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00:00Hi, how's it going?
00:09Como andamos?
00:11Every day, unofficial couriers called pacateros carry goods across the southern border.
00:18They can earn anywhere from $1,500 to $100,000 in a single day.
00:24But with a big paycheck comes a major risk, because they rarely know what they're transporting.
00:33In Eagle Pass...
00:34Yeah, we'll just stick it up here, man.
00:36Officers are carrying out a spot check on a courier's truck heading from the U.S. into Mexico.
00:42It's really weird, dude.
00:45Oh, is it?
00:47Because criminal gangs are known to hide money and guns in the cargo...
00:54Officers conduct an X-ray.
00:59We tried to scan everything because we never know.
01:03They might have something hiding in one of the boxes.
01:07Prevost!
01:09The X-ray has revealed something of interest.
01:13Yeah, we got one.
01:15So, right now, we're scanning the commodities from this guy's truck.
01:23And there appears to be a rifle for the speaker box right here.
01:27No, no, it's, uh...
01:29Tens of thousands of assault rifles are trafficked from the U.S. each year by Mexican drug cartels.
01:37There's gonna be other stuff in here, man.
01:40The search is just getting started.
01:45Let's go!
01:46Let's check the last one!
01:51What is this, dude?
01:55We always have to stay vigilant.
01:57Canine. Canine.
01:58Canine.
01:59Centro-secondary, please.
02:00Go ahead.
02:01It's positive.
02:02The bad guy's lost today.
02:04The bad guy's lost today.
02:29You are citizens?
02:30Yes.
02:31Over 3,000 pedestrians use the Progresso International Bridge every day.
02:37Password, driver license.
02:42Customs and Border Protection officers are on constant alert for one-handed criminals attempting to cross the border.
02:50Today, a man traveling to Mercedes Texas has been flagged as having an active arrest warrant.
02:57He's immediately detained.
03:04We can go with the handcuffs.
03:17Okay.
03:18The other way.
03:19Left.
03:20Officers don't yet have any details of the man's alleged crime.
03:24Have you been arrested before?
03:28Yeah.
03:29I always get flagged, because I'm on bail.
03:32But they never done this.
03:36But I do have one.
03:38That's what I'm looking for.
03:39Okay.
03:40Hey, you know what I'm looking for?
03:41You might bring me some.
03:44Despite his claims of ignorance, it's soon confirmed the man's prints are a match.
03:50Public records reveal that he is wanted for stalking and harassment.
04:03What's that?
04:04I don't know.
04:05Maybe you were contacting somebody you're not supposed to contact?
04:06Do you know anything about that?
04:07Do you have a protection order or anything like that?
04:08No.
04:09Well, that's what it's for.
04:10Mm-hmm.
04:11Can you get more information on that, or?
04:12It's what it is.
04:13I don't have any more information, okay?
04:14So just relax.
04:15There's a restroom right there.
04:16Let me know if you need anything, okay?
04:18Although the man claims to know nothing about any recent crime, Officer Peña isn't so sure.
04:39I believe he has probably been contacting somebody that has a protection order against him, or somebody that doesn't want to be contacted by him.
04:48Since the man's already on bail for a separate offense, if the charges are confirmed by the issuing precinct, he could soon be going back to jail.
05:09In Eagle Pass, an x-ray of a courier's truck is revealed what looks like a weapon hidden inside a speaker cabinet.
05:22Let's check the last one.
05:24What is this dude?
05:27This guy's got one too.
05:32Hook him up, man.
05:34This pacatero, who might be unknowingly transporting illegal goods, is detained with his wife and son.
05:49Every year, around 150,000 American-made guns are smuggled from the U.S. into Mexico, where they can sell for up to four times more on the Mexican black market.
06:03But this driver claims he had no idea what he was carrying, or who it was for.
06:19With the man in custody, officers check the speaker cabinets.
06:23We're gonna open them to see what they have.
06:26And based on the images that we got, it seems like there's some weapons in there.
06:30The search reveals suspicious objects covered in tape in both speakers.
06:59There is what appears to be a weapon that is wrapped in duct tape.
07:05It's concealed within the commodity, but it's not secured, so it's bouncing around.
07:09So if we physically picked it up, we'd probably feel something moving around.
07:14So as terms of this, it's not a very good concealment method.
