Bango and Hashish

According to a report by the daily Al Akhbar, Police in Egypt seized yesterday 28 kilos of "bango" powder from a notorious drug dealer. The dealer intended to mix the powder with other substances to make a considerable quantity of fake hashish, an oriental drug.

Al Akhbar said that the arrested man, whose name disclosed only as Ali M. A, 70, confessed to obtaining the seized bango from an Assuit trader, then after buying it he tried to use a chemical formula to turn it into what is called as "Maghribi Hashish" (a Moroccan drug).