 Tintin is informed by Thomson and Thompson of a case involving the ramblings of a drunken man , later killed , found with a scrap of paper from what appears to be a tin of crab meat with the word " Karaboudjan " scrawled on it . His subsequent investigation and the kidnapping of a Japanese man interested in giving him a letter leads Tintin to a ship called the Karaboudjan , where he is abducted by a syndicate of criminals who have hidden opium in the crab tins . Tintin escapes from his locked room after Snowy chews through his bonds and Tintin knocks out a man sent to bring him food , leaving the man bound and gagged in the room . Tintin encounters Captain Haddock , an alcoholic sea captain , who is manipulated by his first mate , Allan , and is unaware of his crew 's criminal activities . Tintin hides in the locker under the bed and defeats Jumbo , the sailor left in the cabin , while Allan thinks Tintin has climbed out of the porthole back into the storeroom . He blows open the storeroom door , then finding it empty goes back to the Captain 's room , where he finds Jumbo tied to a chair and gagged . Escaping the ship in a lifeboat after sending a radio message to the police about the cargo , a seaplane tries to attack them . Tintin and the Captain hijack the plane , tie up the pilots , and try to reach Spain . Haddock 's drunken behaviour in a storm causes them to crash @-@ land in the Sahara , where the crew escapes . 
 Tintin is informed by Thomson and Thompson of a case involving the ramblings of a drunken man , later killed , found with a scrap of paper from what <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>appears</mark></a> to be a tin of crab meat with the word " Karaboudjan " scrawled on it . His subsequent investigation and the kidnapping of a Japanese man interested in giving him a letter <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>leads</mark></a> Tintin to a ship called the Karaboudjan , where he is abducted by a syndicate of criminals <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>have</mark></a> hidden opium in the crab tins . Tintin escapes from his locked room after Snowy chews through his bonds and Tintin <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>knocks</mark></a> out a man sent to bring him food , leaving the man bound and gagged in the room . Tintin <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>encounters</mark></a> Captain Haddock , an alcoholic sea captain , <a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>who</mark></a>is manipulated by his first mate , Allan , and <a href='drop_aux' title='8'><mark>is</mark></a>unaware of his crew <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>criminal activities . Tintin hides in the locker under the bed and <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>defeats</mark></a> Jumbo , the sailor left in the cabin , while Allan <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>thinks</mark></a> Tintin <a href='been_done' title='12'><mark>has</mark></a> climbed out of the porthole back into the storeroom . He <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>blows</mark></a> open the storeroom door , then finding it empty <a href='uninflect' title='14'><mark>goes</mark></a> back to the Captain <a href='null_genetive' title='15'><mark>'s</mark></a>room , where he <a href='uninflect' title='16'><mark>finds</mark></a> Jumbo tied to a chair and gagged . Escaping the ship in a lifeboat after sending a radio message to the police about the cargo , a seaplane <a href='uninflect' title='17'><mark>tries</mark></a> to attack them . Tintin and the Captain hijack the plane , tie up the pilots , and try to reach Spain . Haddock <a href='null_genetive' title='18'><mark>'s</mark></a>drunken behaviour in a storm <a href='uninflect' title='19'><mark>causes</mark></a> them to crash @-@ land in the Sahara , where the crew escapes . 
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