The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced a cafe worker to three years of aggravated imprisonment and fined him 10,000 Egyptian pounds for possessing hashish with intent to traffic it in the Al-Nozha police district of Cairo.[1] The verdict was delivered on Saturday 31 October 2026.[2]

A chemical laboratory report found a clear plastic bag holding brown pieces that tested as hashish, listed in the first schedule of Egypt’s anti-drug law.[1] Police in Al-Nozha had received information that a man was holding and selling drugs, and investigations identified him.[1] Cairo Security Directorate officers then arrested him after the legal procedures were approved and police set up ambushes.[1] A search found a black plastic bag containing hashish, a sum of money and two mobile phones.[1]

Questioned by police, the man admitted holding the drugs for sale and earning illegal profit.[1] He said the seized money came from drug sales and that he used the two phones to contact customers and run his dealing.[1] He was referred to the criminal court for trial.[1]