Egypt said on Thursday three drug traffickers were killed after it thwarted a smuggling attempt on its north-eastern borders.
The Egyptian army foiled an attempt to smuggle about 300kg of narcotics, a military spokesman said in a statement.
It is the second such incident in a few days. On Monday, Egypt thwarted a drug smuggling attempt close to a crossing on the border with Israel, which resulted in the killing of one smuggler and the arrest of six others.