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00:1425 million passengers arrive at Newark Liberty Airport every year. Thank you. Where are you
00:21coming from? How long were you there for? Four days. Four days? Okay. Come with me,
00:25you're gonna do a bag exam. On the front line, hundreds of vigilant Customs and
00:30Border Protection officers are trained to prevent anything dangerous from entering the U.S.
00:36So I'm gonna check in your bags. Just look at me while I do it, okay? Just step back, okay?
00:43Today, a British traveler has been referred for questioning after a search revealed a suspicious
00:49object in his suitcase. It's some sort of device. Does he have credentials or anything like that
00:59with his employment? He didn't say anything. No. Officer Kokoro runs it through the x-ray.
01:17It's a pump of some kind. There's a firearm inside of the pump. Officers waste no time detaining the
01:27owner. I have nothing in my pocket. Take your belt off. Okay, cool. Gotcha. Okay, let's just step back.
01:41Just curious. This is yours, right? Yeah, I thought I'd never have to do that.
01:49Oh, my God. You are having me on. You don't know about this? I most certainly do not.
02:00Concealed inside the device is a handgun. Okay, so stand up.
02:09Face the wall right over there. Hands behind your back. Separate your feet a little bit.
02:212-8-9-4-9, Atlantis. Anything in the bags gonna stick me, poke me, cut me, hurt me by
02:26any chance?
02:26We're up against a clock. We're looking for anybody that's not declaring, and there's gonna be a lot.
03:00Passport.
03:03With nearly a million flights
03:05and over 160 million passengers every year...
03:09Okay, where are you coming from, sir?
03:12JFK is one of the busiest commercial airports
03:15in North America.
03:17It is a very big airport.
03:19It can get crazy.
03:21We have a lot of international flights,
03:24countries that travel through here,
03:26and a lot goes on.
03:28Next.
03:31So you are conditionally approved for Global Entry.
03:34If you want to do the interview now, you can.
03:37It's going to be all the way down through the double white door.
03:39Originally, I wanted to be a nurse,
03:42and after starting,
03:44it showed me a different side of things that I liked
03:48and enjoyed, leadership and hands-on
03:52and protecting our people.
03:55You're all set. Have a good one.
03:57Next.
03:59Today, the Passenger Enforcement Intelligence Team
04:03is waiting for three American women returning from the UK
04:06who are suspected of smuggling cannabis.
04:12Hey, guys, just have your passports out
04:13and just line up in two lines, okay?
04:16At the top of the jet bridge,
04:18Officer Satili spots the suspects disembarking
04:21and keeps a close watch but doesn't make contact yet.
04:25Right now, they're already on the phone
04:27making separate phone calls,
04:30aggravated,
04:31a little disgruntled,
04:33but we'll see.
04:33We'll see what happens.
04:35After several minutes of observation,
04:37he makes an approach and baggage claim.
04:40How are you doing today?
04:41He's upstairs, right?
04:42What we were just doing?
04:44Did I see you upstairs?
04:44On the flight?
04:45We're coming from here.
04:46Oh.
04:48Okay, all right.
04:48How many check bags you got?
04:50Huh?
04:50How many check bags you have?
04:52Check bags?
04:52Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:53You have no check bags?
04:54Okay, perfect.
04:55You travel anybody else?
04:56Yes.
04:57They're behind.
04:58Oh, they're behind you?
04:59Okay, all right, perfect.
05:00So we'll walk right over here real quick.
05:02The traveler is taken to secondary inspection.
05:05All right, so the base is very simple.
05:06We're just going to do a baggage exam.
05:08I'm going to ask you a couple of questions about your trip,
05:10what you guys did over there.
05:12It's a baggage exam.
05:13Who's doing it all day long?
05:14Ain't nothing special about it.
05:15While Officer Satili focuses on the first woman,
05:19her two companions are also questioned.
05:22Let me just help us out.
05:24Okay.
05:24You can't do this without help?
05:25Okay, it's real.
05:26Yeah, it's real.
05:28Yeah, it's real.
05:30So real quick, all these bags are yours?
05:32Yes, sir.
05:33All right, packed them all yourself?
05:34Huh?
05:35You packed them all yourself?
05:36Yes.
05:36All right, any food, alcohol, tobacco?
05:38No?
05:39Okay.
05:41That's what happens, yeah.
05:42I didn't stop, yeah.
05:43I was there waiting.
05:44Oh.
