proposed перевод

Ответ от Sagitta[гуру]
Your Luggage, Please (p. 2)
A Customs officer meets (the) passengers who haVE arrived by the Kabul flight. Because of my not having been let into the finer points of customs clearing, it seems to me that he is not careful (attentive)enough.
But suddenly I hear different notes in his voice: "Open your suitcase, please!"
The Customs officer whispers in my ear: "I`m sure he brings contraband/is smuggling smth in/is a smuggler". Then he proposes that the passenger (should) go/step (in)to the next/adjoining room.
I am invited there in a minute. From under the ripped lining of his jacket, gold coins with the image of King George the Fifth spill on the table, ringing melodiously
"I was... asked... to give/hand them over to a man/someone," the smuggler mutterS.
I ask the inspector why he haS paid attention to that very character/person although there were/are hundreds of people there.
"It`s a matter of experience and developed intuition," the Customs officer says.
Пусть это будет настоящее время. Если надо в прошедшем, тогда вставляйте Past Indefinite.