Egyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crime

Sarah Khalifa também possui uma clínica de cirurgia estética e uma empresa de produção de eventos. Ver imagem em tela cheia Sarah Khalifa também possui uma clínica de cirurgia estética e uma empresa de produção de eventos.

EgyptEgyptian TV presenter among 12 sentenced to death for drug crimeSarah Khalifa, 39, charged with forming organised criminal gang to manufacture and traffick drugs.

Prefer the Guardian on GoogleAn Egyptian court sentenced a well-known television presenter and 11 others to death for manufacturing and trafficking narcotics in a sprawling drug case, official media reported on Saturday.

A apresentadora, Sarah Khalifa, 39, é mais conhecida por seu programa Mission Impossible, que abordava questões relativas à segurança e ao crime.

The state-linked Al-Ahram newspaper said a Cairo court sentenced “Khalifa and 11 other defendants to death by hanging on charges of forming an organised criminal gang specialising in procuring materials used in manufacturing narcotics, with the intent to traffic them, and possessing and carrying unlicensed firearms and ammunition”.

The verdict came after the court consulted the Grand Mufti of Egypt for his religious opinion, a procedure required by Egyptian law in capital cases.

Khalifa also owns a cosmetic surgery clinic and a production company that specialises in organising parties and events.

De acordo com o jornal estatal Akhbar el-Yom, os réus foram acusados de “fabricar drogas sintéticas com a intenção de traficá-las, importando os materiais usados na fabricação do exterior”.

Al-Ahram reported that authorities seized more than 750kg of narcotics and raw materials, and found two apartments used as laboratories as well as unlicensed firearms and ammunition.

The court also sentenced Khalifa and others to five years in prison over a separate case involving the kidnapping and assault of a young man.

Egypt applies the death penalty for premeditated murder, terrorism, some rape offences and drug trafficking.

According to the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, 541 death sentences were issued in Egypt in 2025.