Egypt’s Public Security sector working with the Luxor, Giza, Aswan and Fayoum security directorates reported results from a drive against people holding and trading drugs and unlicensed firearms and ammunition.[1] In Luxor, police arrested a man described as having a criminal record.[1] Police arrested a second man described as having a criminal record in Luxor.[1] In Aswan, police arrested four people, two of whom were described as having criminal records.[1] In Fayoum, police arrested an unemployed man described as having a criminal record.[1]

The first Luxor case involved 2 kg of hashish along with a quantity of shabu, a homemade gun and a bullet.[1] The second Luxor case involved 2 kg of hashish along with a homemade gun and a bullet.[1] The Aswan case involved 10 kg of bango, the Egyptian term for herbal cannabis, and 2 kg of hashish.[1] Those Aswan suspects also held two automatic rifles, two homemade guns, two magazines and bullets, plus a pickup truck, a tuk-tuk and a precision scale.[1] The Fayoum case involved 1 kg of hashish along with quantities of voodoo and heroin, an automatic rifle and bullets.[1]

Police estimated the financial value of all the seized drugs together at about 560,000 Egyptian pounds.[1] Police said legal measures were taken.[1] In Giza in the same sweep, two unemployed men with criminal records were caught with a shotgun, bullets, a homemade gun, heroin and a scale, with no cannabis reported.[1]