Two held in Sabha after a hashish delivery set up in a police office
Sabha Security Directorate said officers detained an Egyptian man wanted on a fraud charge and then used his phone call to set an ambush for a Libyan man who came to buy hashish. Both were referred to the Public Prosecution on drug, alcohol and fraud charges.
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Sabha Security Directorate announced the arrest of an Egyptian national wanted
by Sabha City police station on a fraud charge.[1]A statement from the
directorate said the man, born in 1993, identified only by the initials A.M.A.,
works for a Hajj and Umrah company and is Egyptian.[1]
While he was at the investigation office, another man called his personal phone
and, asked about the call, he said the caller buys hashish from him.[1]Detectives from the station set an ambush for the caller, and the Egyptian man
phoned him to order hashish and fixed a delivery place.[1]Officers detained
the caller during the handover and took him to the station, where he appeared
visibly drunk and was found carrying a bag of alcohol.[1]The second detainee
is a Libyan, born in 2000, identified only by the initials A.S.A.S., and
unemployed.[1]After investigation the two men were referred to the Public
Prosecution on charges of drug trafficking, drinking alcohol, drug use and
fraud.[1]
No weight, value or form of the hashish was published, so no cannabis quantity can be recorded.
The article gives no separate date for the detainments; 5 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The suspects were identified only by initials (A.M.A. and A.S.A.S.), not full names.
No court outcome was reported; the case was with the Public Prosecution.
Only one source, reproducing the security directorate's statement, could be opened; no second account was found in Arabic or English.
The page's featured photo carries only the article headline as its caption and no credit, so it is not established to show this detention and no media entry is included.
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