Egyptian armed forces say prevented attempt to smuggle weapons, drugs From Libya

Egyptian Armed Forces prevented the smuggling of weapons and large batches of drugs from neighboring Libya, an army spokesperson said in a statement on Saturday.

"The border guards together with the forces of the Western Military District managed to stop two four-wheel drive vehicles on the western border, in which they found three machine guns, a sniper rifle, five magazines, 115 different cartridges, and a satellite phone," the statement reads.

Also, the military confiscated a large consignment of drugs - about a million pills and one tonne of other drugs.