Egyptian security authorities have announced that they have foiled the largest attempt to smuggle a batch of electronic devices into the country through Cairo airport.
And from the Egyptian security authorities, information was received about the intention of an import company to send 25 parcels of 200 boxes of electronic devices into the country from one of the countries as laboratory reagents, “contrary to reality,” the statement said. the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior.
According to a statement from the Interior Ministry, security authorities were able to confiscate a shipment at Cairo airport that included thousands of electrical and electronic parts, as well as artifacts believed to be “precious metals.”
The Egyptian Ministry of the Interior released a video clip documenting the process of seizing and inspecting the “largest consignment of smuggled electronic devices into the country,” containing 23,983 mobile phones, 5,646 smartwatches, 830 Bluetooth headsets, and 4,409 packages of electronic and medical devices. and expensive cosmetics, 108 kilograms of suspected artifacts, these are precious metals, as well as 7936 electronic hookahs and accessories.
The cost of customs duties due on this shipment of goods is estimated at more than 450 million pounds (about $18.5 million), the interior ministry said in a statement. According to the statement, the three defendants were arrested and during the confrontation they confessed to the incident, and efforts are underway to arrest the remaining defendants.
