Peshawar police foils bid to smuggle antiquities worth million

PESHAWAR: Capital City Police on Friday claimed to have foiled an attempt to smuggle antiquities from Peshawar to abroad. SSP Operations Kashif Zulfiqar and Director Archeology Abdul Samad in joint press conference confirmed that the Police Station Baharipura has taken an important action by failing the attempt of smuggling antiquities abroad. They said that on receiving secret information, the attempt to smuggle antiquities abroad has been foiled, says SSP Operation Kashif Zulfiqar. During the operation, the leader of the international smuggler network was also arrested, Kashif Zulfiqar said. He said that antiquities were recovered from a car near Haji Camp Bus Station, adding that the arrested person has been identified as Sher Wali, resident of district Chitral. During the initial investigation, the arrested suspect has also identified other suspects involved in the smuggling, he claimed. Abdul Samad claimed that police a peaceful environment to foreign tourists, adding that seized goods are not original, but still worth millions of rupees. He furthered there is a high demand for this type of antiquities in foreign countries. These antiquities were being smuggled to China from Peshawar, Abdul Samad said. Haqnawaz Shinwari