The Egyptian anti-drug department has managed, in collaboration with the armed forces, to detect 49 farms cultivating marijuana and seize one ton of the drug during a two-day campaign launched in north Sinai, the daily Al Akhbar reported.
The security and armed forces used helicopters in their campaign, it said.
The daily said that the campaign was launched on the instructions of Minister of Interior Habib Al Adli, in order to eradicate the drug trade and pot farmers.
On the first day of the campaign, 30 farms were discovered on the mountainous area of Wadi Shahrour, belonging to three brothers who were arrested.
On the second day, 19 other farms and large amounts of the drug were located. Some of the drug traffickers were arrested while others fled the area, and all the confiscated goods were destroyed - Albawaba.com
