CAIRO: An Egyptian man has been arrested after attempting to smuggle bladed weapons and narcotics through Cairo International Airport.
Customs officers said the passenger, who arrived on an EgyptAir flight from Frankfurt, Germany, appeared confused while trying to exit the customs area.
His bags were passed through an X-ray scanner and found to contain a number of electronic cigarettes filled with cannabis oil, and a plastic package labelled “human gear” containing 174 tablets of anaesthetic labeled “OC 80.”
A white plastic package marked “Centrum Men” and containing 46 narcotic pills was also discovered, along with a number of weapons with sharp metal blades hidden inside clothing and shoes.
Several rolled cigarettes containing a brown substance suspected to be cannabis were also found.
Separately, airport customs halted an attempt by an Egyptian woman passenger to smuggle of 48 kg of natural hair hidden in her luggage.
Customs officials said that the woman, who had traveled from Dubai, planned to sell the hair to beauty centers and hairdressers.
Bladed weapons, narcotics seized at Cairo airport
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Bladed weapons, narcotics seized at Cairo airport
- The passenger, who arrived on an EgyptAir flight from Frankfurt, appeared confused while trying to exit the customs area
Palestinians from West Bank arrive at Israeli checkpoints for first Friday prayers of Ramadan
- Israeli authorities said they would only allow up to 10,000 Palestinian worshippers from the West Bank to attend prayers at al-Aqsa
Palestinian worshippers coming from West Bank cities arrived at Israeli checkpoints on Friday hoping to cross to attend first Friday prayers of Ramadan at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Some said they were not allowed to enter and were asked to go back.
Israeli authorities said they would only allow up to 10,000 Palestinian worshippers from the West Bank to attend prayers at al-Aqsa, as security forces stepped up deployments across the city.
Police said preparations for Ramadan had been completed, with large numbers of officers and border police to be deployed in the Old City, around holy sites and along routes used by worshippers.
Israel's COGAT, a military agency that controls access to the West Bank and Gaza, said that entry to Jerusalem from the West Bank would be capped at 10,000 worshippers. Men aged 55 and over and women aged 50 and over will be eligible to enter, along with children up to age 12 accompanied by a first-degree relative, COGAT said.
Al-Aqsa lies at the heart of Jerusalem's old city. It is Islam's third holiest site and known to Jews as Temple Mount.
