An Egyptian court has sentenced 12 people, including the famous TV host Sarah Khalifa, to death in a drug case.

According to foreign media reports, 39-year-old Sarah Khalifa is famous for her program ‘Mission Impossible’, which discussed topics related to security and crime.

According to the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, a Cairo court has sentenced Sara Khalifa and 11 other accused to death on charges of obtaining materials used in the manufacture of drugs, forming an organized criminal group for the purpose of trafficking and possessing weapons and ammunition without a license.

Before handing down the verdict, the court sought a religious opinion from Egypt’s grand mufti, a mandatory procedure under Egyptian law in death penalty cases, but the decision can be appealed.

According to the Egyptian newspaper, the authorities seized more than 750 kilograms of drugs and raw materials, while also discovering 2 apartments that were being used as laboratories for the production of drugs.

The court also sentenced Sarah Khalifa to 5 years imprisonment for kidnapping and torturing a young man in a separate case.