Egypt security campaigns net 110,800 traffic violations, two tons of flour, and EGP 3 million in currency cases

The Egyptian Interior Ministry has reported nationwide security campaigns that in 24 hours swept up traffic violations, subsidized flour, and illegal foreign-currency trading.

• The Interior Ministry recorded 110,800 traffic violations and said 41 drivers tested positive for drug use over 24 hours.
• Supply police seized about two tons of subsidized flour during the same period.
• Security forces detained cases of illegal foreign-currency trading worth nearly three million Egyptian pounds.
• The Interior Ministry said it will continue campaigns against currency speculation and market manipulation.
• The seized flour comprised more than two tonnes of subsidized white and baladi flour, the Interior Ministry said.
• The campaigns also confiscated 400 bottles of subsidized oil and targeted free and subsidized tourist bakeries nationwide.