Arrest of 6 illegal diggers in Qazvin province

According to the Aria Heritage Report, citing the public relations of the Cultural Heritage Preservation Unit, Col. Siavash Nosrati, Commander of the Qazvin Protection Unit, announced this news today, Wednesday, December 31, 2009: “The issue was put on the agenda of the province’s cultural heritage protection unit, and a special team was formed to investigate.”

“As soon as the news was confirmed, with the coordination of the judicial authority, an experienced group of forces from the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit was sent to the site along with law enforcement agents, but the excavation operation failed with the presence of the protection unit,” he added.

“During the operation, the diggers clashed with the officers and tried to disarm the soldiers, who were sent to the scene, but with the resistance of the officers, all the gang members were arrested,” said Colonel Nosrati.

“The accused were introduced to the provincial judiciary along with the case file for legal proceedings, and a number of drilling tools and equipment were seized from them,” he recalled.