Nine held over tomb robbery in Xi'an
By Ma Lie | China Daily | Updated: 2010-11-27 07:52
Raiders carve a 30-meter tunnel to mausoleum of emperor's family
XI'AN - Police have detained nine people who allegedly plundered a mausoleum where the ancestors of Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206 BC) were buried in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, local authorities said on Thursday.
The police did not reveal the names of those detained and said that further investigations were under way.
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