Monday, September 7, 2026 - Popular Egyptian TV presenter and influencer Sarah Khalifa has been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted for her alleged role in a major drug trafficking operation.
Khalifa, 39, reportedly broke down in court as the Cairo
Criminal Court handed her the death sentence alongside 11 other defendants.
The former host of Egyptian crime programme Mission
Impossible, who has more than two million social media followers, strongly
denied the allegations.
“Please listen to me, sir. My parents raised me well; they
are people who pray, and I don’t need drug money,” she reportedly pleaded in
court.
Khalifa also told investigators that she had “never smoked a
cigarette” in her life.
According to Egyptian state media, Khalifa and the other
defendants were convicted of operating an organised gang that imported raw
materials used to manufacture synthetic drugs and stored the finished products
in residential properties.
She was arrested in Cairo in April 2025.
Authorities reportedly seized more than 1,600 pounds of
narcotics, as well as unlicensed firearms and ammunition, during the
investigation.
A total of 28 people were charged in the case. Nine others
were sentenced to life imprisonment, while seven were acquitted.
Before issuing the death sentences, the court referred the
defendants’ cases to Egypt’s Grand Mufti for a religious opinion, as required
in capital cases.
The death sentences can reportedly be appealed under recent
judicial reforms.
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