smugglers
Naval units operating within Egypt’s Southern Fleet intercepted a smuggling attempt at sea, successfully seizing a boat carrying 7,792 bundles of hashish and 17 rolls of THC-based narcotics. The estimated value of the confiscated items is approximately LE 1.164 billion, excluding the value of weapons seized during the operations. All confiscated materials have been handed over to the competent authorities for legal proceedings.
Among the seized artifacts were antiquities dating back to 11th Dynasty and coins dating back to the Greek-Byzantine eras.
Egyptian Interior Ministry foiled an attempt by foreign smugglers to smuggle 200 kilo heroin into the country via Safaga port at the Red Sea on Sunday.
A German court sentenced 3 Syrian men on Friday for running a smuggling ring from Turkey to Europe over the deaths of 13 migrants in the Mediterranean 2 years ago.
The International Migration Organization announced human smugglers forced about 180 Somali and Ethiopian migrants to jump into the sea water near Yemen costs.