05:49As he searches her hand luggage,
05:51the woman continues showing signs of agitation.
05:56But her bags are clear of cannabis.
05:58Yes.
05:59Okay.
06:00All right, so real quick,
06:01I'm just going to write down some stuff real quick.
06:05Okay, so right now you're coming from where again?
06:07Uh, Manchester.
06:08Manchester, right?
06:10All right.
06:11Manchester.
06:12And you were there for how long?
06:13Uh, like three days.
06:15Three days?
06:15All right.
06:17Did you go anywhere else?
06:18Uh, went to...
06:26Okay, Spain.
06:27I went to Spain to be.
06:28And then Spain, you stayed how long?
06:32Uh...
06:38How long was your whole trip about?
06:39How long were you out for your whole trip?
06:41About five days.
06:41About five days?
06:42Yes.
06:43Okay.
06:43Five days.
06:43I'm jet-lagged.
06:44Okay.
06:46Where did you stay at in Spain?
06:49I don't remember anything.
06:52I got you.
06:57Um...
06:58That's about it.
06:59Okay.
07:00Okay.
07:04All right.
07:05All right, cool.
07:06Uh...
07:06Just give me two minutes.
07:10Although the women's bags are clear of contraband, their whirlwind trip suggests they could
07:15have been transporting cannabis abroad.
07:19People lie for all different kinds of reasons.
07:21Um, sometimes, you know, they cheat on significant others.
07:24Sometimes they went out to do stuff they don't want you to know about.
07:27High-potency U.S.-grown cannabis, known as Caliweed, is in global demand, fetching
07:33up to three times the price of standard weed on the black market.
07:37You know, the U.S. now is the source country for marijuana throughout the world.
07:42Europe, everywhere, Dominican Republic, it goes everywhere.
07:45So, right now, we're just gonna do a double check to see if they did leave with checked
07:48bags.
07:48If they did, it's a big indication they probably had something like marijuana inside
07:52those bags, where it's also valued very high outside of the U.S.
07:56So, we're gonna check that first, and if they have more bags there, it's almost a
08:01guarantee that's what the whole purpose of the trip was.
08:03If officers can prove the group returned with fewer bags than they took, it may be evidence
08:09of smuggling.
08:29At Newark, officers have detained a British traveler who's been found with an unusual device
08:36in a suitcase.
08:37Oh, my God.
08:38You are having me on.
08:40You don't know about this?
08:41I am most certain.
08:42Do not.
08:43Concealing what appears to be a firearm.
08:46Sir, stand up.
08:47Face the wall right over there.
08:49Hands behind your back.
08:50Separate your feet a little bit.
08:51As well as claiming no knowledge of the gun, the traveler explains he's come to the U.S.
08:57for an aviation conference.
09:00So, you said you never opened that before?
09:02I have never opened that box.
09:06So, what do you use it for?
09:09So, it's a training device that shows pilots how much force they need to apply to pull hand
09:16out in an aircraft.
09:17Where have you traveled to with this device?
09:20I have traveled around here.
09:22And roughly how many times have you traveled with it?
09:28Many times.
09:29Many times.
09:32Officers now need to determine if they are dealing with a working firearm.
09:37If you press down on this, it seems to look like it's going to fire off if you press
09:41that.
09:42It seems to wear your eyes, but if you definitely pull, it's on fire.
09:45Yeah.
09:48I was aware that when you pull the handle, it made a clicking noise.
09:53And I assume that there's some kind of spring or resistance device inside of it.
09:58Okay.
10:01Okay, let's just take this out for a second.
10:05Almost 7,000 firearms are intercepted at U.S. airports every year.
10:10Without the correct permits and safe storage, they are illegal.
10:14While officers further examine the device, Officer Guzman drills down on the traveler's story.
10:22I'm just wondering.
10:24You never, like, was curious to open it and see anything else?
10:30No.
10:30Oh, just not...
10:31Not in the slightest.
10:32Not in the slightest.
10:35No curiosity at all.
10:38I have a very busy life.
10:39I've got lots of other priorities.
10:41And this is not moving.
10:43I was sold a complete item that worked.
10:49and had no curiosity about what was in the box, what's up.
10:53I'm seeing what happens.
10:57Despite the man's pleas of innocence,
10:59officers aren't convinced.
11:02I think he knew the advice was in there.
11:05He was a little flabbergasted at first,
11:07but it seemed like there was an excess force reaction
11:10to his behavior.
