Police: Dagger was possibly Gadhafi’s

ISTANBUL — Turkish police on Monday caught a man trying to sell a jeweled dagger allegedly pillaged from the palace of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, according to the state-run news agency.

Police confiscated the ivory carved dagger, which was encrusted with rubies, sapphires, emeralds and diamonds, during a raid near Istanbul, the Anadolu Agency reported.

Alongside the dagger, police found a studded sheath and an ornate base decorated with lion figures.

A businessman, who allegedly bought the dagger for $4.6 million in Libya three months ago, and two suspected accomplices were detained.