07:21And this is the same thing.
07:22It's wrapped with duct tape, and it's thrown in the speaker box.
07:26The second package contains ammunition.
07:42This is two fully loaded 30-round magazines with 760, which is used for an AK-47.
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08:22In PROGRESSO, officers have detained a man who was wanted in Texas for stalking and harassment.
08:25But I do have a warrant.
08:28That's what I'm looking for.
08:31Over 13 million people are stalked in the U.S. every year,
08:35most of them women.
08:43The man claims he knows nothing about his warrant.
08:48But Officer Pena isn't convinced.
08:51You don't remember anything?
08:52No.
08:53You didn't get into an argument with somebody?
08:55Yeah, my wife just separated from me.
08:57Like, I caught my wife, Sheen.
08:59Okay.
09:00And, like, she moved out.
09:01Like, I kicked her out.
09:03You never, like, hit her.
09:04You never .
09:06That's why.
09:07Have you been calling her nonstop or anything like that?
09:09You would not.
09:10You wouldn't be mad?
09:11Mm-hmm.
09:12You wouldn't be mad if you wasted,
09:13like, when I wasted seven and a half,
09:15like, I might trip out.
09:18I have a problem.
09:19I do.
09:20I don't want to hit her ass.
09:22The man admits calling his ex-wife,
09:24but claims he's the victim, not her.
09:27I came out of prison with nothing.
09:29I'm on the bridge of being homeless.
09:31I'm not my mom.
09:32I'm not my dad.
09:33It's just me.
09:34Okay.
09:35That's all I got.
09:36Okay.
09:37He's stating that it could be a retaliation from his wife
09:42since she does have a new boyfriend and everything.
09:45But I think it could be a little bit more than that,
09:48that he's not telling us.
09:52Officer Pena calls state police to get more details
09:55about the warrant.
09:57Okay.
09:58Perfect.
10:00Have a good day.
10:01They confirm that the man's wife has filed a complaint
10:05that he's been aggressively stalking her for the past six weeks.
10:09Let's go, girl.
10:11Let's go, girl.
10:21Mercedes police arrive to take the man into custody.
10:25So, right now, that I'm aware of is going to be for stalking.
10:32Okay?
10:33Stalking?
10:34Stalking.
10:35That is the warrant.
10:36Stalking?
10:37Yes.
10:38What the?
10:39So, take a seat.
10:40So, as of right now, that's what I'm aware of.
10:43You're going to speak with the judge later on,
10:47and they'll give you more information.
10:48Is that, what is that, a felony misdemeanor?
10:50Stalking.
10:51Stalking is classified as a pattern of repeated and unwanted harassment.
10:56Stalking how?
10:57Where?
10:58That's crazy.
10:59After what I told you.
11:00Just go through the motions, sir.
11:02That's...
11:03You just have to do it and see what happens, okay?
11:06Try to calm down.
11:07Try to relax.
11:08There's no point in getting upset, okay?
11:11Okay?
11:12Yeah.
11:13That's fine.
11:14Yeah.
11:15The man is taken to county jail and will appear before a state judge in the morning.
11:20If the stalking and harassment offenses are proven, he could be returning to prison for up to five years.
11:27In Eagle Pass, a rifle and ammunition have been found hidden in speaker boxes driven by a Pocatero.
11:48This is two fully loaded 30-round magazines of 760, which is used for an AK-47.
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12:03The smugglers have made an extra effort to conceal the assault weapon itself.
12:13So as I'm opening this duct tape, there's a slimy texture.
12:18I'm not quite sure yet what it is, but it's...
12:21It's gonna be something that's used to conceal the odor to the canine.
12:25Um...
12:27It didn't work.
12:29I think...
12:31I didn't get that in.
12:32As suspected, the gun is an AK-47 assault rifle.
12:37And the wrong gas.
12:38This is a bad tool.
12:40Just make sure it's not loaded.
12:43AK-47s are the weapon of choice for Mexican drug cartels, who use them to facilitate their deadly trade, resulting in hundreds of murders every year.
12:54It's a 16-inch barrel with a buttstock, which is considered to be a short-barreled rifle.
13:00A high-power rifle that's concealable.
13:11With the firearm and ammo seized, the rest of the driver's family is allowed to continue their journey.
