Aswan police arrest man over apartment phone theft caught on viral video

Egyptian security forces arrested an unemployed man in Aswan after a circulated video showed him breaking into an apartment and stealing two mobile phones.

• Egypt's Interior Ministry said security forces investigated a video circulated on social media showing a person breaking into and stealing from an apartment in Aswan.
• Authorities found that no official complaint had been filed regarding the incident before the video surfaced.
• The apartment's owner, a worker, told police that the suspect had entered his home and taken two mobile phones.
• Police identified and arrested the suspect, who confessed and led officers to the two recovered phones; prosecutors were notified.