Two held with 37 hashish slabs and shotgun in Cairo's El-Marg
Cairo detectives arrested two unemployed men in El-Marg with 37 slabs of hashish, a shotgun and cartridges after a tip that they were distributing the drug. The two admitted holding the hashish to sell it.
🇪🇬 Marg police station district, Cairo · Egypt
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Cairo Criminal Investigation Department, Marg police station investigations
Cairo detectives arrested two suspects in the Marg district of Cairo.[1]Officers seized 37 slabs of hashish, a shotgun and cartridges from the two men.[1]
Marg investigations chief Mohamed El-Madawy received information that the two
men were distributing hashish and notified Cairo investigations director Alaa
Beshendy.[1]When confronted before deputy investigations director Mahmoud
Hegazy, the two admitted holding the drugs to sell them.[1]Police described
the two suspects as unemployed men.[2]
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Cairo Criminal Investigation Department; Marg police station investigations
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