Authorities in Cairo, Egypt have stunned everyone with
the unrealistic arrest of a man on the allegation of
possession of much quantity of sugar.
A Cairo prosecutor ordered on Sunday the release of a
man on EGP 1,000 bail after he was arrested for
possessing an amount of subsidised sugar that
exceeded possession of amounts reasonable for
personal use, amid current shortages in the essential
good on the market.
The man, who works as a waiter in a café, was arrested
by police in Heliopolis as he walked on the street
carrying 10 kilogrammes of sugar.
According to Ahramonline, Prosecutors accused the
waiter of stockpiling subsidised sugar with the intent of
profiteering by selling it to a grocery at higher than the
market price.
However, the man’s lawyer, Mohamed Naeem, argued
his client was carrying the sugar for use at his uncle’s
cafe, not to sell it at a grocery as claimed by police.
Egyptian law prohibits the use of subsidised goods and
commodities for commercial purposes.
Prosecutors eventually released the man on bail
pending further investigation but confiscated the 10
kilos of sugar as evidence.
The arrest comes as part of a widespread police
operation targeting dealers of sugar on the black market,
with a hotline set up on Saturday for citizens to report
incidents of stockpiling of sugar and rice.
Egypt's supply ministry said on Saturday that it will set
the commercial price of subsidised sugar at EGP 6 per
kilogramme (compared to EGP 10 for unsubsidised
sugar) to be available at the ministry's sales outlets in a
move that aims to regulate the market amid a price hike
and a shortage of the essential commodity.
Major supermarkets in the country have stopped the
sale of subsidised sugar to individuals above personal
use
the unrealistic arrest of a man on the allegation of
possession of much quantity of sugar.
A Cairo prosecutor ordered on Sunday the release of a
man on EGP 1,000 bail after he was arrested for
possessing an amount of subsidised sugar that
exceeded possession of amounts reasonable for
personal use, amid current shortages in the essential
good on the market.
The man, who works as a waiter in a café, was arrested
by police in Heliopolis as he walked on the street
carrying 10 kilogrammes of sugar.
According to Ahramonline, Prosecutors accused the
waiter of stockpiling subsidised sugar with the intent of
profiteering by selling it to a grocery at higher than the
market price.
However, the man’s lawyer, Mohamed Naeem, argued
his client was carrying the sugar for use at his uncle’s
cafe, not to sell it at a grocery as claimed by police.
Egyptian law prohibits the use of subsidised goods and
commodities for commercial purposes.
Prosecutors eventually released the man on bail
pending further investigation but confiscated the 10
kilos of sugar as evidence.
The arrest comes as part of a widespread police
operation targeting dealers of sugar on the black market,
with a hotline set up on Saturday for citizens to report
incidents of stockpiling of sugar and rice.
Egypt's supply ministry said on Saturday that it will set
the commercial price of subsidised sugar at EGP 6 per
kilogramme (compared to EGP 10 for unsubsidised
sugar) to be available at the ministry's sales outlets in a
move that aims to regulate the market amid a price hike
and a shortage of the essential commodity.
Major supermarkets in the country have stopped the
sale of subsidised sugar to individuals above personal
use
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