Man arrested in Cairo over alleged drug-sale scam on social media

Authorities in Cairo arrested an unemployed man accused of defrauding people through a social media page that purported to sell narcotics.

Investigations by the General Department for Combating Information Technology Crimes indicated that the suspect was running the page to promote drugs for sale in exchange for money.

The department, part of the Communications Systems and Information Technology Sector, worked in coordination with the Public Security Sector on the investigation.

The available account did not specify how payments were collected, how many people were allegedly defrauded or whether any drugs were seized.