Not guilty

Comprehension and Precis

As the writer didn't have anything to declare, the Customs Officer made him open his suitcase for searching. The Customs Officer went through the case very carefully, and he finally found a small bottle, which he believed was a perfume bottle. The writer told him it was just a hair-oil mixture that he had made it himself. The Customs Officer did not believe him, so he encouraged the Customs Officer to try it himself. The unpleasant smell of the bottle finally convinced the officer that the writer was telling the truth, so he let the writer pass through the Customs.

Vocabulary:
troubled: worried
clearly: apparently, officially
packed: to arrange thing orderly in a suitcase or a bag.
dreadful: in such a mess (very bad, very low quality, or shocking and very sad)
cap: the cover of a bottle
nostrils: the two small holes of the nose
convinced: to persuade someone to believe that something is true

Composition:
When the Customs Officer asked the man to declare his valuable goods, the man said he had nothing to declare. The Officer asked the man to open his suitcase for him to examine. Although the case contained only clothes and towels, it was very heavy. This made the Officer suspicious, so he went through the suitcase carefully. The suitcase was soon emptied and when the officer was fumbling the suitcase, he found that there was something hard lying under the suitcase. The Officer examined the case with great care, and he saw a small separate compartment adjoining to the suitcase. As there was no way he could reach that compartment, he used scissors to cut the upper part and removed the bottom part of the case which contained a small package of diamonds . While the officer was looking at the diamonds, the man tried to pass the Customs. For a moment, he disappeared among the crowd at the airport, but he was soon catched up and placed under arrest.

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