1.   A Royal Marine endangered a Hong Kong undercover mission against car smugglers by shooting at a rat, prosecutors at a court martial said Tuesday.

2.   Krisan said the intruders were most likely Croatian car smugglers.

3.   One Cambodian man was killed and several others were thought to have been injured in a clash between Thai border police and car smugglers, police said Tuesday.

4.   Police hunting a gang of international car smugglers have arrested German midfield star Maurizio Gaudino.

5.   Police have cracked a network of car smugglers who stole luxury models after roping in their western owners as accomplices, a senior officer said Sunday.