Click above to see a gallery of the seized items Officials from the Home Office have said more items were confiscated in the year up to April 2013 than in any other year.
A leading democracy advocate who recently helped set up a human rights monitoring group said today that he was detained for 24 hours and that his fax machine, papers and letters and other items were confiscated by the police.
A fake beard, among other items, was confiscated.Usually at APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation) summits it is the assembled presidents and prime ministers who provide a moment of light relief, by dressing up in the host country's national costume.
More of these items were confiscated in the year up to April 2013 than in any other year, the Home Office has said.
Those are confiscated and destroyed.
In Westchester more than 300 items have been confiscated by security, including box cutters, knives and a large novelty metal shoehorn (a potential bludgeoning weapon).
The Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance, said the raids ensured that items could be confiscated and that alerting dealers beforehand might send the objects underground.
However, if the pope wants to add real credence to it, then the Vatican should seriously address the issue of returning the numerous items that were confiscated from the multitude of Jewish communities throughout Europe over the last 2,000 years.
