Two held in Beheira: 4.5 kg of hashish and a faked raid video
Beheira police arrested a man sentenced to six years in a past drug case and seized 4.5 kg of hashish, three shotguns and some ice, after his brother filmed a fake police break-in of their home. The brother admitted staging the damage to help the suspect's court case.
🇪🇬 Kom Hamada district, Beheira Governorate · Egypt
Security forces in Beheira Governorate arrested a man they described as a
dangerous criminal on 2 November, in Kom Hamada police district, on accusations
of trafficking drugs, firearms and unlicensed ammunition.[1][2][3]The man had
earlier been sentenced to six years in prison in a drug case.[1]The arrest
came after his brother posted a video claiming that an armed police force from
Kom Hamada had stormed and searched his home, smashed its contents and taken
cash without right.[1]
Officers seized three firearms described as single-barrel shotguns, known in
Egypt as fard khartoush, and 4.5 kilograms of hashish.[1][2][3]They also found a
quantity of ice, a methamphetamine-type drug that is not counted as cannabis,
and the man admitted holding the items for trafficking.[1][2]A second account
attributed to the Interior Ministry carries the same seizure and the same
admission.[4]
Police summoned the brother who posted the video, a worker living in the same
district, and he admitted staging the damage to his furniture and filming it so
his brother could use the claims in court.[1][2][3]Police said the legal measures
required in the case were taken.[4][2]
Photos and video
Page picture captioned only "المتهم" (the accused); it carries no credit and is not established to show the seized hashish or weapons.Photo details
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The page gives 2 November 2026 as the raid date but no time, and its headline does not say how many people were held; two men are counted because the suspect was arrested and his brother was summoned and questioned.
The article says a quantity of ice was seized without a weight, so it is excluded from figures under the substance scope.
No ages, initials, house value, cash amount or the number of officers involved were reported.
No charges filed or court outcome were reported; the text says only that the legal measures were taken.
All accounts reproduce the same Interior Ministry statement; the Al-Ahram gate page could not be opened and one further outlet loaded an anti-robot check.
The page picture is captioned only as the accused and is not established to show the seizure, so it is linked rather than used as a cover.
The page does not state a weight for the quantity of ice seized, so no figure can be derived from it.
The account reproduces the same Interior Ministry statement as the earlier reports.
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.
Cairo detectives arrested two unemployed men in El-Marg with 37 slabs of hashish, a shotgun and cartridges after a tip that they were distributing the drug. The two admitted holding the hashish to sell it.
Luxor police arrested four men accused of stealing motorcycles and hiding them in Al-Zanaqta, recovering five bikes. Officers also seized hashish of unstated weight and half a kilogram of shabu, and prosecutors ordered the suspects held for four days.
Egypt's Interior Ministry said its traffic campaigns tested 1,045 drivers in 24 hours and 44 were positive for narcotics use, with no substance named. A parallel campaign on work zones along the Regional Ring Road tested 156 drivers, reported seven positives and detained seven people wanted under nine court rulings.