Cairo International Airport foils attempt to smuggle into Egypt seven gold and metal detectors

Cairo International Airport foils attempt to smuggle into Egypt seven gold and metal detectors Tue, Mar. 23, 2021
CAIRO – 23 March 2021: The authorities of Cairo International Airport foiled Tuesday an attempt to smuggle into Egypt seven gold and metal detectors, which were hidden in a passenger's suitcase upon his arrival from a Gulf country.



Legal measures have been taken against the passenger, who was involved in a smuggling attempt in 2019.



In November 2019, The Egyptian security forces foiled an attempt to smuggle medicine inside a shipment of juice.



In April 2019, the Egyptian authorities thwarted an attempt to smuggle more than 2 tons of drugs, worth LE 2 billion [US $115,5 million] on board of a ship in the Red Sea.