CAIRO: Cairo International Airport customs authorities recently thwarted an attempt to smuggle watches, pens, and glasses fitted with cameras and microphones.

The items were found in baggage belonging to a passenger arriving in the Egyptian capital on a flight from Muscat.

Officials seized 10 glasses, 10 desk clocks, and eight pens — all equipped with cameras and microphones — two small wireless cameras, and three GPS devices.

The passenger’s case was referred to the public prosecutor.

Separately, airport customs officers discovered 20 strips of Tramadol tablets (200 pills) in the possession of a passenger flying in from Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.

And in another operation carried out in conjunction with the airport’s anti-narcotics team, a female traveler arriving from Montreal in Canada was arrested for being in possession of four bags containing 34 sweets mixed with drugs, with a total weight of 178 grams.

Both passengers’ cases were also referred for prosecution.

An attempt to sneak marijuana through Cairo airport was also foiled when a traveler of Arab origin arriving from Rome was stopped for carrying electronic cigarettes with narcotic marijuana oil inside.