13:18Meanwhile, the driver will be handed over to a Homeland Security Investigations agent for further questioning.
13:25He will be the one who decides if the subject is released or going to be prosecuted for the weapon smuggling.
13:34If it's determined the driver knew more about his cargo than he's letting on, he could be looking at 20 years in jail.
13:42Any weapon that we take off the streets is a good weapon, but the weapon that we found today is an extremely dangerous weapon.
13:4950,000 vehicles a day cross the Detroit River, which separates the United States and Canada.
14:17Officers must check each one.
14:24Good afternoon. Citizenship?
14:27United States.
14:28All right. Why were you in Canada, sir?
14:29My brother's wedding last night.
14:30You didn't try to talk him out of it?
14:32Part of this job is just being able to think on the fly and being able to adapt.
14:36And everything's always changing. You never know what you're going to get.
14:39Every person that comes to this port, it's a mystery until you can kind of figure it out, you know?
14:45So you kind of just got to prep yourself.
14:48I mean, I think every officer here knows what they signed up for, and you just got to be able to adjust on the fly like that when you need to.
14:53This morning, officers have detained a van at secondary inspection. The driver claims he took a wrong turn after picking up his ex-wife at a Detroit bus station and accidentally ended up at the border.
15:10I've come and picked her up at the bus station. That's my ex-wife. She's coming up here to see her grandchildren.
15:19They didn't intend to come here, but once they enter onto our property, they are now on federal property and all federal rules apply to them.
15:26Put your hands on the wall over here.
15:28A search has revealed the man is carrying a handgun and ammunition, which is illegal to transport over the border without the correct paperwork, and can be punishable by a five-year prison sentence.
15:42That's one of my good shooting guns.
15:43Yes, he's, he's.
15:45Concerned there may be other prohibited items, officers begin a check of his vehicle.
15:53Sometimes you see, um, vents that are partially pried. This one's been, uh, either pried open previously, but the rivets, you can tell, have been definitely broken, so we're gonna take a look and turn in there and make sure there's nothing else in there.
16:09The vents are empty.
16:14But the search is far from over.
16:16People try to disguise things they know they're not supposed to have or they think they're not supposed to have.
16:22It's just a standard part of human nature.
16:28Pull these out and take a quick look, make sure the stitching looks good.
16:36Center console.
16:42Marijuana rolling papers.
16:43Well, that's a pistol magazine.
16:50Sig Sauer.
16:55And...
16:58Marijuana.
17:00Tubes that say that it is infused with THC or marijuana, and then marijuana labeled little packages.
17:10Although legal in both Michigan and Canada, possessing any type of cannabis product at a federal border could mean a fine of up to $25,000.
17:22Marijuana still is considered a Schedule I narcotic federally, which means it cannot be on this property.
17:27It is a zero-tolerance policy.
17:29The gun, ammo, and marijuana are a trifecta of trouble for the driver.
17:30The gun, ammo, and marijuana are a trifecta of trouble for the driver.
17:34In San Diego.
17:35Any fruits, plants, seeds, vegetables?
17:36No, that's fine.
17:37No, that's fine.
17:38No, that's fine.
17:39It's the job of customs and border protection.
17:40To stop endangered wildlife for products from being
17:44destroyed.
17:45In San Diego.
17:46Any fruits, plants, seeds, vegetables?
18:01No, that's fine.
18:03No, that's fine.
18:04No, that's fine.
18:05It's the job of customs and border protection to stop endangered wildlife for products from
18:10being smuggled into the U.S.
18:16Today, agriculture specialist Ortega Fuentes is checking a driver who is returning from a
18:23fishing trip.
18:24They said they're coming from Mexico and they're heading to California.
18:28They declare me yellow tail and some fish that they fish on the shore of the beach.
18:34How much fish are you bringing, sir?
18:36Which fish?
18:37Yeah, about...
18:3820 or 30 fish.
18:39How many kilos or pounds?
18:42A lot?
18:43Can we...
18:44I didn't weigh that.
18:45Okay, no worries.
18:46Can we place it on the floor?
18:49Are you using me as the goat here?
18:53No, sir.
18:54I'm doing my inspection.
19:00Okay.
19:01Can you step out of the table, please?
19:04The man doesn't seem happy about his fish being inspected.
