In the wake of an attempt to smuggle antiquities from Lebanon to an Arab country with a forged mayor document stating they are "non-antique", and without referring to concerned experts and seeking the authorization of the persons in charge of classifying their nature at the General Directorate of Antiquities, caretaker Minister of Culture, Abbas Mortada, referred on Tuesday the smuggled antiquities' dossier to the competent judicial authorities in a bid to expand the investigation and prosecute the perpetrators.
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