Ghaligay Police SHO Roshan Ali, addressing a press conference along with Landakay Checkpost In-Charge Taj Muhammad Khan and Deputy Director of Archaeology Department, Malakand Division, Faizur Rehman, said that they were doing routine checking at Landakay Checkpost when a car was stopped and after searching, hundreds of valuable antiques were recovered from the secret compartments of the vehicle.
He claimed that after being brought to Swat, there was an attempt to sneak the antiques to China via Gilgit-Balistan; however, the authorities stopped the smuggling operation.
He stated, “These antiques include tools, coins, and decorative items, including consumables.”
He claimed that because Ghulam Jilani, a Quetta resident, failed to produce the ownership documentation, the police had arrested him and filed a complaint against him under the Antiquities Act 2106.