19:08My time is very important.
19:10I didn't break the law.
19:12I have crossed this border over a thousand times since 1965.
19:19You know, as a U.S. citizen, I feel like a criminal coming back into my own country.
19:26But there's good reason for officers to take an interest in the containers.
19:29We're gonna see what they have here.
19:34There's more than 25 kilos.
19:36Then they assume it's a commercial quantity and they can return them for that.
19:45An estimated $2.4 billion worth of illegal seafood is smuggled into the U.S. every year.
19:53Agriculture specialist Ortega Fuentes wants to confirm the man isn't smuggling any protected or endangered species.
20:01So they have the dewy ducks.
20:07They are allowed to bring at least, I believe, eight pieces per passenger.
20:14I don't know if these are still alive or not.
20:18Large saltwater clams called gooey ducks are found in the waters off Baja California and are a valuable delicacy.
20:26Yeah, they have more here.
20:36They only declare fish.
20:38They didn't declare the dewy ducks.
20:41Although undeclared, the clams aren't a protected species.
20:47But another discovery is a major red flag.
20:53Is this fish bladder?
20:55It came from the yellow tail.
20:58There's nothing illegal about it.
21:00Okay.
21:01The team must check the bladder isn't from a protected species, such as the totowaba fish.
21:08These are highly prized in Eastern medicine and bring in thousands of dollars on the black market.
21:13I'm gonna contact Noah and let them see this.
21:17Maybe I can take some pictures for them.
21:20If the fine is confirmed a protected species by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, the fishermen could face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
21:47Every weekend, 20,000 U.S. citizens cross the border from Progreso, Texas into Mexico.
21:58Many head there to party, meaning officers frequently have to deal with travelers who are excessively intoxicated.
22:06For the most part, I would say 80% of the time, we get great people.
22:10We get great travelers.
22:11They're usually pretty nice.
22:12They're pretty compliant.
22:13And, you know, it's just another day for us.
22:16Obviously, that's not always gonna be, you know, the happy story every single day.
22:21Every once in a while, we do get our situations here and there.
22:25And we have to treat it accordingly.
22:38The bones sticking out.
22:40This evening, an American who spent the day drinking across the border has arrived in a Mexican ambulance.
22:46He was fighting in Mexico, apparently, and he fell, and he landed really bad, and now the...
22:55So he's trying to go home, and our EMT's telling him that he needs to go to a hospital.
23:01We contact the U.S. ambulance to come over here, pick up the subject, and then this ambulance would just return to Mexico.
23:11The emergency medical technicians have determined the man has broken his leg and are taking him for further evaluation.
23:19That's very common.
23:20We get people with blood on their head, puncture wounds, a little bit of everything.
23:27Or people who just, they're too drunk to walk, we get that a lot, too.
23:35He seems to not be in pain.
23:36I think the pain will hit once the alcohol wears off.
23:50Meanwhile, over at Pedestrian Inspections,
23:54another man heading home after an afternoon of partying has arrived with a friend.
23:59Ex!
24:07Hello.
24:08That's her declaration of mine.
24:10What's that?
24:11That's her declaration of mine.
24:14By law, it's the traveler's responsibility to declare any baggage they are personally carrying.
24:20What's in the bag?
24:21That's her declaration of mine.
24:23Well, you brought it, so you got to...
24:25No, no, no.
24:26I'm not claiming it.
24:28She can claim it.
24:29Okay, you had it.
24:30So, you had it.
24:31So, what's in the bags?
24:33Caballoso.
24:37All right, just put them here.
24:40It's not mine.
24:42You put it there, so you're responsible for it.
24:45I'm not too responsible for it.
24:49Go ahead and put the bags here.
24:50If there's anything in that bag that's not supposed to be there, you're the one that brought him here, so you're responsible.
24:54I'm not putting it there.
24:56The man's refusal to comply with Officer Rodriguez is a red flag and begs the question of what's in the bags.
25:05Turn around.
25:06Turn around.
25:07Let her take it.
25:08Turn around.
25:09Turn around.
25:10The man is detained for a secondary inspection.
25:13Put the bags there.
25:14You're not listening.
25:16Do you have any weapons on you?
25:17No, sir.
25:18All right.
25:19Non-compliant bag.
25:20Okay.
