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**NickFitz** · 27 April 2014, 21:26

But unfortunately for him, the Customs men had been tipped off

**NickFitz** · 27 April 2014, 21:28

Oulton Broad, that was where he'd picked up the contraband, brought in via Lowestoft.

**NickFitz** · 27 April 2014, 21:28

The Customs men pursued him up the Waveney.

**NickFitz** · 27 April 2014, 21:29

Now a Norfolk wherryman was a master of his vessel on those narrow inland waterways, so he gave them a good run for their money.

**NickFitz** · 27 April 2014, 21:31

But eventually the Customs men managed to catch up to him in their cutter, and he was forced to moor at a staithe.

**NickFitz** · 27 April 2014, 21:31

Might have been in Beccles; I can't remember now.

**NickFitz** · 27 April 2014, 21:32

Being caught smuggling was a very bad thing for a wherryman, for not only would he be sent to prison, but his wherry would be seized.

**NickFitz** · 27 April 2014, 21:33

So when he was released, his livelihood would be gone

**NickFitz** · 27 April 2014, 21:33

The Customs men seized him, and he was taken away by the Police and locked up.

**NickFitz** · 27 April 2014, 21:34

Then the Customs men, well pleased with a good day's work, resorted to the pub by the staithe where the arrest had taken place.

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