Two arrested in Suez over hashish and strox sales filmed on a motorcycle
Egypt's Interior Ministry said its security services arrested two men after a video showed them promoting the drugs strox and hashish from a motorcycle in a street in Suez. Both had criminal records and lived in the Arba'een police station district, and police said they admitted holding the drugs for trafficking.
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Egypt’s Interior Ministry said its security services arrested two people accused
of promoting drugs while riding a motorcycle in a street in Suez governorate,
after a video documenting the incident circulated on social media.[1][2] The
video showed the pair on the motorcycle promoting drugs in one of the city’s
streets.[3][2] The ministry said officers established the circumstances of the
footage after it circulated online.[4][5][2] Police said both had criminal records
and lived in the Arba’een police station district.[1][6][5][2]
Officers identified the two people shown in the video and arrested them, the
ministry said.[4][5][2] The motorcycle used in the incident, which had no licence
plates, was found with them, along with a quantity of the drugs strox and
hashish.[1][6][5][2]
Police held the motorcycle and took the required legal measures, the ministry
said.[3][6][5][2]
When questioned, the two admitted committing the offence and said they held the seized drugs for trafficking, the ministry said.[6][2]
The Public Prosecution took over the investigation, the ministry said.[5]
Sources
- ضبط شخصين بتهمة ترويج الاستروكس والحشيش على "موتوسيكل" بالسويس. مصراوي, 31 October 2026. In Arabic.
- فيديو متداول يقود الشرطة إلى شخصين بتهمة ترويج المخدرات على دراجة نارية في السويس. يوليو, 1 November 2026. In Arabic.
- سقوط مروجي الاستروكس والحشيش بالسويس في قبضة الأمن. صدى البلد, 31 October 2026. In Arabic.
- بواسطة دراجة نارية.. القبض على شخصين بتهمة ترويج مواد مخدرة في السويس. القاهرة 24, 31 October 2026. In Arabic.
- ضبط شخصين لترويج المخدرات باستخدام دراجة نارية بالسويس. بوابة الأهرام, 31 October 2026. In Arabic.
- سقوط مروجي مخدرات بالدراجة النارية في السويس.. ضبط الاستروكس والحشيش. الجمهور الإخباري, 31 October 2026. In Arabic.
Open questions the AI reported
- The reports give no separate date for the arrests; 31 October 2026, the day the accounts were published, is used as the incident date.
- No weight or value was given for the strox or hashish seized.
- The two men are not named, and no charge, prosecution decision or court date was reported.
- All three accounts relay the same Interior Ministry statement; no independent reporting was found.
- The reports say only that the arrests took place in a street in Suez governorate, without naming the street.
- Other outlets published photos captioned "the accused" from the same statement; they could not be confirmed as distinct from the Masrawy photo, so only one is listed.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in مصراوي: When questioned, the two admitted committing the offence and said they held the drugs for trafficking, according to the ministry.
- Masrawy's page now carries the admission that the two men held the drugs for trafficking, so the report's open question saying that quotation was not found there is out of date.
- Only Al-Ahram Gate, among the accounts read for this update, reports that the Public Prosecution took over the investigation.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in بوابة الأهرام: When questioned, the two admitted committing the offence and said they held the seized drugs for trafficking, the ministry said.
