Egypt
Latin American Herald Tribune
- Authorities Arrest Police Officer For Possessing Artifacts
Al Masry Al Youm A police officer and two others with three statues in their possession have been arrested. A security source said they were apprehended on Wahat Road, in 6th of October City in Giza, when a police ambush stopped their car for inspection....
- Military Arrests 6 Men For Illegally Excavating Artifacts
Al Masry Al Youm Armed Forces personnel arrested two students and four workers on Sunday for excavating artifacts west of Cairo in 6th of October City, according to security sources. Preliminary investigations showed the suspects formed a group for excavating...
- Alleged Artifact Thieves Referred For Military Trial
Al Masry Al Youm The Tourism and Antiquities Police referred two suspects accused of stealing artifacts from the Egyptian Museum for military trial, according to an Interior Ministry statement released Monday. The statement said the antiquities police,...
- Egyptian Policeman Arrested
http://tinyurl.com/236ekr (news.monstersandcritics.com) "Antiquities police arrested a police guard in the Egyptian governorate of Qena who attempted to sell four pharaonic statues to a rich Arab for 4 million US dollars, a police source said Friday....
- Mummy For Sale For $10m
http://tinyurl.com/duxox (News24.com) "Egyptian authorities arrested the owner of a souvenir shop near the pyramids plateau after receiving a tip that he had tried to sell a mummy for $10m, said a source from the Tourism and Antiquities police on Tuesday....
Egypt
Mexicans Arrested for Stealing Egyptian Antiquities in Chile
Latin American Herald Tribune
Two Mexicans were arrested when they were caught trying to steal priceless Egyptian antiquities from an exhibition in Chile’s capital, police said Sunday.
Jose Garcia Nielsen, 24, and Alberto Tinajo Cazares, 22, were caught attempting to steal the antiquities late Saturday at the Parque Arauco shopping center in Santiago’s Las Condes district, where the Archaeological Treasures of Egypt exhibition is being staged.
Security guards caught the two Mexicans, who will appear before a judge on Sunday, in the act of stealing the artifacts, police said.
The security guards called the Carabineros militarized police force, which arrested the two suspects and recovered the antiquities.
- Authorities Arrest Police Officer For Possessing Artifacts
Al Masry Al Youm A police officer and two others with three statues in their possession have been arrested. A security source said they were apprehended on Wahat Road, in 6th of October City in Giza, when a police ambush stopped their car for inspection....
- Military Arrests 6 Men For Illegally Excavating Artifacts
Al Masry Al Youm Armed Forces personnel arrested two students and four workers on Sunday for excavating artifacts west of Cairo in 6th of October City, according to security sources. Preliminary investigations showed the suspects formed a group for excavating...
- Alleged Artifact Thieves Referred For Military Trial
Al Masry Al Youm The Tourism and Antiquities Police referred two suspects accused of stealing artifacts from the Egyptian Museum for military trial, according to an Interior Ministry statement released Monday. The statement said the antiquities police,...
- Egyptian Policeman Arrested
http://tinyurl.com/236ekr (news.monstersandcritics.com) "Antiquities police arrested a police guard in the Egyptian governorate of Qena who attempted to sell four pharaonic statues to a rich Arab for 4 million US dollars, a police source said Friday....
- Mummy For Sale For $10m
http://tinyurl.com/duxox (News24.com) "Egyptian authorities arrested the owner of a souvenir shop near the pyramids plateau after receiving a tip that he had tried to sell a mummy for $10m, said a source from the Tourism and Antiquities police on Tuesday....