Egypt: 37 of 892 drivers tested positive for drugs in 24 hours
Egypt's Interior Ministry said its traffic campaigns tested 892 drivers in 24 hours and 37 were positive for narcotics use, with no substance named. A parallel campaign on work zones along the Regional Ring Road tested 155 drivers, reported five positives and detained five people wanted under 10 court rulings.
Egypt’s Interior Ministry said its traffic campaigns tested 892 drivers in 24
hours and 37 were positive for narcotics use.[1]The same campaigns recorded
102,369 traffic violations in 24 hours on roads across the country.[2]The
main offences were driving without a licence, speeding, parking at random, using
a mobile phone at the wheel and breaching licence conditions.[3]
A parallel campaign on work zones along the Regional Ring Road recorded 474
violations in the same 24 hours.[3]Those violations covered carrying
passengers against the rules, licence conditions and vehicle safety
requirements.[3]Officers tested 155 drivers there and five were positive for
narcotics.[3]Five people wanted under 10 court rulings were detained.[3]The ministry said the required legal measures had been taken and the competent
authorities were investigating.[4]
The checks were part of measures to combat driving under the influence of
narcotics, which the ministry described as a factor that threatens road safety
and increases the likelihood of accidents.[1]The ministry said it continues
periodic campaigns to test drivers and confirm their fitness for safe driving.[1]
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القاهرة 24cairo24.comARضبط 102 ألف مخالفة مرورية خلال 24 ساعة.. وفحص 892 سائقًا للكشف عن تعاطي المخدرات
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The accounts name no substance in the 37 nationwide or the five Regional Ring Road positive tests, so it is not established that any of them involved cannabis.
No separate date for the campaign round is given; 11 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No driver names, governorate breakdown, charges or prosecution decisions were reported for the drivers who tested positive.
The accounts all reproduce the same Interior Ministry statement.
Egypt's West Delta drug control administration arrested two men with 400 bars of hashish in an ambush in a village on the edge of Desouk district, Kafr El-Sheikh, before they could distribute them. The men admitted dealing, and police seized cash from sales and a motorcycle; the Public Prosecution was notified to take over the investigation.
Security forces arrested three suspects in Al-Maragha district of Sohag Governorate, Egypt, during a campaign against weapons and drug possession. The three were found with six firearms and two pieces of hashish, and the Public Prosecution took over the investigation.
Security agencies in El-Khusus, Qalyubia, detained 11 people in a campaign launched after social-media posts about drug dealing. Officers said the suspects were carrying hashish together with heroin, ice and powdered drugs.
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.
