More than a million dollars and gold bars were found in the rubble of the ancient region of Nineveh
The information / Baghdad .. On Friday, the Nineveh Investigation Court announced that it had seized large sums of money and valuable assets that were seized under the rubble of a house in Al-Shahwani area in Mosul for the purpose of handing them over to the Central Bank.
The Media Center of the Supreme Judicial Council stated in a statement received by the information, that “the court announced that an amount of one million six hundred thousand US dollars, gold and silver coins, bullion, and gold collectibles were found in the old“ Al-Shahwani ”area, while one of the excavators was removing the ruins of the old area’s role.
The statement added that “the aforementioned funds and materials were hidden in plastic barrels and nylon bags and were buried three meters deep under the ground.” It is likely that “these funds were used by ISIS gangs to finance their terrorist operations during their retreat to the right side of the Old City.”
He confirmed that “the judge of the Nineveh Investigation Court decided to withhold the seizures in preparation for handing them over to the Central Bank.” Ended 25