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Date:February 17, 2019, 11:36 am

Egypt Detains Two Foreigners For Cocaine SmugglingBy Mod - 4 minutes ago - [ Update ]

Egypt on Saturday detained two foreigners for drug smuggling after they flew into Cairo international airport carrying a large quantity of cocaine, official sources told AFP.

A Cairo prosecutor ordered the German woman and Turkish man held “for four days for investigations on charges of bringing in 11 kilogrammes of cocaine” into the country, a judicial source said.

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A security source told AFP the pair arrived on an Emirates flight from Dubai.

Egypt’s cabinet in late January approved a legislative amendment to increase punishments for drug smugglers to include the death penalty.

The proposal still needs to be passed by parliament.


Source:

www.channelstv.com/2019/02/17/egypt-detains-two-foreigners-for-cocaine-smuggling/