Hurghada airport customs find suspected marijuana in a foreign passenger's bags
Customs officers at Hurghada International Airport stopped a foreign passenger arriving from a European country and found a plastic roll of green pieces and two bottles, one holding a green plant, all suspected to be marijuana. The Hurghada prosecution is investigating the seizure, and customs filed report No. 12 of 2026.
🇪🇬 Hurghada International Airport, Hurghada · Egypt
Customs officers at Hurghada International Airport, led by customs director
Mohand Sami, made the seizure while inspecting passengers arriving on a flight
from a European country.[1] A search of one passenger’s luggage found a
plastic roll of green pieces and two plastic bottles, one holding a green plant,
all suspected to be marijuana.[2] The Hurghada prosecution is investigating
the seizure of a foreign passenger at the airport.[1]
The passenger was leaving the customs gate when Ahmed Waheed, head of passenger
inspection, suspected him.[3] His bags were passed through an X-ray machine,
which showed irregular densities.[3] Hall supervisor Mohamed Abu Bakr was then
tasked with searching the bags.[3] Customs officers Amira Ismail and Wael Ali
inventoried and sealed the find in the presence of customs security officials.[1]
Atef El-Sayed, head of the Central Administration of Customs for the Red Sea and
Southern Region, ordered legal measures and the filing of customs seizure report
No. 12 of 2026.[3] The seizure followed instructions from Ahmed Amawy, head of
the Egyptian Customs Authority, to tighten controls at airports and border
posts.[1]
Sources
- «لفافة بلاستيكية وعبوتان».. ضبط راكب أجنبي بحوزته مخدر الماريجوانا بمطار الغردقة. المصري اليوم, 29 October 2026. In Arabic.
- جمارك مطار الغردقة الدولي تحبط محاولة تهريب كمية من مخدر الماريجوانا. تليجراف مصر, 28 October 2026. In Arabic.
- جمارك مطار الغردقة الدولى تضبط محاولة تهريب كمية من مخدر الماريجوانا. اليوم السابع, 28 October 2026. In Arabic.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give no separate date for the interception; 28 October 2026 is the date of the first customs reports, and the seizure happened before them.
- No weight or value was given for the plant material, and no laboratory confirmation that it was marijuana was reported.
- No source says whether the passenger was detained or charged; the Hurghada prosecution is investigating.
- The passenger is not named, his nationality is not given, and the European country the flight came from is not identified.
- The accounts relay the same customs statement, so the details have not been independently confirmed.
- The submitted page's only picture shows customs officials in an office, not the seized material, so it was not listed as media.
