The First Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court, sitting at the Fifth Settlement, sentenced three defendants to life imprisonment after convicting them of drug trafficking.[1][2] The court found the three men guilty of possessing and holding both methamphetamine and hashish with intent to traffic.[1][2] The case was filed as No. 1373 of 2024, First Nasr City felonies, registered as No. 2885 of 2024, New Cairo general registry.[1][2]
The referral named the defendants as 26-year-old Mohamed K.S., an employee of the Egyptian petroleum-refining company, 24-year-old Salama M.S., a shipping representative for On Plus, and 27-year-old Mohamed G.A., also a shipping representative for On Plus.[1] Prosecutors said the conduct occurred on 24 June 2024 within the First Nasr City district in Cairo Governorate.[1] For the methamphetamine count, the referral said they possessed a narcotic substance derived from methamphetamine, a phenethylamine derivative, for trafficking outside legally authorized circumstances.[1] The prosecution separately charged them with possessing hashish, the cannabis component recorded here, for trafficking in violation of the law.[1]
The charges were brought under the provisions cited in the referral from Law No. 182 of 1960 on combating drugs and regulating their use and trafficking, as amended by Law No. 122 of 1989 and its schedules.[1] The prosecution referred the three men to the Cairo Criminal Court for punishment under the referral’s charges, while they remained in pretrial detention, with counsel appointed, criminal records attached and formal notification of the referral.[1] The panel was headed by Counsellor Khaled Mohamed Radwan, with Counsellors Mahmoud Abdo El-Qarmouti, Samir Salah El-Din and Tamer Ahmed Reda as members and Moataz Medhat as secretary.[1][2]
A police major and a First Nasr City detective testified that they arrested the defendants and the car they were in after prosecution permission.[2] Searching the defendants, the residence and the car found plastic containers holding methamphetamine, pieces of hashish, money and two mobile phones.[2] The chemical laboratory found the three seized containers held 3,635 grams of white crystalline material containing methamphetamine.[2] The laboratory found the 20 seized brown pieces weighing 1 kilogram, 674 grams and 20 centigrams were hashish.[2] Prosecution examination of the seized phones found conversations indicating trafficking.[2]