Egypt: tricycle driver arrested after video of street drug use in Giza
Egypt's Interior Ministry said police identified and arrested a tricycle driver filmed using drugs as he sat on the vehicle in a Giza street. The man, who lives in the Kerdasa police district, admitted using drugs on 5 November in Boulak El-Dakrour; the ministry named no substance.
Egypt’s Interior Ministry said a video circulating on social media showed a man
using drugs as he sat on a tricycle, a three-wheeled vehicle, in a street in
Giza.[1][2]The ministry said investigators identified the man in the video and
arrested him.[1][2]It said he was a driver who lived in the Kerdasa
police-station district.[3][2]Questioned, he admitted the offence as shown in
the video and said he had used drugs on 5 November while stopped in a street in
the Boulak El-Dakrour police district.[1][2]
Al Masry Al Youm attributed the account to an Interior Ministry statement issued
that day.[3]Cairo 24 reported that police identified and arrested the man
after the video spread.[2]The ministry said the legal measures had been taken
against the accused.[3][2]The accounts describe the drug only as narcotics,
without naming a substance.[1]The reports give no quantity of the drug and do
not say whether any was seized with him.[2]No charge or court appearance has
been reported.[1]Giza’s public prosecution ordered him held for four days pending investigation on a charge of drug use.[4]
Photos and video
Photo captioned المتهم (the accused) published with the report of the arrest; it carries no credit.Photo details
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 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.
