Baquba, Detachments of the Antiquities and Heritage Protection Police Department in Diyala arrested a person on charges of digging an archaeological mound in search of antiquities. A security source told the correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that the accused was digging the archaeological Abbasid hills in Muhammad al-Sakran district, southwest of Baquba, which is considered one of the historical archaeological areas in the governorate, and that he had digging tools and a motorcycle in his possession. He added that legal measures were taken against him and he was handed over to the security authorities along with the seized tools. Source: National Iraqi News Agency
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