Hurghada airport customs find 55.5 g of suspected marijuana in a passenger's bag
Customs officers at Hurghada International Airport found a black bag holding 55.5 grams of a green herb suspected to be marijuana in the luggage of a passenger arriving from Turkey. They filed customs seizure report No. 9 of 2026 and held the material; no arrest or charge has been reported.
🇪🇬 Hurghada International Airport, Hurghada · Egypt
- Cannabis
- 55.5 g
Customs officers at Hurghada International Airport found plant material in the
luggage of a passenger arriving from Turkey before he left the customs area.[1] The passenger had flown in from Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in
Turkey.[2] A hand search of the luggage found a black bag hidden inside.[1]
The bag held a green herb that customs suspected was marijuana.[2] Customs put
the weight of the seized plant material at 55.5 grams.[2]
While officers inspected arriving passengers, customs officer Umm Hashim Amin
suspected the man as he passed through the customs gate.[2] X-ray screening
confirmed the suspicion.[2] The operation was led by Hisham Mahmoud Sharara,
director of the airport customs office.[2]
Customs took legal measures, filed seizure report No. 9 of 2026 and held the
seized material.[2] Officers Shireen Mohamed and Ahmed Omar Abdel Azim
inventoried and sealed it under customs security chief Abdel Mohsen El-Shaeny.[2] The seizure followed instructions from Ahmed Amawy, head of the Customs
Authority, and Atef El-Sayed, head of the Red Sea and Southern Region customs
administration, to tighten control at airports.[2]
Sources
- ضبط 55.5 جرامًا من نبات يُشتبه في كونه ماريجوانا داخل مطار الغردقة. بيزنس 24, 18 October 2026. In Arabic.
- إحباط تهريب ماريجوانا بمطار الغردقة الدولي. إخباري 24 نيوز, 30 October 2026. In Arabic.
Open questions the AI reported
- No source gives the date of the interception; 18 October 2026 is the publication date of the earliest report, and the submitted account appeared on 30 October with the same customs statement.
- No source says whether the passenger was detained or charged; customs reports only that it took the necessary legal measures and filed seizure report No. 9 of 2026.
- No laboratory confirmation that the material was marijuana was reported, and the passenger's identity and nationality are not given.
- No value or street price was published for the 55.5 grams.
- The submitted page's picture is an uncaptioned, uncredited close-up of dried plant material and the Business 24 picture is captioned only 'Hurghada International Airport customs'; neither could be confirmed to show this seizure, so no media entry was made.
- Both accounts restate the same customs statement, so the details have not been independently confirmed.
