This time they were hauling fish on board and Erik was actually picking up fish scraps.
These fishing gaffs have been used for many centuries in the municipality to haul large fish into the boat.
After piling papers into bins and straw baskets normally used to haul fish, Federal and local investigators gathered more than 20 containers of records by midafternoon.
Last year, Nigerian police stumbled upon 64 girls aged 14 and younger, packed inside a refrigerated truck built to haul frozen fish.
So Mr. Alin and his brothers spent their days combing the city's bullet-scarred streets for odd jobs, like pushing a wheelbarrow or hauling fish.
Most of the crabs are kept in two former refrigerator trailers that used to haul fish.
It's a much-traveled 1927 Fiat 509 that once hauled fish to market.
The police let them retrieve the wooden handcarts that are used to haul fish from the stalls to the buyers' vans and trucks.
Specialized types of stock cars have been built to haul live fish and shellfish and circus animals such as camels and elephants.
I asked Alphonso how long had I been hauling fish, and he said I reckon it's been some time.