Customs men in the first department of Terminal 2 at Cairo International Airport, headed by Mostafa El-Gendy, Director of the Department, were able to seize an attempt to smuggle a number of gold bullion in violation of the provisions of Law No. 68 of 1976 regarding the control of precious metals and stones of value and its amendments, and Law No. 1 of 1994 regarding Weight, measurement and measure, Law No. 111 of 1980 regarding stamp tax, Customs Law No. 207 of 2020 and Import and Export Law No. 118 of 1975.
During the completion of the inspection procedures for passengers on the Al-Jazeera Airways flight coming from Kuwait, Abdul Rahman Mahmoud Al-Sayad, the customs committee officer in the arrivals hall, suspected an Egyptian passenger while he was trying to exit the customs committee gate..
And with the presentation to Ahmed Muhammad Fawzi, Director of the Traffic Department, he assigned Islam Maher, the customs officer, to search the passenger’s bags, and the search of his bags did not result in the presence of items for which customs fees were due.
Due to the passenger’s extreme confusion and the short duration of his trip for only two days, Mustafa Al-Jundi, the director of the administration, was shown, so he formed a committee of Islam Maher and Muhammad Mahmoud Omar, the customs officials under the supervision of Ahmed Muhammad Fawzy, the director of the movement, to search the passenger himself, and it was found that there were 5 gold bars hidden inside the clothes he was wearing..
Dr. Ahmed Saad Abdel-Mottalib, Director General of Customs at Terminal 2 at Cairo International Airport, decided to take legal measures, issue a customs seizure report No. 164 of 2022, and seize the seizures..