Cape Town port with cocoa on board.

The case was not in the Cape Town port, but in Odessa in 2012. And the ship was not Jeannette, but the Star of the East yacht with the port of Beirut.
After rushing out on the outer railway all Sunday, waiting for the gentlemen customs officers to leave for work, on Monday, the yacht was stationed near the Odessa shore.
Somewhere for lunch on the snow-white deck of the yacht, two customs officers (naturally in shoes with a black-black rubber pad) appeared.
And they immediately stated that if the captain wants to get out without problems, it will cost $500.
The captain replied that all the documents on the ship and the crew are in order, he is not lucky and will not pay $ 500.
“Oh yes,” said the Odessa customs officers, “well then be prepared to pay more. This is what you have? The GPS? Is there a declaration? No, they are smuggled!
This is part of the yacht.
Nippet, mwa ha ha. Confiscated and tortured in court to prove. Will you pay – or how?
Or how. Let you know that a ship under the flag of a country is the territory of that country. As a captain, I am also a judge. And according to the Lebanese laws, I am awarding you a penalty of fifty thumbs each for extortion. Fix them guys.

They evacuated customs officers, drove them out to the shore, raised sails – and headed to Constantinople.