On October 15, 2025, at approximately 11:44 P.M., Richfield Police were on patrol when a vehicle began flagging them down to tell them there was a male in vehicle who had hit a sign and appeared to be impaired near 78th Street and Nicollet Avenue South in Richfield, Hennepin County. Police drove to the area and observed a Chrysler 300 (MN ZKJ551) in the right lane with a male outside of the vehicle. The male suspect was later identified as AHMED MOHAMED IBRAHIM [DOB REDACTED], Defendant herein. The vehicle appeared to be smoking, leaking a lot of oil, and had fresh damage.
While speaking with Defendant, the officer smelled a strong odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle. When the officer shined the flashlight in the vehicle, he observed loose marijuana in the center console and on the floorboards in the front and rear of the car. Defendant told police that the vehicle had just started smoking and that his buddy was on the vehicle to get him. Police asked if he was driving the vehicle and where the keys are, to which Defendant stated he had the keys but claimed to not have been driving.
Defendant made statements to his friend on the phone that, "the car blew up on me, bro." Based on these statements the police believed Defendant had been driving. While speaking with Defendant, police smelled the faint odor of alcohol on his breath. Dispatch informed police that Defendant had an ignition interlock requirement but did not observe and ignition interlock device in the vehicle. Defendant continued to provide inconsistent statements to police and told police, "The car overheated and I had to get off the highway." Police conducted field sobriety testing and Defendant stated that he had "indulged in marijuana a couple hours ago." Police did not observe significant clues to indicate driving while impaired but placed Defendant under arrest for the ignition interlock violation.
Police searched Defendant incident to arrest and located $3570.70 in Defendant's pocket. Defendant stated he did not have a bank account because he was moving to Egypt. Police then searched the vehicle and located Defendant's passport in the center console, a scale, large amount of sandwich bags, marijuana, and 2 large boxes of THC concentrate. Police located approximately 756 grams of marijuana. Police also located 200 counts of THC concentrate vape, each containing 2 grams of concentrate per the packaging, equaling approximately 400 grams of concentrate.
While police transported Defendant, he made several comments about returning to Egypt as he did not want to deal with the charges or probation. At present, Defendant is not in custody.
