Egyptian actress Menna Shalabi was given a one-year suspended prison sentence on Thursday after being arrested at Cairo airport for possession of cannabis sweets on her return from the United States, a judicial source has learned. .
First and so far only Arab actress nominated for an International Emmy Award, an American award, she was arrested when she got off the plane on November 25 with lollipops and other candy, the sale of which is legal in some American states. , according to a snapshot immediately published by the local press.
Arrested but quickly released in exchange for a bail of 50,000 pounds, then about 2,000 euros, she was sentenced Thursday by a Cairo court where her lawyer, the media Mohammed Abou Shoka, appeared alone, reported judicial sources. .
Found guilty of "drug possession", her one-year prison sentence is suspended and Menna Shalabi will have to pay a fine of 10,000 pounds, or 370 euros, they said.
Cannabis use widespread in Egypt
Menna Shalabi occupies almost every year a star role in Egyptian Ramadan soap operas, popular throughout the Arab world, and tops the bill in one or more films at the top of admissions in the most populous Arab country with 104 million inhabitants.
Already in the fall, the Egyptian public was torn around the fate of another celebrity: the singer Sherine Abdel Wahab, whom her family had just forced into rehab.
Cannabis use is widespread in Egypt, where no official figures filter.
In 2019, the government called for systematic testing of civil servants after a deadly train accident triggered by a driver who tested positive for drugs, according to authorities.
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