1.   Authorities said the men anchored at a disused dock, an action recently outlawed in an attempt to stop smuggling.

2.   But a new law aimed at halting smuggling forbids mooring at disused docks.

3.   But a new law aimed at halting smuggling, endemic in the area, forbids mooring at disused docks.

4.   The arrested men had broken the law by anchoring at a disused dock, an action recently outlawed in an attempt to stop smuggling.