Captured Smuggled Relics on Show in Xiamen

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 ◆ Captured Smuggled Relics on Show in Xiamen

Xiamen Customs Office has handed over 28 confiscated cultural relics and five animal samples to a local museum in a brief ceremony.

The customs office is checking, or preparing to hand over to the museum, 3,000 more ancient relics that were seized by customs officers while combating smugglers over recent years, according to Jin Mingfeng, deputy director of the customs office.

Since 1990, the customs office has handed over more than 1,000 ancient relics to the museum, making one tenth of its exhibits.

The museum is located in Gulangyu Isle, one of the city's most popular attractions.