Opened and resealed

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1. All packages were received in an opened and resealed state. The truck driver said that the border customs had opened all the boxes for inspection.
2. All the boxes were opened and resealed by the border customs when they inspected them, according to the truck driver.

Would please tell me which one is grammatically correct and appropriate?
 

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Appropriate for what?

What's the context?
When we received the shipment, we noticed that they had been opened and resealed. The truck driver is saying that the border customs had opened all the boxes for inspection. We need to notify the clearance broker about this.
Please advise which one should I use? 1 or 2?
 

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I would write "opened-and-sealed state" since it is a compound adjective.
#2 is simpler.
 

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They're both OK.

The customs officer should have put an official sticker on the boxes confirming that this had been done.
 
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