Smuggler

A smuggler is one who engages in the illegal transportation of goods, usually contraband to different ports of call. Smugglers are generally hired by underworld figures such as crime bosses and is considered to be an extremely dangerous profession.

In the 1962 British horror film Night Creatures by Hammer Film Productions, the plot revolved around a group of former pirates who were smuggling illegal liquor across high tariff regions of Dymchurch and the Romney Marsh in Kent, England. The main center for their operations was at a coffin maker's shop, which was adjacent to the village inn. A secret tunnel that ran from the cellar of the inn to the coffin shop allowed the smugglers easy access without alerting authorities. The British crown sent Captain Collier and members of the Royal Navy to Dymchurch to investigate and shut down the smuggling operation.