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Bags are searched with contraband, even including skin-bleaching creams, widely used elsewhere in Sudan, are confiscated.

"Among other things, all confiscated paintings will be examined in detail by experts and appraisers in the coming weeks," police said.

The government shut down the church, confiscating its property.

International law stipulates that sovereign assets cannot be confiscated outright.

It follows officers confiscating his passport over the weekend after he attempted to attend the funeral of Kenyan politician Raila Odinga in the neighbouring country.