Crime & Justice
Egyptian woman arrested for drugging husband to death with 20 sleeping pills
October 20, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Egyptian police arrested a woman accused of drugging her husband to death with 20 sleeping pills in mango juice in Warraq, Giza.
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Police arrested the 41-year-old woman at the family home in Warraq, Giza governorate, where her 53-year-old husband died.
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The woman initially told police her husband had taken two stimulant pills before his death.
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She confessed to dissolving the 20 pills in mango juice to make him sleep while she met her lover in the home.
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The body was transferred to the hospital morgue as the public prosecution conducts its investigation.

