Najaf Police confiscates 35 artifacts hidden inside vehicle
Iraqi artifacts. File photo.
Najaf (IraqiNews.com) Najaf Police Directorate announced on Sunday confiscating 35 artifacts, belong to different eras, hidden inside a vehicle.
The directorate said in a press statement, “The province’s police confiscated 35 different artifacts hidden inside a vehicle coming from al-Muthanna Province,” adding that, “These artifacts belong to various historic eras.”
“The artifacts will be sent to the Inspectorate of Antiquities and Heritage to check whether it is original or faux,” the statement explained. “Also, the vehicle’s owner will be interrogated by the concerned authorities,” the statement added.
Noteworthy, police forces are occasionally seizing different-size artifacts in the southern provinces of the country.