Man arrested with hydro and cash in Sinbillawain; held 4 days
Detectives at Sinbillawain police station in Egypt's Dakahlia Governorate arrested a man in his twenties and said they found a large quantity of hydro, an Egyptian cannabis product, along with a roll of shabu, beige powder and cash. Prosecutors ordered him held for four days pending investigation of a felony case.
Detectives at Sinbillawain police station in Dakahlia Governorate arrested a
young man said to have been carrying a large quantity of drugs for sale to users
in the town.[1]Police said the man, identified only by the initials Kh. M.
and in his twenties, was dealing drugs in the town centre area.[1]
Prosecutors authorised a search, and an operation led by the head of the
station’s criminal investigation unit arrested him and seized a large quantity
of hydro, an Egyptian cannabis product made from treated hemp, along with a roll
of shabu (methamphetamine), some beige powder and cash.[1]Police said he
admitted holding the drugs for sale and that the money came from his sales.[1]
A felony case file was opened at Sinbillawain police station for 2026, and
prosecutors ordered him held four days pending investigation.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency
Egyptian National Police (mabahith, Sinbillawain police station)
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Charge
possessing narcotics with intent to sell
Case stage
Under investigation
Operation
9 Nov 2026 – 9 Nov 2026
Region
Dakahlia Governorate
Date
Publication date
Sources
الأسبوعelaosboa.comARالقبض على شاب بحوزته كمية كبيرة من المواد المخدرة بأنواعها المختلفة فى السنبلاوين
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The article gives no separate date for the arrest; 9 November 2026 is the publication date and stands in for the incident date.
No weights, plant counts or street value were published for any of the seized substances.
The hydro is described only as a large quantity, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
The hashish-type weight cannot be separated because the article reports no figures; the roll of shabu, beige powder and cash are non-cannabis items or unquantified amounts and are not counted.
The article calls the rolled item shabu, a methamphetamine, and identifies the beige powder only by colour; neither is treated as cannabis in this report.
The suspect is identified only by the initials Kh. M. and his age bracket; the police officers are named but no charges have been formally listed beyond the investigation.
The detention is four days pending investigation; no charge sheet or court outcome was reported.
The page picture is stored in a 2022 upload folder and carries only the headline as its caption, so it is not confirmed to show this seizure.
Only one account of this arrest was found; an aggregator page reproduces the same Aosboa text and adds no independent reporting.
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