Detectives at Zefta police station in Gharbia Governorate arrested six suspects in three separate campaigns against drug trafficking.[1] Officers found quantities of hydro and hashish with the suspects, along with a shotgun, bullets, bladed weapons, cash and mobile phones.[1]
Gharbia security director Rashad Farouk was told of secret intelligence that several people were trading drugs and using their home areas to sell to their clients.[1] Gharbia criminal investigation chief Mohamed Assem ordered a team to verify the information and identify those involved, under Mohamed Saqr, head of the Zefta-Santa investigation branch.[1]
The first campaign at Qibli Army Street arrested two men identified as A.A. and A.S. on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1] A search of those two found a large amount of hydro and hashish prepared for sale, plus money, a shotgun, bullets, phones and a motorcycle.[1] A second operation in the Kafr Anan area arrested a suspect identified as K.A., who police said had an earlier criminal record.[1] A search of that suspect found hydro and hashish, plus money, a bladed weapon and a phone.[1] A third campaign in Al-Maazoun, part of Kafr Anan, arrested three men identified as M.A., F.A. and A.M. with hydro and hashish, cash, bladed weapons and phones, bringing the total to six.[1]
Faced with the findings, the suspects admitted holding the drugs for trafficking and holding the weapons to defend that trade, according to the arrest reports.[1] Police held the seized items, filed reports on the three incidents and notified the Public Prosecution to investigate and take legal action against the suspects.[1]