Despite tightened security in the resort in the wake of the disaster which claimed 224 lives, CNN witnessed security guards at hotels and shopping centers using "bomb detectors" of a similar design to those banned for export by the British government.
Asked about images of the devices in use in the Red Sea resort where Flight 9268 began, a spokesman for the British Foreign Office said it had raised the issue with Egyptian authorities.
"We will continue to raise our concerns over the use of the devices in question," said the spokesman.
`Magic wand` detectors
The detectors -- consisting of a plastic case with a protruding antenna -- closely resemble the infamous ADE 651, a fake bomb detector sold throughout the Middle East and other hotspots by a British con man.
James McCormick was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud by a London court in 2013 over the scam, which netted him tens of millions of dollars in sales around the world and funded a luxurious lifestyle.
The device, which contained no working electronic components, was really a novelty golf ball finder with the label removed, British police said.
"These devices contain absolutely nothing inside. There`s no laws of science or physics that could make them work," Detective Inspector Edward Heath told CNN in 2013.
Were fake bomb detectors used by hotel security in Sharm el-Sheikh?
11 November 2015
Read: 1021
As authorities investigate whether a bomb could have been smuggled aboardMetrojet Flight 9268, CNN has seen private security personnel in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, using handheld bomb detectors that British officials and security experts say just don`t work.
