Seizure of antiques

In a major breakthrough, customs officials in Kolkata made the biggest seizure of antiques in recent times. The agency seized as many as 25 antique idols valued at £3.53 million. On August 23 night, customs officials intercepted a truck at South Dinajpur district en route to Bangladesh through Kaliyaganj border. Officials found antique idols carefully concealed in paddy and hidden inside the truck. Of the total 25 seized antique idols, there were seven stone idols of Goddess Parvati, Manasha Devi, Lord Vishnu and Lord Surya, seven metallic artefacts made of bronze and octo alloy besides other 11 terracotta idols. All the seized antiques range from 9th century to 16th century AD.