{Tanzanian police have detained a 49-year-old Belgian woman after airport authorities found a human skull in her possession.
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According to Tanzania Airport Police Commander Hamisi Suleiman, Christine Weejktgns, who claimed to be a researcher, was departing the country through Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport when she was arrested.<\/p>\n
“After she passed through the airport security scanner, police and security officers became suspicious over what they saw in her bag,” Suleiman told the Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n
“They did a thorough check of the suspected luggage to find a human skull in a plastic wrapping,” he said.<\/p>\n
During initial questioning, Weejktgns claimed that the skull was her property.<\/p>\n
“The suspect said that she came with the skull from her home country without clarifying how and where she got it,” Suleiman said.<\/p>\n
Apart from knowing how, where and when Weejktgns obtained the skull, police are also questioning the Belgian woman to determine whose skull it is.<\/p>\n
“We [the police] are investigating to find out why the suspect decided to carry a human skull all the way from Belgium to Tanzania as she claims, and why she is taking it back again,” the police official said.<\/p>\n
In Tanzania, it’s illegal for anyone to possess or own any part of a human body. Violators face fines, imprisonment or both.<\/p>\n
“Police cannot just sit down letting anyone, even if they are not Tanzanian citizens, breach the law and go free. We are investigating before taking the necessary steps,” Suleiman said.<\/p>\n
In August of last year, security officers at the same airport nabbed a Vietnamese national who had tried to leave the country with hundreds of lion teeth and claws said to be worth more than $150,000.<\/p>\n
And in January, police at the same airport found someone in possession of almost 150 live lizards.<\/p>\n
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