One arrested in Ismailia over a fake drug-sales page that took buyers' money
Egypt's security services arrested a student in the Second Ismailia police district who ran a social-media page advertising drugs for sale. Police found no drugs on him; they say he took buyers' money transfers and then switched off his phone, and he confessed to fraud.
🇪🇬 Second Ismailia police district (Qism Thani Ismailia), Ismailia Governorate · Egypt
Security services arrested a student living in the Second Ismailia police
district for running a social-media page that advertised drugs for sale.[1]The student lived in the Second Ismailia police district, a qism, the
district-level police division covering part of Ismailia city.[2]The Interior
Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday 4 November 2026 that its officers
spotted the page, which promoted drug sales for money.[1]Police found no
drugs in the student’s possession, a Youm7 report on the same ministry statement
said.[3]
Officers seized a mobile phone that they said held evidence confirming his
criminal activity.[2]Faced with the findings, the student confessed to
creating and running the page to defraud people who wanted to buy drugs, asking
them to transfer money to him and then switching off his phone.[1]The page
offered only narcotic substances in general terms, and no cannabis product is
named in the accounts.[3]
Police took the necessary legal measures and referred the student to the public
prosecution, the Ekhbary24 account said.[2]
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No source names the substance or substances advertised on the page, so no cannabis product is recorded; the case is a suspected online fraud offering drugs that were never delivered.
The records end at the arrest and referral to the prosecution: no charge, detention order or court outcome is reported.
The sources give no separate date for the arrest; the Interior Ministry statement and the first news reports appeared on 4 November 2026, which stands in as the incident date.
No source states how many people paid money, how much was transferred or whether any of it was recovered.
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