On his subsequent visit to Beta Colony, in quick succession, he obtains a ship, a pilot, and a smuggling mission, running guns to a beleaguered government.

Charles Gutzlaff, a Prussian missionary, to interpret for their ship captains during coastal smuggling of opium, using the idea that the reverend would best gather more converts during these smuggling operations.

When Faria dies, Dantès uses his burial sack to stage an escape to a nearby island, and is rescued by a smuggling ship.

On June 10, 1768, customs officials seized the Liberty, a sloop owned by leading Boston merchant John Hancock, on allegations that the ship had been involved in smuggling.

He reveals himself as the Moto we are more familiar with about 10 minutes into the film when he boards a ship to Shanghai in order to investigate a smuggling ring.

On 8 October 1856, Qing officials boarded the Arrow, a Chinese-owned ship ( a lorcha ) that had been registered in Hong Kong and was suspected of piracy and smuggling.

Returning home from the West Indies in command of the brig Rebecca in April 1731, Jenkins ' ship was stopped and boarded by the Spanish guarda-costa La Isabela on suspicion of smuggling.

The town's history centres around fishing, ship building, and smuggling.

At the time he and his sailing ship have been smuggling supplies from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, France and even the port of New York Harbor to the Confederation.

During the Napoleonic Wars some of its inhabitants, in particular ship owners and businessmen, profited from smuggling British goods to the continent.

On June 10, 1768, customs officials seized the Liberty, a sloop owned by leading Boston merchant John Hancock, on allegations that the ship had been involved in smuggling.

An officer may board or enter any ship, aircraft, vehicle, house or place and take such steps as are reasonably necessary to stop or prevent the sending of a signal or message connected with smuggling.

After being captured by Jabba the Hutt and having to escape his ship, Katarn infiltrates a computer vault on Coruscant which reveals the location of the Ergo fuel station, the final stage in the smuggling route.

In 1856, Chinese soldiers boarded The Arrow, a Chinese-owned ship registered in Hong Kong flying the British flag and suspected of piracy, smuggling and of being engaged in the opium trade.

In the 1830s Gutzlaff was persuaded by William Jardine of Jardine, Matheson & Co. to interpret for their ship captains during coastal smuggling of opium, with the assurance that this would allow him to gather more converts.

They then pull the deranged golem Mr. Crane out of storage, and escape from Cheyne III on a smuggling ship piloted by Jarvellis.

* The Lyric-A smuggling ship that transports Arian Pelter and his crew to the planets Huma and Viridian.

In his smuggling days, he was said to handle a ship at night better than anyone.

On October 31, 1873 a Spanish warship, the Toronado, ran down and captured the Virginius, a U. S. merchant ship, that was smuggling in weapons and soldiers to aid Cuba's revolt from the mother country Spain.

The Hardy Boys discover that the Phantom Freighter is really a smuggling ship used to smuggle counterfeit documents, illegal drugs, cow hides, and electric motors.

The boys tell Captain Gramwell about the smuggling ring and phantom ship.

The ship was flying the flag of Tuvalu at the time, known as flying a flag of convenience The boarding of the freighter was carried out by members of both TAGs and the Incident Response Regiment whilst the ship was underway in rough seas The reason for apprehending the ship was that it was suspected of being involved in smuggling almost 125 kg ( 300 pounds ) of heroin into Australia.

Limburger built a disguise for his airplane, so it would appear to be Mathra, having used the legend of Mathra to provide a cover of his smuggling of animal hides for his fur company.

However, a distinctive row of Coast Guard Cottages is to be found in Barton Lane, Barton on Sea ; these were built at the end of the nineteenth century by the Government of the day to house armed guards to try to stop the smuggling that was rife at the time.

Beith has a historical connection to smuggling and built a reputation during the 18th century as being a town which harboured those whose intentions were not always lawful.

Palestinians, in cooperation with some Egyptians, have built smuggling tunnels under the Philadelphi Route to move these into the Gaza Strip.

It was probably built as a fortified warehouse to repel pirates and raiders, but it would appear to have had a measure of success in keeping the customs men at bay as well ; smuggling was widespread at the time and the abbey was known to have been involved.

An extremely wealthy man, Gulliver was also able to build many grand houses, among them ' Howe Lodge ', in Kinson, Bournemouth, a purpose built smuggling stronghold.

