Egypt: 42 of 1,069 drivers tested positive for drugs in 24 hours
Egypt's Interior Ministry said its traffic campaigns tested 1,069 drivers in 24 hours and 42 were positive for narcotics use, with no substance named. A parallel campaign on work zones along the Regional Ring Road tested 153 drivers, reported six positives and detained six people wanted under 10 court rulings.
Egypt’s General Traffic Directorate continued intensive traffic campaigns on all
roads and axes across the country to monitor the traffic situation, record
violations and achieve discipline in the streets.[1]The campaigns recorded
111,813 traffic violations in 24 hours.[1]The main offences were driving
without a licence, exceeding the speed limit, parking at random, using a mobile
phone at the wheel and breaching licence conditions.[1]
Officers tested 1,069 drivers and 42 were positive for narcotics use.[1]
A parallel campaign by security bodies on work zones along the Regional Ring
Road recorded 488 traffic violations in 24 hours.[1]Those violations covered
carrying passengers against the rules, breaching licence conditions and failing
to meet safety and durability requirements.[1]Officers tested 153 drivers on
the Regional Ring Road and six were positive for narcotics use.[1]Six people
wanted under a total of 10 court rulings were detained, and one vehicle was held
for breaching traffic laws.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The account names no substance in the 42 nationwide or the six 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; 13 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 account is one outlet's report of the Interior Ministry figures; the ministry's own statement could not be opened, and no second outlet for this round was found.
The headline counts 48 drug-use cases, the sum of the 42 nationwide and the six Regional Ring Road positives, while the body reports the two figures separately.
Akhbar el-Yom illustrates the round with a generic highway checkpoint photograph showing no drug tests or seizures, so it is not listed as media.
The Public Prosecution ordered three suspects held for four days pending investigation after security forces arrested them in Al-Maragha, Sohag, with six firearms and two pieces of hashish. The three were seized in a campaign against weapons and drug possession.
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.
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.
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.