Sohag worker jailed 6 years, fined over hashish trafficking
The Sohag Criminal Court sentenced a worker to six years of aggravated imprisonment and a 100,000-pound fine for trafficking that included hashish in Second Sohag. Police arrested him in 2026 with a quantity of drugs after a tip from a secret source, and he confessed before referral to court.
🇪🇬 Second Police District (Qism Than Sohag), Sohag · Egypt
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Arrested
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Charged
1
Prison
6 years
Fine
EGP 100,000
The Sohag Criminal Court closed the case against a worker accused of drug
trafficking in the Second Sohag police district.[1][2][3][4] It sentenced him to six
years of aggravated imprisonment and fined him 100,000 Egyptian pounds.[1][2][3][4] The
defendant was identified only by the initials A. M. A.[1][5][4]
The case dates to 2026, when detectives received information that the defendant
was trafficking shabu, methamphetamine essence, hashish and narcotic pills.[1]
Security agencies carried out the necessary investigations after receiving the
information about his activity.[1] After completing legal procedures, they
confirmed the tip, which had come from a secret source.[1] Officers then
arrested the accused and found a quantity of narcotic substances in his
possession.[1][2][3][4]
When confronted, he admitted that he was trafficking in narcotic substances.[1][2] He was then referred to the criminal court, which tried him and imposed the
six-year term and the 100,000-pound fine.[1] The trafficking allegation
expressly included hashish alongside shabu, methamphetamine essence and narcotic
pills.[1][2][3][4]
No separate sentencing date was published; 3 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No weight, value or separate cannabis quantity was reported; the seizure is described only as a quantity of narcotic substances.
The defendant's full name was not published, only the initials A. M. A.
Only one accessible source for this exact defendant and sentence was found after searching in Arabic; similar Sohag sentences concern different initials and dates.
No photograph of the event was available; the page carries only archive and unrelated images, so no media entry is included.
The Cairo24 page image is captioned as archival and the Youm7 image as archival custody art, so no event photo is listed as media.
The page photo is captioned only as تعبيرية, meaning illustrative, so no media entry is included.
The initials appear as ع. م. ع in this account versus A. M. A. in the existing report, a transliteration of the same Arabic initials.
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