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Türkiye seizes 2,000-year-old statue's head in smuggling crackdown raid

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STORY: Türkiye seizes 2,000-year-old statue's head in smuggling crackdown raid
DATELINE: June 18, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:37
LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

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1. footage of anti-smuggling police seizing the head of a 2,000-year-old Hellenistic statue hidden in a dishwasher during an operation against antiquities smugglers in Izmir, Türkiye
2. various of the statue

STORYLINE:

Turkish police seized the head of a 2,000-year-old statue in the western city of Izmir as part of a crackdown on a ring of historical artifact smugglers, the state-run Anadolu agency reported Saturday.

The police raided the house of a suspect believed to be involved in the smuggling of ancient treasures in the Karabaglar district of Izmir and found the head of the statue in a dishwasher.

The head is believed to be part of a marble statue depicting a goddess or a noble dating back to the Hellenistic period.

Legal procedures have been launched against the suspect who allegedly attempted to smuggle the artifact abroad.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Türkiye.
(XHTV)

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