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Morsi\\\'s fugitive son arrested at Egypt train station

Friday, 18 July 2014


A son of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who was sentenced to a year in prison for possession and use of hashish, was arrested early Friday at a train station south of Cairo, security officials said. Abdullah Morsi, 19, was on the run when he arrested. An Egyptian court on July 2 had sentenced him and one of his friends to a year in prison. The two were initially arrested on March 1 after allegedly being found in possession of two hashish joints while they were in a car parked by the roadside in Qalyubia province, north of Cairo. But they were freed the next day pending investigation after agreeing to give urine samples, which the prosecution says tested positive. A court in Banha, in the Nile Delta province of Qalyubia north of Cairo, handed down sentences of one year in jail and fines of 10,000 Egyptian pounds (around $1,400 or 1,025 euros) each. Abdullah Morsi was not present when the court delivered the verdict, which can be appealed, according to Yahoo News.