Heroin and antic swords

[Jens Nordlunde]

The Police in Copenhagen found 800 grams of very strong heroin hidden in the blades of 25 antic swords. The swords origin from Pakistan, and the police believe there are more swords hidden.

The text above is from a Danish newspaper on the net. After this it will no doubt be more difficult to send swords to other countries.

What makes me wonder is, if these swords were antic, or only made to look like, and why the heroin was hidden in the blades and not in the hilts?

Anyway what do we collectors do when the police/custom takes a greater and greater interest in the collectibles when they cross a border – maybe even take a sword or a dagger apart to have a look?

The latest is, that the different newspapers show different European middel age swords. If the pictures show the type of swords, and the come from Pakistan - they are copies, not antic, but lets see what follows.