The man who specializes in the job says he's rarely seen such diverse ways to hide contraband.

Each cell is just over 60 square feet and is constructed of cast concrete that prevents seams in construction in which to hide contraband.

Many of the apartments are furnished with nothing more than a desk or two, scales for weighing drugs and nearly invisible custom-made compartments for hiding contraband.

Examples in smuggling include suitcases with false bottoms for hiding contraband.

But it can also be used to hide contraband, such as illegal drugs, from searches by authorities.

The former Forge Hammer Inn adjacent to the house and ironworks was used by smugglers in the eighteenth century to hide contraband.

He was quite direct: "These down parkas are often used to hide contraband.

Cars have been retrofitted with secret compartments to hide contraband - hundreds of bottles or packs in side panels, in fenders, in gas tanks.

After all, hiding contraband would be a primary goal of any such establishment.

Liberals argue by creating semantic bedlam: They conceal conservative arguments like furtive children hiding contraband from Mother under the bed.