11:11I think he was just surprised that he was caught, honestly.
11:15If officers can prove the traveler
11:17is carrying a viable firearm,
11:19he could be facing criminal charges.
11:23It's blocked off right now.
11:25The question is whether you can get that out.
11:28It looks like it could be screwed up.
11:49At JFK Airport...
11:51Where did you stay at in Spain?
11:54I don't remember anything.
11:57Officers are questioning
11:58three suspected cannabis smugglers.
12:01The woman who planned the trip appears nervous.
12:05I got you.
12:09And all three took only carry-on luggage
12:11for a five-day trip to Europe.
12:14Officer Sotilli contacts his supervisor.
12:18I went all over to Madrid,
12:22over to London,
12:23and I'm coming back from Manchester.
12:25It's feeling like an outbound to me.
12:32I'm waiting to see the results for the outbound,
12:35to see what bags went out,
12:36because I have a strong feeling
12:38that something went outbound on the flight.
12:44While the flight records are checked,
12:46a female officer searches the first woman
12:49who is displaying some unusual behavior.
12:52I'm here.
12:54Have you always talked to her?
12:55Yeah.
12:56Let me not be on my phone.
12:57What does she say?
12:58What does she tell me you're not?
12:58When she tell me,
12:59she used to be like...
13:00No, she's not telling me anything,
13:01because I told her to stand out there.
13:02Stand out there?
13:03Okay.
13:04Because she's not coming up here
13:05with me, stand out there.
13:06She don't want to watch myself.
13:08I was going to leave her at that
13:09if she didn't want to watch.
13:10Inside the room,
13:12the woman tells the officer
13:13she has an imaginary friend.
13:15Do you take any medication?
13:17No, ma'am.
13:17No medications?
13:18Okay.
13:20Nothing at all?
13:21No.
13:23I think it's the first time
13:24I've heard someone say
13:24that they have an imaginary friend.
13:27How do you know
13:28when it's an imaginary?
13:29Usually you don't.
13:30I think it's the first time
13:31I've heard that.
13:31It's the first time, right?
13:33Yeah?
13:34Experience tells the officers
13:36that her behavior
13:37is nothing more
13:38than a diversion tactic.
13:39That was good?
13:41Okay.
13:41All right.
13:46Everything's like a joke, sir.
13:47No, I know.
13:48I don't want to talk to myself.
13:49Yeah, I'm sorry.
13:49This is a joke.
13:50Everything's a joke, sir.
13:51From afar,
13:52when no one's over there,
13:53she's not saying anything.
13:53Right.
13:54As soon as you get a little closer,
13:55she starts talking to us.
13:56Yeah, and she told me that.
13:56She's like,
13:57she's doing this on purpose.
13:59So...
13:59After further investigation,
14:02Officer Sotilli's suspicions
14:03are confirmed.
14:04The woman checked in a suitcase
14:06on her flight to the UK.
14:08But with that suitcase now missing,
14:11there's no proof of smuggling.
14:13We don't tell you narcotics severe.
14:14We checked the bags negative.
14:16We checked the pat-down negative.
14:18And they're demeaning right now.
14:19There's no nervous behavior
14:20between all three of them.
14:21So we're going to let them go
14:22and move on to the next one.
14:24We were just talking to your friends
14:25for a few minutes.
14:25Everything's all done.
14:26Good to go.
14:27Have a nice day, okay?
14:28You will.
14:30She's going to travel again,
14:31she said, in the next few weeks.
14:32So the next time they travel out,
14:34we'll have our outbound team
14:35go and connect the baggage exam
14:38if she has any baggage going outbound.
14:39With the group now known
14:41to CBP officers,
14:43any future attempt to smuggle drugs
14:45could be their last.
15:1115 million passengers arrive
15:13at San Francisco Airport every year.
15:22I know a little bit of, like,
15:24just the airport Spanish, the basic.
15:27Many frequent flyers are enrolled
15:30in the Global Entry Program,
15:31which allows pre-approved travelers
15:33to bypass regular customs lanes,
15:36saving them hours.
15:38No purses, no jewelry,
15:40nothing bought in France.
15:41Just, no, I didn't buy anything.
15:43Earrings?
15:43Just mine.
15:44How much were the earrings?
15:45Oh, I don't know.
15:46My husband gave it to me two years ago.
15:48Oh, oh, oh, but you didn't buy anything from them.
15:50No, no, no.
