 After trekking across the desert and nearly dying of dehydration , Tintin and Haddock are rescued and taken to a French outpost , where they hear on the radio the storm sunk the Karaboudjan . They travel to a Moroccan port , and along the way are attacked by Tuareg tribesmen , defending themselves with French MAS @-@ 36 rifles . At the port , members of his old crew kidnap the Captain after he recognises their disguised Karaboudjan . Tintin meets Thomson and Thompson who got his message , and they learn that the wealthy merchant Omar ben Salaad sold the crab tins ; Tintin tells Thomson and Thompson to discreetly investigate . Tintin tracks down the gang and saves the Captain , but they both become intoxicated by the fumes from wine barrels breached in a shootout with the villains . Haddock chases a gang @-@ member from the cellar to an entrance behind a bookcase in Salaad 's house . Upon sobering up , Tintin discovers a necklace of a crab with golden claws on the now @-@ subdued owner of the wine cellar , Omar ben Salaad , and realizes that he is the leader of the drug cartel . Allan steals a boat and tries escaping , but Tintin captures him . The police arrest the gang and free the Japanese man , who introduces himself as Bunji Kuraki , a police detective who was trying to warn Tintin of the group he was up against . He had been investigating the sailor on Haddock 's crew who drowned ; the sailor was on the verge of bringing him opium before he was eliminated . Turning on the radio , Tintin learns that , thanks to him , the entire organisation of the Crab with the Golden Claws is behind bars . 
 After trekking across the desert and nearly dying of dehydration , Tintin and Haddock are rescued and taken to a French outpost , where they hear on the radio the storm <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>sunk</mark></a> the Karaboudjan . They travel to a Moroccan port , and along the way are attacked by Tuareg tribesmen , defending themselves with French MAS @-@ 36 rifles . At the port , members of his old crew kidnap the Captain after he <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>recognises</mark></a> their disguised Karaboudjan . Tintin <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>meets</mark></a> Thomson and Thompson <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>who</mark></a>got his message , and they learn that the wealthy merchant Omar ben Salaad sold the crab tins ; Tintin <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>tells</mark></a> Thomson and Thompson to discreetly investigate . Tintin tracks down the gang and <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>saves</mark></a> the Captain , but they both become intoxicated by the fumes from wine barrels breached in a shootout with the villains . Haddock <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>chases</mark></a> a gang @-@ member from the cellar to an entrance behind a bookcase in Salaad <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>house . Upon sobering up , Tintin <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>discovers</mark></a> a necklace of a crab with golden claws on the now @-@ subdued owner of the wine cellar , Omar ben Salaad , and <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>realizes</mark></a> that he is the leader of the drug cartel . Allan <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>steals</mark></a> a boat and <a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>tries</mark></a> escaping , but Tintin <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>captures</mark></a> him . The police arrest the gang and free the Japanese man , <a href='null_relcl' title='14'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='15'><mark>introduces</mark></a> himself as Bunji Kuraki , a police detective <a href='null_relcl' title='16'><mark>who</mark></a>was trying to warn Tintin of the group he was up against . He had been investigating the sailor on Haddock <a href='null_genetive' title='17'><mark>'s</mark></a>crew <a href='null_relcl' title='18'><mark>who</mark></a>drowned ; the sailor was on the verge of bringing him opium before he was eliminated . Turning on the radio , Tintin <a href='uninflect' title='19'><mark>learns</mark></a> that , thanks to him , the entire organisation of the Crab with the Golden Claws is behind bars . 
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