1.   Israel continued its retaliation on Saturday for the smuggling attempt by blowing up a Palestinian police base in the Gaza City harbor.

2.   Nayef said it was still not clear if the blast and the smuggling attempt were related.

3.   The United States on Friday expressed disapproval of the apparent smuggling attempt.

4.   Police said the driver, also slightly injured, has been detained for questioning following the smuggling attempt Monday night at the border town of Shataukok.

5.   A Customs spokesman attributed the smuggling attempt to the rising demand for frozen meat towards the Lunar New Year.

6.   A Chinese news agency report said the men were released because they admitted guilt and did not mastermind the suspected smuggling attempt, Hong Kong newspapers said.

7.   A spokesman for the British consulate confirmed that Fotheringham was in police custody in connection with the alleged abduction and smuggling attempt.

8.   A second man has also been arrested in New York in connection with the smuggling attempt, a source familiar with the investigation said Monday on condition of anonymity.

9.   All three defendants were on methadone maintenance programs for heroin addiction in Australia at the time of their smuggling attempt.

10.   But the Palestinian Authority denies it was behind the smuggling attempt.