15:50Oh, okay, okay.
15:51Have a good day.
15:52Have a good one.
15:53It's a contract of trust.
15:55In return for being prioritized,
15:57they're expected to declare
15:59any purchases made abroad over $800.
16:03But not everyone does.
16:06Today, Officer Moore is checking a flight
16:09arriving from Paris, France.
16:11We have a lot of people from those flights
16:13who don't declare anything they purchased,
16:14so we're just looking out for them.
16:17People, they like to go abroad
16:18and like go to, you know, high-end stores.
16:20The high-end items, they are common.
16:23A married couple,
16:25both with Global Entry status,
16:27have been referred to secondary for a spot check.
16:31We have to declare, even if it's less,
16:33we just, if you bought new bags, new anything,
16:35we just always ask anything to declare.
16:37Yeah, so we, oh, my God,
16:39this sounds like an interrogation.
16:40Oh, no.
16:41We have just kids,
16:42we have one scarf and kids stuff.
16:45Okay.
16:46All right.
16:46We're going to go through this one over here,
16:47F.C.O.P. now.
16:48Granson, okay, go ahead.
16:49She's going to help you guys out.
16:53Okay, so I'm just going to have you guys fill this out.
16:58Having declared only one high-value item,
17:01a scarf,
17:03Officer Moore asks the woman to put it in writing.
17:07Finished?
17:09Mm-hmm.
17:12Lying on a customs declaration form
17:14is a federal offense.
17:16Okay, ma'am,
17:17so this is everything that you're going to declare?
17:19This is everything that you purchased on your trip?
17:21Yes.
17:22Did you purchase anything else?
17:23No.
17:24Okay.
17:26Are you sure?
17:27Yes.
17:28Okay.
17:29So, since you are declaring some items,
17:31we do have to do a baggage exam,
17:33so we are going to examine your bags.
17:35Okay.
17:35So you can just come over here
17:36and bring them over, okay?
17:38Officer Giannis arrives to assist with the search.
17:41This is a little scary.
17:43It is?
17:44Scary?
17:44No, it's not.
17:46Why do you say that?
17:47You guys are big.
17:48Like you did something, like, wrong.
17:51No, but you haven't done anything wrong, right?
17:53So there's nothing to be worried about.
17:56The scarf that you purchased,
17:58how much did you pay for it?
18:00Do you have a receipt for that?
18:00No.
18:03Initially, she declared that she had one scarf
18:06and children's toys.
18:07As soon as I opened the bag,
18:09there were absolutely no children's toys.
18:10So I knew that there was something off
18:12immediately at that point.
18:13And that's not the only thing
18:15that captures the officer's attention.
18:17I see you have a bracelet.
18:18Did you purchase that on your trip as well?
18:20You can look through this.
18:21This is 20 years old.
18:23It's, it's, uh, it's been...
18:2520 years old?
18:27Yeah.
18:27It's been sent to the repair shop twice.
18:30I would like to see, actually,
18:32if you don't mind.
18:32Let me see.
18:34What is it?
18:34What kind of bracelet is this?
18:37Officer Giannis suspects the bracelet
18:39is a new luxury brand.
18:43Yeah.
18:44Okay.
18:49Okay.
18:50Here, I'll give you this back.
18:51Give me one second, okay?
18:54An online search reveals the luxury scarf
18:58costs over $1,000.
19:01It also confirms the price of the woman's jewelry.
19:05I believe she's wearing one of the bracelets.
19:07Okay.
19:08So it's probably the most expensive one,
19:10that $29,000 bracelet.
19:12It doesn't appear like it's 20 years old.
19:14No, it doesn't.
19:15That's $30,000 of purchases
19:18they have potentially failed to declare.
19:22Okay, can I have you come over here with me, please?
19:25If found to be lying,
19:27the couple could have their preferred travel status canceled
19:30and the goods seized.
19:48How you doing, sir?
19:49Hey, where you coming from today?
19:50Uh, none of that.
19:51All right, may I please see your passport?
19:53At Newark International Airport.
19:56I'm just wondering.
19:58You never, like, I was curious to open it
20:01and see anything, you know?
20:03You're not in your slightest.
20:05Officers are questioning a British man
20:07found carrying a device
20:09which contains what appears to be a firearm.
20:26They're trying to find out if it's a functional gun
20:29to see if it can cause any dangers.
20:31They got to see if it has a VIN number
20:33that match, uh, on our systems.
