1.   The three men convicted Thursday of attempted smuggling charges were part of a New York-based ring whose leaders have previously pleaded guilty to the same charges.

2.   And Boucher said Arafat also had failed to provide an accounting of the attempted smuggling of rockets, mortar, explosives and other weapons to Palestinian-held territories.

3.   Baumgarten was charged with attempted smuggling of Brazilian wildlife, punishable by up to three years in prison and for which no bail is allowed.

4.   He was expected to be charged with attempted smuggling.

5.   He will be charged with possession of a dangerous drug and attempted smuggling, they added.

6.   In addition to theft, Yakubovsky is also charged with attempted smuggling and a violation of currency regulations.

7.   Nasrallah, on Friday, did not specifically say Hezbollah was behind the attempted smuggling, nor identify those who he said were in Jordanian detention.

8.   Nik Ismail said all three did not have any previous criminal records, and police were checking on the motive behind their attempted smuggling of firearms.

9.   Officials have suspects in the attempted smuggling but do not want to release names while the case is being investigated.

10.   Some have already been charged with attempted human smuggling, Simon said, but others were still being questioned.