Having sold Cigarette for the last time ( after having sold it and purchasing it back in the late 1970s ), he formed USA Racing Team and built the Blue Thunders, 39-foot catamarans used by the United States Customs Service to patrol U. S. waters and run down illegal offshore activities, especially drug smuggling.

The Cuban packages scandal revealed arms smuggling from the Communist Cuba to Chile ; Allende – surrounded by KGB advisors – had turned Chile into a center for Soviet operations in Latin America.

In September 1979, the civilian government of Hilla Limann inherited declining per capita income ; stagnant industrial and agricultural production due to inadequate imported supplies ; shortages of imported and locally produced goods ; a sizable budget deficit ( almost 40 % of expenditures in 1979 ); high inflation, " moderating " to 54 % in 1979 ; an increasingly overvalued cedi ; flourishing smuggling and other black-market activities ; unemployment and underemployment, particularly among urban youth ; deterioration in the transport network ; and continued foreign exchange constraints.

Apart from the racing market, most buyers of these boats purchase them for the mystique ; the combination of the racing and smuggling connections, plus the immense power, high top speeds, and sleek shape make these boats popular.

The same year, both men attracted the attention of Saudi intelligence, who believed they were involved in arms smuggling, and the following year they were eyed as possible collaborators in the 1998 United States embassy bombings in East Africa after it emerged that Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali had given the FBI the phone number of Mihdhar's father-in-law ; 967-1-200578, which turned out to be a key communications hub for al-Qaeda militants, and eventually tipped off the Americans about the upcoming Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit.

LTTE's people smuggling ships included MV Ocean Lady, which appeared in October 2009 off Canada's British Columbia coast with 76 Tamil asylum seekers ; MV Sun Sea, arrived in August 2010 off British Columbia, with 492 asylum seekers and MV Alicia, carrying 80 illegal immigrants, but was intercepted by Indonesian authorities in July 2011, allegedly heading towards Canada or New Zealand.

Masurians showed considerable support for the Polish uprising in 1831, and maintained many contacts with Russian-held areas of Poland beyond the border of Prussia, the areas being connected by common culture and language ; before the uprising people visited each other's country fairs and much trade took placw, with smuggling also widespread Some early writers about Masurians-like Max Toeppen-postulated them as mediators between German and Slav cultures.

" I do not find they have any foreign commerce, except it be what we call smuggling and roguing ; which I may say, is the reigning commerce of all this part of the English coast, from the mouth of the Thames to the Land's End in Cornwall.

The inquiries extended to Turkey, an important stopover on the route of morphine base ; to Switzerland, where bank secrecy laws facilitated money laundering ; and to Naples where cigarette smuggling rings were being reconfigured as heroin operations.

Due to the economic blockade enforced by Napoleon, the economy of the Kingdom of Holland was further ruined ; the smuggling of British goods increased.

By 1810, their new port was very successful ; the Lafittes pursued a successful smuggling operation and also started to engage in piracy.

The embargo was a financial disaster for the Americans because the British were still able to export goods to America: initial loopholes overlooked smuggling by coastal vessels from Canada, whaling ships and privateers from overseas ; and widespread disregard of the law meant enforcement was difficult.

Over the years, smuggling has evolved into a sophisticated service industry, with certain routes and enclaves used by smugglers becoming practically institutionalized ; for example: from Mexico and Central America to the United States, from West Asia through Greece and Turkey to Western Europe, and within East and Southeast Asia.

In the business of people smuggling, there is no single " godfather " figure who commands the activities of subordinates ; rather, individuals conduct business on equal grounds and tend to consider themselves free agents.

Robin Hood and his band actually start hunting their own food in the Island's heritage parks and old-English farmyards ; the smugglers really start smuggling ( cf.

Another notable example is the 1932 film Scarface which was remade in 1983 starring Al Pacino ; whereas the setting of 1932 version is the illegal alcohol trade, the characters in the 1983 version are involved in cocaine smuggling.

An unintended result of Louis ' policy was the development of a profitable smuggling industry that in turn discouraged legal trade with the French crown along the border region ; Louis was also forced to directly requisition food for his forces, resulting in a string of complaints from local lords and the Church.

Louis X had prohibited exports of grain and other material to Flanders in 1315, resulting in a profitable smuggling industry that in turn discouraged legal trade with the French crown along the border region ; Louis was forced to directly requisition food for his forces, resulting in a string of complaints from local lords and the Church.