407 Pills and a CBD Bottle Seized From a Passenger Arriving in Hurghada From Belgium

Customs officers at Hurghada International Airport stopped a foreign passenger arriving from Belgium and found 407 assorted narcotic pills in his luggage, along with a bottle labelled CBD at a concentration of 100 milligrams, according to Youm7, Al-Masry Al-Youm, Sada El-Balad and Al-Ahram.

The reports say an officer became suspicious of the passenger as he was leaving the customs gate after the flight from Belgium. His bags were put through the X-ray scanner, and the images showed objects inside the luggage that prompted a closer look. The airport's customs director then formed a committee to open the bags by hand.

Inside, officers found the 407 pills and the CBD bottle hidden in the luggage. A customs seizure report — number 7 of 2026 — was filed and the items were impounded, with staff from the port security and anti-customs-evasion departments present for the inventory.

The outlets describe the case as a breach of three laws:

• Egypt's narcotics control law, Law 182 of 1960
• the Customs Law, 207 of 2020
• the import and export law, 118 of 1975

Sada El-Balad quoted a customs source saying a seizure report had been drawn up and the goods held. According to Youm7, the checks followed instructions from the head of Egypt's Customs Authority and the head of the Central Administration for Red Sea and Southern Region Customs to tighten oversight at ports and airports.

None of the outlets names the passenger, gives his nationality beyond "foreign", says what the pills contained, or says whether he has been charged.

For visitors, the CBD bottle is the detail worth noting. The reports list it among the items seized under Egypt's narcotics law, which means a product bought legally over the counter in Europe can still be treated as contraband on arrival at Hurghada.