Customs Enforcement Division The Customs Enforcement Division was a branch of the Coruscant Security Force charged with customs enforcement on the planet Coruscant during the Cold War era . CSF police officers were assigned as spaceport guards and as customs enforcement agents , in which case they were assisted by customs droids . A hostage situation at Diplomatic Spaceport 27 - B ensued when a smuggler named Teff ' ith took a CSF Customs guard hostage and demanded to speak with Jedi Grand Master Satele Shan . The guard ' s partner called for backup , and over twenty CSF officers responded to the scene . The hostage situation was resolved when Grand Master Shan arrived and Teff ' ith surrendered . Description . The Customs Enforcement Division was a section of the Coruscant Security Force charged with customs enforcement duties on the planet Coruscant . The division stationed police officers as spaceport guards and as customs agents at checkpoints . Customs droids were also utilized at checkpoints to assist the division in identifying new arrivals , verifying their identification , and inspecting their ship manifests . History . Around 3643 BBY , during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire , the Customs Enforcement Division stopped the smuggler known as Voidhound at the Coruscant Spaceport . The on - duty Customs Droid noticed an error in the smuggler ' s identification protocols and cargo logs . When the droid was about to request assistance from a customs enforcement agent , the smuggler uploaded false data that convinced the droid that the smuggler was really named Admiral Numinn . With this information , the customs droid approved the smuggler ' s entry into Coruscant . In 3640 BBY , Republic Strategic Information Service Agent Theron Shan sent the smuggler Teff ' ith to Coruscant to give vital information about his mission there to Supreme Commander Jace Malcom and Jedi Grand Master Satele Shan . As she entered Coruscant ' s airspace , Teff ' ith was contacted by Coruscant Flight Control 473 , which directed her to land at Diplomatic Spaceport 27 - B . Upon her arrival at the spaceport , Teff ' ith was checked and searched by CSF guards . To them , the shoulder wound that Teff ' ith had sustained before leaving for Coruscant and her not being a Jedi did not match with the fact that she had been flying a Jedi craft . Teff ' ith continued to insist that she wanted to speak with Grand Master Shan , but the guards simply took her into the spaceport office . In frustration , Teff ' ith grabbed the blaster pistol sidearm of one of the guards . His partner ordered her to drop the weapon and release her hostage , but she refused . Instead , she demanded he exit the spaceport office . At first hesitant , the guard complied when his hostage - held partner insisted he do so . Teff ' ith then barricaded herself inside the office with the remaining guard . She insisted he contact Shan , which he set about attempting to do . Meanwhile , his partner had called for backup , and within five minutes over twenty CSF officers had responded to the scene , constructing a cordon around the office . The guard inside was able to contact Shan , who agreed to come to the spaceport . When the Grand Master arrived , Teff ' ith surrendered and informed her of the vital information . Behind the scenes . The Customs Enforcement Division appears in " " , a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game ( MMORPG ) by BioWare released on December 20 , 2011 , as part of the missions to Coruscant . The division later appeared in the novel " " , which was written by Drew Karpyshyn and published on November 13 , 2012 .