Customs officials at the fourth administration in Terminal No. 3 at Cairo International Airport, Hussein Abdullah Heikal, director of the department, were able to seize two attempts to smuggle a quantity of marijuana seeds and a number of drug packages that the ministries of health warn against, in violation of the Drug Control Law No. 182 of 1960 and the Pharmaceutical Profession Law No. 127 For the year 1955, Customs Law No. 207 for the year 2020, and Import and Export Law No. 118 for the year 1975.
In the first attempt and during the completion of inspection procedures for passengers coming from the Netherlands on the EgyptAir flight coming from Amsterdam, Imad Salah Salem, the customs officer appointed to the Green Line Committee, suspected one of the passengers while trying to leave the gate of the customs committee and by passing his bags on the X-ray scanner, knowing Muhammad Abd al-Hamid, the customs officer, and Mahmoud Shehata, the head of the department, notice that there are dark condensations inside the passenger’s bags. Hazem Muhammad Ali, the director of the movement, assigned Hani Mahmoud, the customs officer, to inspect the passenger’s bags, and it was found that there was a quantity of narcotic marijuana seeds. Dr. Hussein Heikal, the director of customs, assigned a committee of Hani Mahmoud and Mahmoud Ali Abbas for inventorying, counting, classifying and seizing the seizures, which amounted to 2 cards, each containing three seeds, and 16 closed paper bags containing seeds of the same narcotic plant, with a total weight of 31 grams, and wrapped with two narcotic stamps.
The second attempt was during the completion of inspection procedures for passengers coming from Addis Ababa on the Ethiopian Airlines flight. Hassan Muhammad Abu Zahra, the head of the department appointed by the Green Line Committee, suspected a foreign passenger while trying to exit the customs committee gate, by passing his bags on the X-ray scanner with the knowledge of Ahmed Muhammad Jabr, the customs officer, and Mahmoud Shehata, the head of the department, noticed the presence of densities and medicinal packages in large quantities inside the passenger’s bags. Hazem Muhammad Ali, the director of the movement, assigned Hossam Al-Shafei, the customs officer, to inspect the passenger’s bags, and it was found that there was a quantity of pharmaceutical packages for a preparation labeled with Climax Dexamethasone. The Ministries of Health warn In some countries, due to its danger to the health and safety of citizens, Tamer Qassem, Director of Customs, formed a committee consisting of Hani Mahmoud, Mahmoud Abbas, Basma Hosni, Ayman Essam, Ali Mahmoud Ali, Samuel Wasfi and Amal Mustafa under the supervision of George Alphonse, Director of the Movement, in order to inventory, count and classify The seizures amounted to 750 pharmaceutical packages, with a total of 75,000 tablets.
Dr. Maged Mousi, Head of the Central Administration of Customs at Cairo International Airport, decided to take legal measures and issue customs seizure minutes No. 172 and 173 of 2023.
This comes in implementation of the instructions of Mr. Shahat Ghaturi, Head of the Customs Authority, to tighten control over all customs outlets and thwart all attempts of customs evasion.
2023-07-14 21:22:48
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