SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Six people have been arrested in connection with illegal drilling at a historic site in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday.
Information and Cultural Affairs Director Mawlavi Saifuddin Motasim said the arrest was made on Sunday in the Bala Mardyan village of Faizabad district.
“These six people are arrested in connection with illegal and unauthorized digging in one of the historic site, they confessed recovering some silver coins during drilling at the site,” he said.
According to Mawlavi Motasim the area where drilling was taken place had been earlier registered in the Information and Cultural Affairs . . .
