Three million cannabis plants destroyed in 10-day Sinai operation
Egyptian police and military forces destroyed 450 cannabis plantations, three tons of bango and three million plants in a ten-day operation across central and southern Sinai in May 2006, described in the Egyptian press as a war on the growers.
Egyptian police and military forces held a ten-day operation against cannabis plantations in the mountains and plateaus of central and southern Sinai in May 2006, an effort the Egyptian press described as a war on the growers.[1]Some 500 personnel took part, and the official account reported 450 plantations destroyed along with three tons of bango, a local variety of marijuana, and three million plants.[1]
Prohibited crops had reappeared in Sinai in the 1990s after declining under Israeli occupation, becoming the target of regular destruction campaigns.[1]The International Crisis Group, reporting the May 2006 operation in January 2007 from the Egyptian press, noted that researchers have long questioned the plausibility of official Sinai eradication figures.[1]
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Police in New Salhia, Sharqia, arrested two men near their home and seized about 20 kg of banjo cannabis, a rifle and ammunition. The pair admitted holding the drugs for sale and were referred to the New Salhia public prosecution for investigation.
Egypt's Interior Ministry said its traffic campaigns tested 1,069 drivers in 24 hours and 42 were positive for narcotics use, with no substance named. A parallel campaign on work zones along the Regional Ring Road tested 153 drivers, reported six positives and detained six people wanted under 10 court rulings.
Egyptian police killed two suspects wanted over a housewife's shooting during a sheep-theft attempt in Farshout, Qena, after they opened fire on a force in Sohag. Officers seized two automatic rifles and about 2 kg of hashish from the two men.
The Nasr City prosecution referred a housewife to criminal trial for trafficking in hashish and ice in the Second Nasr City police district. She was also charged with holding 5,000 Egyptian pounds said to be drug proceeds and a mobile phone used in the trade.
