Customs officials in Cairo, Luxor thwart gold smugglers

A passenger arriving from Istanbul was found trying to smuggle eight gold bars with a combined weight of 1.8 kg. (Reuters/File)
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Updated 08 May 2023
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Customs officials in Cairo, Luxor thwart gold smugglers

  • Passenger from Chad found with 29 kg of precious metal

Customs authorities at Cairo International Airport in Egypt said they had thwarted multiple attempts to smuggle gold into the country.

In one incident, a passenger who had flown into the city from N’Djamena in Chad was found in possession of more than 29 kg of gold, while another from Al-Ain in the UAE was found with two gold bars weighing a combined 300 grams.

A passenger from the Saudi capital Riyadh was found to be carrying nine gold bars with a combined weight of 500 grams, while a passenger arriving from Jeddah was caught with four gold bars weighing 250 grams.

An Egyptian passenger traveling from Abha in Saudi Arabia was found with four gold bars weighing 430 grams hidden inside computer equipment.

In another case, a woman arriving from Istanbul was found trying to smuggle eight gold bars with a combined weight of 1.8 kg.

Meanwhile, customs authorities at Luxor International Airport said that 22 gold bars with a total weight of 3 kg were found in the luggage of 10 people arriving from Kuwait.
 


Another Palestinian detainee from Gaza dies in Israeli prison

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Another Palestinian detainee from Gaza dies in Israeli prison

  • Hamza Abdullah Adwan died on Sept. 9 last year, with no additional details provided by the Israeli army in response to a request regarding his fate
  • The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday the death of Shaker Falah al-Jaabari, 58, who was shot by Israeli forces in Hebron on Saturday night

LONDON: Palestinian detainee Hamza Abdullah Adwan, 67, has died in an Israeli prison, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society confirmed on Sunday.

Adwan, from the Gaza Strip, died on Sept. 9, 2025. No additional details were provided by the Israeli army in response to requests by the two rights groups regarding his fate.

Adwan was detained at the military checkpoint in Gaza on Nov. 12, 2024. He was married and the father of nine children, two of whom were killed before the war in Gaza in late 2023. He had serious health issues, including heart disease, requiring ongoing medical care.

Adwan is one of more than 100 prisoners and detainees who have died in Israeli prisons since the start of the Gaza war. The identities of just 87 have been officially announced, with 51 of them from Gaza. The total number of Palestinian prisoners who have died in Israeli custody since 1967 is now 324, added the groups.

In a separate incident, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday the death of Shaker Falah Al-Jaabari, 58, who was shot in Hebron on Saturday night.

Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle in the Khallet Hadour area, east of Hebron, on Saturday evening, seriously wounding Al-Jaabari. He was later detained by the forces, who prevented ambulances and civilians from reaching him, according to Wafa news agency.