Point is, we don't break the seal and open them up unless we suspect something illegal, drugs, undeclared cargo, Shaw continued.Every now and then we preselect a ship for a full shakedown search to keep people honest. If it were me and I was trying to jump ship or was an illegal alien, I think I'd want to end up in some really big port like Miami or L.A. Marino has been a detective as long as I've known him. I couldn't remember the last time I'd invited him to drop by my office for coffee or to come to my house for-dinner. It had been weeks, maybe a month, since I had called just to check on him. I was hurt Marino hadn't let me know, and I was ashamed I hadn't found out anyway. I wondered how long ago this had happened. I couldn't imagine why anyone would throw someone so valuable back into uniform. ![]() Shaw, what was being shipped inside the container? I asked him. The smell of creosote was strong but could not mask the stench of rotting human flesh that drifted like smoke on the air. Heat rose from oilstained asphalt scattered with wooden frames, spacers and skids, and a CSX train clanked and scraped through a crossing beyond the warehouses. Some looked on from the bows of their ships and through the windows of deckhouses. Then we got a whiff and no way that container was going anywhere. Was five days ago, Shaw told me.Which is why it was loaded straight on a chassis. ![]() In fact, this cargo's already been released by Customs. The number matches the one on the entry filed by the Customs broker, nothing the least out of the ordinary. Meaning the body, alive or dead, most likely was inside the container before it was sealed' I said. I thought it strange he was dressed in long sleeves and long pants, as warm as it was. A man on the Euroclip was standing by the starboard side, looking back at us with binoculars.
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