Egypt: Son of ousted Islamist president referred to trial on drug allegations
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An Egyptian prosecutor has referred to trial the youngest son of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on drug allegations.
Moumin Salman, a prosecutor in the Nile Delta city of Benha, ordered Monday that 20-year-old Abdullah Morsi, a university freshman, be sent to court to face charges of drug use and possession.
Morsi's son was arrested with a friend on March 1. Officers said that they found two rolled hashish cigarettes in their car, parked on the side of the road on the east edge of Cairo.
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No date has been set yet for the trial.
The family said earlier that the case was fabricated to tarnish the image of Morsi's family. Morsi himself faces a range of charges, including inciting murder, filed after the military toppled him in the summer.