A bold Egyptian operation that controls the heroin of the middle of the sea

Mohamed Al Zahar - Cairo - Sky News Arabic
In one of the biggest security strikes against drug smugglers, Egypt announced on Thursday that a massive attempt to smuggle heroin into the country had been foiled.

According to the Egyptian Interior Ministry's Facebook page, the Interior Ministry's security services, in partnership with the navy, foiled Thursday an attempt to form a gang to smuggle more than one ton of heroin and 99 kilograms of ice into the country aboard a water vessel. In the Red Sea.

The ministry said in a statement that the information and investigations of the drug control and organized crime sector, in coordination with the national security sector, confirmed the intention of one of the dangerous gangs to bring a large shipment of drugs into the country.

The formation of the gang was to prepare and equip one of the commercial vessels "flying the flag of a foreign country" to transport the shipment through the waters of the Red Sea, and to enter Egypt.

The authorities were able to identify and identify the members of the gang, "two Egyptians sentenced to life imprisonment in drug and weapons cases and 7 others who hold the nationality of a foreign country."
The vessel was targeted while in territorial waters in the Red Sea, where it was able to control, control and crew the navy, despite the difficult weather conditions.

The search resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of narcotics hidden inside a secret storage tank specially prepared for the purpose. It contained 1,900 large-sized volumetric heroin pods weighing 147 kg.

A 99-kg "raw ice" roll was also found, as well as amounts of 305,000 Iranian riyals and 3375 Pakistani rupees, US $ 171.

The statement confirmed that "the legal procedures have been taken, and the rest of the formation elements of the Egyptians are being targeted inside the country."