Beheira police killed a man described as a highly dangerous criminal during a shootout while raiding his hideout in Kafr El Dawar district, after he opened fire on the force to resist arrest and escape.[1][2] Security information said the man was hiding in Kafr El Dawar district and was accused of drug trafficking and imposing control.[1] When he sensed the officers approaching, he fired intensively and randomly at them to flee, and the force returned fire under legal rules, killing him.[1] A second account also reports that the suspect died on the spot after the intensive exchange of fire during the raid in Kafr El Dawar in Beheira.[3]
Officers searching the man’s house and the surrounding area found 20 kilograms of hashish.[1][2] The same search also found one kilogram of ice known as shabu, plus firearms and assorted ammunition, which is not counted as cannabis.[1] The second account gives the same seizure as 20 kilograms of hashish and one kilogram of ice known as shabu, plus firearms and ammunition.[3]
The raid followed formation of an investigation team and prior permission from the Public Prosecution, with a large force from Kafr El Dawar police station sent to target the suspect.[1] Police completed the legal procedures, filed the required report and notified the Public Prosecution, which began investigating the circumstances.[1]
The suspect was 24 years old and was hiding in a criminal hideout in Ezbet Nazir in the Kafr El Dawar district.[2]