16 tomb robbers held in Tibet

Police in Tibet had arrested 16 people, alleged to be the members of a gang of tomb-raiders, and recovered 53 cultural relics, including Buddha statue stolen by them from the ruins of a temple in Lhasa, according to a media report today.

The gang had raided the ruins of a temple in Paggarxoi Village of Dagze District, the regional capital Lhasa, between June and July this year, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Some of the accused were arrested from the site while others were apprehended later, it said, adding that the police recovered 53 relics, including Buddha statues and bronzeware.

Local police are searching for other accused, and efforts are on to retrieve cultural relics that have been sold, the report said.

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