25:22Okay.
25:24Okay.
25:30Well, right now I'm going to go search through the bags, see if there's anything that maybe he didn't want to show me,
25:34and that's why he left them on the floor.
25:35Okay.
25:48The bags reveal a variety of household cleaning and beauty products.
25:54Since drugs like methamphetamine can be smuggled in liquid form, Officer Gonzalez must check each container.
26:04This looks like it's some sort of hair gel or skin gel.
26:18I'm just opening the stuff and leaving them open to see if there's any crystallization.
26:23If it's anything that's not supposed to be in there, it should crystallize if it's bad.
26:27If it's not bad, it will stay, retain its normal form.
26:33If officers find that the bags contain narcotics, this traveler could be facing decades in prison.
26:39In Detroit.
26:40You guys are all set.
26:41You have a good day.
26:42Yes, 24.
26:43I'm 24.
26:44I'm 24.
26:45I'm 24.
26:46A driver giving his ex-wife a ride to visit her grandkids has been stopped after taking a wrong turn towards the Canadian border.
26:57Put your hands on the wall over here.
26:58Officers have uncovered a handgun with ammo.
26:59That's one of my good shooting guns.
27:00Yes, easy, easy.
27:01I love it.
27:02And suspected cannabis products illegal at the international border.
27:03A chemical test will confirm if the recovered products contain THC, the psychoactive ingredient of
27:11Officers have uncovered a handgun with ammo, and suspected cannabis products
27:21illegal at the international border. A chemical test will confirm if the
27:28recovered products contain THC, the psychoactive ingredient of cannabis.
27:35Possession of THC products is federally illegal, and could result in a fine or even jail time.
27:45So, we're making sure all the substrate is at the bottom, so it's easy. We're gonna break
27:52these glass capsules inside. It is any of the purple or the purple and white, it is an alert
27:57for a positive reaction for the narcotics president.
28:05You can see it definitely is a positive alert.
28:10The man doesn't deny being a regular cannabis user.
28:13I'm a dialysis patient.
28:15Okay.
28:16And I gotta sit in a chair for four hours.
28:18Yeah.
28:19And you can't get up.
28:20That's a long time.
28:21And you can't roll over on your side. Those things that you got there that I forgot
28:26that were in there, that's the only thing that helps the pain.
28:29Right.
28:30In order I can do the four hours sitting in that chair.
28:34Okay.
28:35So, you use THC to, well, you prescribe it, or is it just...
28:38That's, it helps.
28:39That's why...
28:40You just kind of buy it and use it.
28:41I have the dispensary.
28:42Yeah.
28:43Going in and buying the dispensary.
28:44Yeah.
28:45And that's it.
28:46Okay.
28:47Although the man has a legitimate medical reason for having marijuana products, it has no
28:52bearing at the border.
28:53So, do you kind of understand what's going on, though?
28:55Yeah.
28:56That federal property, it's still a Schedule I narcotic, so no medical.
29:00Right.
29:01So, we are seizing it today.
29:03Since they're prohibited on federal property, all the man's cannabis products are seized,
29:09along with his gun.
29:11You're going to have to petition for it.
29:13You may or may not get it back.
29:15Yeah.
29:16Well, that's all right.
29:17If I get it back, then...
29:18Can you get it back?
29:19I hope so.
29:20It seems the driver made an honest mistake, so has spared any further penalty, and he and
29:28his passenger are free to go.
29:29I'm having a hell of a day anytime.
29:30I'm having fun.
29:31Believe me, it's probably not the worst way it could have ended up.
29:38Well, it's been real, folks.
29:43Yeah.
29:44Peace out.
29:45Y'all be safe.
29:46Maybe I have to start my vacation now.
29:53Remember?
29:54See how this is?
29:55This is how come my door plugged open.
29:58Wow.
29:59So, what's y'all stop for it?
30:01Well, hopefully, they have a good time with their kids, and they have a good rest of their
30:06education, and they're a little bit smarter about where they're turning here in Detroit.
30:10In San Diego...
30:27It came from the fish, yellow tail.
30:30There's nothing illegal about it.
30:33Okay.
30:34Agriculture specialist Ortega Fuentes is concerned a man may be smuggling rare fish
30:39bladders worth up to $80,000 apiece on the black market.
