The Cairo Criminal Court of Appeal upheld the first-instance verdict against a microbus driver in the Al-Sharabia drug-use case.[1] The court punished him with one year of imprisonment with labour and a fine of 10,000 Egyptian pounds.[1] The Public Prosecution had referred the 26-year-old defendant, identified as Ahmed.Kh, to criminal trial for possessing amphetamine, hashish and methamphetamine for use outside legally permitted circumstances.[1]

A Sharabia investigations officer on patrol saw the defendant holding a cigarette giving off dense smoke, smelled a narcotic odour on approaching, seized the cigarette from his hand, and the defendant admitted possessing the drugs for use.[1] The arrest took place within the Sharabia police district in Cairo.[2]

The chemical laboratory report found that the seized tobacco roll contained hashish, a narcotic listed in Schedule 1 of the drug law.[1] Analysis of a sample taken from him was also positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine, likewise listed in Schedule 1, and those non-cannabis substances are excluded from the cannabis figures for this mixed case.[1]