Three arrested with hashish, tramadol and two shotguns in Cairo's Marg
Cairo security forces arrested three people in the Marg police station district on suspicion of trading drugs, seizing a large amount of hashish, tramadol pills, a shotgun, a single-barrel shotgun, cash and phones. All three admitted holding the drugs for sale, and the Public Prosecution took over the investigation.
🇪🇬 Marg police station district, Cairo · Egypt
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Cairo security forces arrested three people in the Marg police station district,
a district in eastern Cairo, on suspicion of trading in narcotic drugs and using
the area as a base for their activity in a security campaign.[1]
Marg investigations officer Hossam Reda received a tip that three people were
trading in drugs and had made the station district a den for the activity.[1]Alaa Beshendy, director of the Cairo criminal investigation department, was
notified, and his deputy Taha Fouda ordered investigations and arrests to
proceed quickly.[1]
After legal procedures were completed, investigations officer Asem Ashraf
detained the three suspects.[1]Officers found a large amount of hashish and
tramadol pills with the suspects, along with a shotgun and a single-barrel
shotgun, cash and mobile phones.[1]
Confronted before Marg police station chief Karim Matawe, the suspects admitted
holding the drugs for trade and said the cash was proceeds of their sales.[1]Police filed the incident report, took legal measures against the suspects and
notified the Public Prosecution, which took over the investigation.[1]
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The article gives no separate date for the arrests; 7 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
No weight, number of slabs or street value was published for the hashish, so no cannabis quantity or value is recorded.
No cash amount, tramadol quantity or number of phones was published.
The tramadol pills are counted in no figure; they are recorded only as an accompanying product.
The suspects were not named and no ages were published.
No charges, detention order or court outcome was reported; the Public Prosecution had just taken over the investigation.
Only one accessible account of this event was found after searching in Arabic; most other Marg reports describe different arrests.
The page photos are captioned only as the accused and are not established to show these specific arrests, so they are linked rather than treated as a cover.
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