@grashbar True... never really thought about it that way -- but honestly, it still strikes me as a bit odd since rather than pondering about whether it leaked from cargo or not... wouldn't the guy be checking the cargo instead in case that actually was the case and trying to sort out the problem? If it were leaking for some reason, that'd potentially cause another issue somewhere down the line when more spills out, right? And that is assuming he knows what his potion cargo is to make the judgment. Which is probably going to be something they'd want to know if they are transporting something... yeah, there may or may not be confidentiality things going on with transporting stuff, but those are generally going to be a bit suspicious by default since you won't know what it is (and generally there's going to be some type of risk with those)
I'm not the only one thinking it's maybe a little bit odd, am I? .-.;;