Student arrested in Gharbia over alleged bladed-weapon sales scam

A student has been arrested in Egypt’s Gharbia governorate on suspicion of running a social media page to defraud people seeking to buy bladed weapons.

The case emerged through online monitoring by the Public Security Sector, which detected a person operating a page advertising the weapons for sale in exchange for money.

The page allegedly used the sales offers to target prospective buyers. The supplied account describes the activity as fraud but does not explain how payments were collected or whether any weapons were delivered.

No details were provided about the number of people allegedly affected or the sums involved. The student’s identity and the status of any further legal proceedings were also not disclosed.