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Attempt to smuggle archeological pieces to Lebanon foiled

TARTOUS– Customs Secretariat of al-Ariydeh in Tartous, on the Syrian-Lebanese border, foiled an attempt to smuggle stolen archeological pieces to Lebanon.
Secretary of al-Ariydeh Customs , Diyab Shadood, said Wednesday that the customs members found 52 archeological pieces which have been stolen from a museum while searching a car coming from Raqqa province.
The car and the driver were seized.
Thursday 24-05-2012



