A former football player was handed 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and a LE 150,000 fine by Shubra al-Kheima Criminal Court for drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
Shubra al-Kheima police reported that the football player was caught in possession of 4.5 kilograms of cannabis.<\/p>\n
According to further investigation the defendant, identified only as \u201cY.M\u201d, played football for different clubs and owns a cafe in Shubra al-Kheima which he used to promote and sell drugs.<\/p>\n
After obtaining a permit from public prosecution, the defendant was arrested. According to the police, the cannabis were found in his possession during arrest.<\/p>\n
A claim was filed with the incident and the defendant was referred to trial.<\/p>\n
Egypt\u2019s Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali announced in January that the rate of drug addiction in Egypt is twice the global rates, at 10 percent of the population.<\/p>\n
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A former football player was handed 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and a LE 150,000 fine by Shubra al-Kheima Criminal Court for drug trafficking. Shubra al-Kheima police reported that the football player was caught in possession of 4.5 kilograms of cannabis. According to further investigation the defendant, identified only as \u201cY.M\u201d, played football for different […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":105772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[28083,41866,2484,41865,41867],"class_list":["post-105769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-criminal-court","tag-drug-trafficking","tag-egypt","tag-footballer","tag-shubra-al-kheima"],"yoast_head":"\n