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Japanese held as smuggling China's fossils home
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-11-21 08:42
A Japanese man has been detained after trying to fly to Tokyo from Beijing
carrying dinosaur fossils designated as cultural assets by the Chinese
government, a Japanese Embassy official said Friday.
The unidentified man was apprehended at Beijing Capital International Airport
on Tuesday on charges of trying to smuggle cultural assets.
After customs officials found him carrying 217 fossil pieces, including the
skull of a small-sized bird dinosaur, the Beijing News reported
Thursday.
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