20:37He stated that he had never opened a box before.
20:39I mean, it's a real hard belief.
20:42Uh, it's, it's, at some point,
20:45you, you, you have to know what you have.
20:47Once this clicks this thing here,
20:50the safety goes back,
20:52then you get there.
20:54It's a fight.
20:56Officers determine
20:57that with minor alterations,
20:59the weapon could be operational.
21:01Yet, the traveller sticks to his story.
21:03I, I, I honestly don't know what to say.
21:05I honestly don't know what to say.
21:07I'm, I'm, I'm,
21:08I'm, my levels of disappointment
21:11with the people that manufactured that for him
21:15is extremely high.
21:18They, they should have told me.
21:21They should have, yeah.
21:23Unbelievable.
21:24Unbelievable.
21:27You couldn't make this happen.
21:32With the suspected firearm
21:34secured for evidence,
21:39the man will be handed over
21:41to Homeland Security Investigations.
21:44His punishment,
21:45a potential of five years in prison,
21:48or a minimum five-year ban
21:50from entering the U.S.
21:56So far, this is by far
21:58the most unique experience
21:59I've had at CBP.
22:03As of right now,
22:04there's a strong possibility
22:05that he will be sent back home.
22:07We're here to protect
22:08the people of the United States,
22:10the people that are,
22:11that are on the street,
22:12and getting a firearm off the street
22:14is the most important thing
22:15that we could be doing.
22:20Grab a seat, sir.
22:43In San Francisco,
22:45officers Giannis and Moore suspect a couple is using their global entry status
22:50to sneak through designer purchases from Paris
22:53worth more than the allowed $800.
22:57Their search has already revealed a $1,000 scarf
23:01and jewelry worth $29,000,
23:03which the woman claims is old.
23:06So these two here are the bracelets, okay?
23:09We know that they were purchased during the trip.
23:11Okay.
23:12Any new goods worth more than $800
23:14must be declared and duty tax paid.
23:19Officer Giannis wants to know
23:21what else the woman hasn't owned up to.
23:23Is this cotton?
23:23Do you want to know the material?
23:27It is whatever it is.
23:29You never checked?
23:30Okay.
23:35It's this.
23:37It's used.
23:39Okay.
23:41So it's a small leather wallet.
23:43Do you have a pin, serum?
23:44I'm not even leather.
23:47What kind is it?
23:48Plastic.
23:48Plastic.
23:48Plastic.
23:52Okay.
23:53Common red flag that I see all the time
23:55is someone telling me that
23:57that item that I'm looking at right now,
24:00clearly brand new, is old,
24:02or it's dirty, or it's cheap.
24:04That thing isn't cheap.
24:05It's real.
24:06It's new.
24:07It's not $10.
24:10$10.
24:10So all in total, we got $39,000.
24:15By the end of the search,
24:16Officer Yannis has found more items
24:19worth a further $10,000.
24:22Math petition in the building.
24:24My bad.
24:25Not me.
24:25I don't know who that is.
24:27The final value of the undeclared items
24:30is $40,000.
24:32And now, the couple faces a fine.
24:37Supervisor Orange breaks the news.
24:40This is too big of a month
24:41to just give you a warning.
24:43We gave you opportunities when you approached.
24:45Hey, what do you have?
24:46You said a scarf, right?
24:47And then we gave you another opportunity here
24:49to amend your declaration,
24:51which you failed to do.
24:52So we will be canceling your global intrusion.
24:54We both get affected by this?
24:56Yes.
24:56Because we both were the people
24:57that we asked you those questions to, right?
24:59Unfortunately, these are the consequences, right?
25:02Forever.
25:03You'll never have global intrusion
25:04because you failed to be placed.
25:06Right?
25:07Right.
25:07This time, the couple is allowed
25:10to keep the items
25:11and pay $2,400 in duty.
25:14But their days of bypassing
25:16regular customs checks are over.
25:19It did seem like she was trying to deceive us.
25:21She should know that under declaring
25:23any type of merchandise
25:24would probably result
25:26in either a penalty or a seizure.
25:29Have a good day, guys.
25:30Have a good one.
25:30Take care.
25:32Good job, Joe.
25:36Look at you all right.
25:38Come on.
26:05Each year, thousands of people
26:07from around the globe
26:08are caught trying to enter the U.S.
26:10to work illegally.
26:11Hello.
26:12Hello.
26:13Hi.
