1.   But a custom official has far more to gain.

2.   Canada and Singapore have signed onto the system, with teams of United States custom officials already operating in the Canadian ports of Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver.

3.   Custom officials arrested and charged two Lithuanians after a two-year operation during which the agents told the suspects they were arms brokers for a Colombian drug ring.

4.   U.S. custom officials initially identified the bag, which was recovered last week, as belonging to Philadelphia guard Jerry Stackhouse.

5.   Pakistani custom officials sheltered the group for two days during a sandstorm, but were unable to teach the Britons the intricacies of a local card game.

6.   Custom officials became suspicious seeing that the man was extremely nervous.

7.   He also denied telling custom officials that a Venezuelan woman had given him the suitcase.

8.   Trotman also denied he was briefcase owner, testifying in court that he told custom officials that had carried one piece of luggage to Antigua.