cartridges and cash.[2] Cairo investigators have now referred the unemployed defendant, held with 135 pieces of hashish in the Marg district, to criminal trial for sale to his customers.[3] The El Marg prosecution referred him on charges of drug trafficking and unlicensed possession of a firearm and ammunition.[4]
