Antique Smuggling

Officials at Sues sea port foiled an attempt by two Egyptians to smuggle a pharoanic statue worth LE 1 million out of the country, a police source said.

He said that customs officials suspected two travelers on board a foreign ship and when they searched one of their suitcases they found the statue, which they claimed to have bought from a trader in Sinai.

Police arrested the two men and referred them the prosecution for further interrogation said the source.