30:44As a U.S. citizen, I feel like a criminal coming back into my own country.
30:49My only concern is with something that I found that we suspect is a fish bladder.
30:55I'm gonna take a picture.
30:56No problem.
30:57I didn't smuggle that in.
30:58No, no.
30:59We understand.
31:00We understand.
31:01You're good.
31:02Thank you, sir.
31:03The illegal trade of endangered species is estimated to be worth up to $10 billion a
31:08year.
31:11A call to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should confirm if these bladders
31:17are from the protected totowaba fish.
31:20So, they're about six inches, I think, or more.
31:24I don't know.
31:25I'm not sure.
31:26That's what I'm calling you.
31:28If confirmed positive, the man could face a $25,000 fine and up to two decades in prison.
31:35I didn't break the law.
31:36This is the first time I've been put through this.
31:40I have a house in Baja.
31:42Right.
31:43I come twice a month.
31:44Okay.
31:45Okay.
31:46Thank you so much.
31:48Bye.
31:49She's good with it.
31:52They can keep it.
31:55It's good news for the man.
31:57His claim that the bladders come from the yellowtail fish checks out.
32:01And there will be no action taken for the undeclared clams.
32:05Okay.
32:07Okay.
32:08You can't get out of here.
32:09No, that's all.
32:10Be careful with the dog, okay?
32:11I'm not very happy.
32:12That's all I can say.
32:13Okay.
32:14Can you help me put everything back in the truck?
32:17Yes, sir.
32:19The man may be upset, but these types of inspections are crucial to protecting endangered species
32:31and stopping the black market trade.
32:34What an experience.
32:36Yes, sir.
32:37Thank you so much.
32:38I think it was a good inspection.
32:40Yeah, I'm looking out for my country, for the agriculture, for all the vegetation,
32:47the animals, everything.
32:49We are, we're doing our part.
33:07Inprogreso.
33:08All right, just put them here.
33:11It's not mine.
33:12Well, you put it there, so you're responsible for it.
33:15I'm not too responsible for it.
33:17A man has been detained after refusing to declare the bags he was carrying, claiming
33:22they belong to his friend.
33:24He was trying to say she was the one responsible for the bags.
33:30But to me, he's the one carrying the bags, so he was the one responsible for it.
33:35The man seems to be drunk.
33:37And although the bags appear to contain just cleaning products, officers want to be sure
33:44the couple isn't trying to distract them.
33:46We have a lot of people who do come in.
33:48They do come in inebriated and do come in, you know, in not their full senses.
33:54And we've seen where people take advantage of that to hinder the inspection or to try to
33:59get the officer to not pay attention to exactly what he's doing.
34:05Smugglers commonly hide methamphetamine inside everyday cleaning products.
34:10So Officer Gonzalez checks the containers.
34:13This is embarrassing, right?
34:18No blame to you.
34:19You want to do your job?
34:21I walked out there.
34:23No, sir.
34:24Yes, sir.
34:25Yes, sir.
34:26Yes, sir.
34:27No problem.
34:28No incident, no problem.
34:29He still insists the bags aren't his.
34:32What's happening?
34:33I'm helping her carry her bags.
34:35She told us.
34:36She told us.
34:37But she claimed her full responsibility.
34:39But again, remember, you're coming in with the bags.
34:41Tell her, you know.
34:42The officer asked me to put them on the counter.
34:45I said, I'm not putting them.
34:46I'm not cleaning them.
34:47I'm not cleaning them.
34:48But you were carrying them.
34:54Did you get anything in the bags, guys?
34:56It was negative.
34:57Negative?
34:58I opened the containers.
34:59It was nothing crystallized, nothing turned bad.
35:01It was nonsense.
35:03He's cleaning up there for someone else, right?
35:07Yeah.
35:08With nothing suspicious found in the bags.
35:12Careful, though.
35:13Actually, you want to follow me this way?
35:14We'll get you the stuff out of the house.
35:16This time, the man will face no further action.
35:20Do you want to grab your bag, sir?
35:22And I'll give you this outside.
35:24They're not my bag, they're her bag.
35:25I never cleaned them.
35:31Still defiant, the man is free to head home, leaving his friend to carry the bags.
35:42I don't know anyone who travels with bags that are not theirs.
