When I first started playing Disco years ago, I remember I ran some smuggling routes and I got stopped a couple of times near places like Manhatttan or Cambridge -- when asked to stop, I just gunned towards the planet (since that's what I think any respectable smuggler would do if he thought had a chance to get away with it).
One time in Brettonnia I was shot upon by lawfuls near a JumpGate, decided to go for it, made the jump to the next system, and then ran half the system on cruise speed with then in pursuit until docking in a station that I was going to sell the goods. Nothing ever happened to me, but I was inRP the whole time and I never docked "to escape", I only docked at the place I was making the final drop, just like movie smugglers.
I think that it's not mandatory to stop and drop your cargo by Sirius Law/Disco Rules, after all, breaking the law by disobeying an officer is just one of many more fun facts of being a smuggler. Fleeing in a legitimate pursuit for (instead of moneyz and metagaming) can be a great RP experience. Han Solo would never drop the cargo if he thought he could get away with it or run/fight for it.