35:45And even if you're helping them out, at this point, when you come in, you're supposed to
35:48declare everything you have with you.
35:49You're supposed to declare everything you have with you.
35:50What's this?
35:51Right there, we are fired.
36:10At the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo.
36:11How many people today?
36:13Three.
36:14Three people today.
36:15Three people, does the window go down in the back?
36:18Following a recent smuggling trend,
36:21officers are carrying out a special operation,
36:24targeting lone travelers.
36:27Follow this officer right here.
36:30One vehicle has been sent to secondary inspection
36:34after the driver appeared nervous.
36:37He was too talkative.
36:39He started shaking and moving around a lot.
36:43It just, it didn't fit, it didn't seem right.
36:47Officers carry out a thorough search of the vehicle.
36:50Hey, what's up, seven or what?
36:52Yeah, I'm just gonna need the,
36:55everything's right, I just need the hood.
36:57If you can put her with that.
36:58Okay.
37:00So all this.
37:05See, so all this is dirty.
37:06I mean, nothing here has been touched.
37:09I mean, it is six, four, nine, delta.
37:18This right here.
37:19This is way more cleaner than the rest.
37:24Clean areas can suggest the vehicle
37:26has been recently altered to hide something.
37:29You see that area over there?
37:32It's dirty.
37:33The whole truck is full of dirt,
37:35except that area right there.
37:36Zero, nine, three, delta.
37:43Suspecting there could be a secret compartment
37:45behind the dashboard,
37:48the team wants to take a closer look.
38:02Oh, look at that, it's been taped, shut, before.
38:13Oh, look at that.
38:15There it is.
38:16It looks like steroids.
38:27Oh, look at that.
38:28Oh, look at that.
38:29It's been taped, shut, before.
38:30Oh, look at that.
38:31Officers have found a secret compartment
38:33behind the dashboard of an SUV.
38:35There it is.
38:36It looks like steroids.
38:38Oh, look at that.
38:39Yeah.
38:40Steroids.
38:41Testosterone.
38:42It's a controlled substance.
38:43An estimated three to four million U.S. citizens
38:46use steroids.
38:47But since they are a controlled substance,
38:50they must be purchased with a prescription.
38:53While the driver is detained for questioning,
38:55officers begin the extraction.
38:59It looked like steroids.
39:00This one, it has been a lot.
39:02This one, it has been a lot.
39:04This one is a lot.
39:06The truck is a lot.
39:07It's a lot.
39:08And it's a lot of saturated about steroids.
39:09It's just like steroids.
39:10It's a lot of steroids.
39:12It's a lot of steroids.
39:13And it's a common sense of steroids.
39:14It's a lot of steroids,
39:15like what we were talking about.
39:16It's a great understanding.
39:17An estimated three to four million U.S.
39:18citizens use steroids,
39:19but since they are a controlled substance,
39:22they must be purchased with a prescription.
39:23These steroids are artificial testosterone, used to boost muscle mass.
39:28Since their misuse can cause heart attacks or strokes, they're heavily regulated,
39:33meaning a black market has emerged.
39:42Other prohibited meds are also found.
39:45These are diet pills that are not allowed to come in. They're not FDA approved.
39:51That's why it's so important to get it stopped here,
39:55because we don't know what they're mixing or what they're saying it is.
40:01If convicted, the man could be facing up to five years in jail.
40:05Some of these things are dangerous.
40:07There are some of these things that can cause permanent liver damage,
40:11kidney damage, kidney failure.
40:15Today's haul of over 1,500 illegal steroids and diet pills
40:19has a street value of at least $50,000.
40:23Somebody might actually get hurt or even, like, die from this.
40:29So, I mean, I feel pretty good taking it off the street. It's a good day.
40:33The steroid industry is worth billions of dollars,
40:37but their misuse is rising among young men and women.
40:41These drugs will be tested,
40:44and the driver handed over to Homeland Security Investigations.
40:49But I am below the right place.
40:51In the sky, the road is coming up
40:56and I'll unease.
40:57And I don't know why they're able to see all these days.
41:01These drugs will have to be tested on this long list.
41:03These drugs, the other drugs will bear the same way as they know.
41:05The heroin is for a competition after it,
41:07and they're going to give you a chance.
41:09This how these drugs are going on?
41:11It's a good day for you.
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