26:13Oh, thank you.
26:15You guys traveling together?
26:16Yes.
26:17Come on up.
26:17Don't be shy.
26:19Hoping to fly under the radar,
26:20they enter on tourist visas.
26:23Can I see your visa 29th, please?
26:28At Detroit International Airport,
26:31Officers Mala and Feldhaus
26:32have selected a passenger
26:34from the Netherlands
26:35for a luggage search
26:36after her travel history
26:38raised a red flag.
26:39She's a frequent traveler,
26:41so we have to verify
26:42what she does here.
26:44The woman told officers
26:46in primary
26:46that she's a fountain pen maker
26:48by trade,
26:49but here on vacation.
26:54Why are you bringing all this?
26:56This sounds more like work.
27:01I also have to do, like,
27:03admin work or not.
27:05What's your occupation?
27:06You told the premier officer
27:07that you also do the pen.
27:09Yeah, so I make parts for the pen.
27:12You make parts from...
27:13Yeah.
27:14...for home?
27:15Yes, I have a workbench at home.
27:18This is one of the nips that I make.
27:20They're called nips.
27:22Making custom fountain pens
27:23is a multimillion-dollar industry,
27:25catering to wealthy buyers.
27:28Are these the ones that you make?
27:30A twist.
27:31This is a twist.
27:32The cap twist stuff.
27:35So if I went to a trip
27:37and I'm going there for fun,
27:38let's say if I went to visit your country,
27:40I wouldn't bring my work stuff.
27:42Right.
27:42Like, you're bringing
27:43everything for work.
27:44So this is an indication
27:45that you are here
27:47to do some kind of work.
27:49So people ask what I do,
27:51and then I like to...
27:52When I go vacation,
27:53I don't go to tell people what I do.
27:55I go vacation.
27:56Each pen retails at over $2,000.
28:00Despite claiming to be a tourist,
28:02the contents of the woman's bags
28:04are telling a different story.
28:06You're here to work.
28:07That's where we're at.
28:08We're not even here.
28:09We're not here to play games no more.
28:10Do you understand how this looks?
28:11You're here to work.
28:11I understand,
28:12but I'm not getting paid to anything.
28:14I didn't say that you're getting paid.
28:16I asked you if you're here
28:18to do any kind of business
28:19or any kind of work.
28:22What are this?
28:24This is the microscope.
28:25So that's a big, heavy bar.
28:28We're done.
28:29Microscopes are a crucial tool
28:31for fountain pen makers
28:33when carrying out detailed work.
28:35Officer Mala suspects the woman
28:37is planning to trade
28:38with American clients.
28:40Okay.
28:41You've got to start being honest now.
28:43Okay.
28:43Because I do not understand
28:45why you're bringing all work items
28:47and you claim that you're here for fun.
28:49What are you here to do?
28:51I sell products.
28:52I sell them from Europe
28:53and I sell them globally,
28:55but I don't,
28:57I'm not here to sell things in person.
29:01Because you're bringing all your work items,
29:04your story kind of doesn't make sense.
29:05I'm going to do an electronic media
29:08exam on your phone.
29:10I'm going to read your emails.
29:12Whatever is in the phone right now,
29:14I'm going to read.
29:15So is there anything else
29:17that you haven't told me about?
29:18So I attend shows
29:19and I show off the things that I do.
29:23So you physically go on these shows,
29:25have a tent, a table.
29:27I have a table
29:28and people can look at my work
29:30and see the kind of things that I make
29:31and I have to display things.
29:32And you're also doing the trade show,
29:34you also sell your stuff in there?
29:36Do you have...
29:39What is the wait list for?
29:44So I know where the people are interested
29:46and so nobody gives me money
29:49at the trade show.
29:50Pack your stuff
29:51and meet me over there.
29:53Yeah.
29:54Okay, pack your stuff
29:55and meet me over there.
29:57The problem with her,
29:58once you do something hands-on in here,
30:00it's considered labor
30:01and you would need a work visa.
30:04If officers can prove
30:06the traveler is planning
30:07to make and sell luxury pens,
30:09she could face a fine
30:11and be permanently banned
30:13from entering the U.S.
30:28J.F.K. Airport
30:30is the biggest international mail facility
30:33in the U.S.
30:35As a gateway to North America,
30:37it handles a million packages every day.
30:41All right, J.F.,
30:42you want to run that one more time?
30:45Keeping Customs
30:46and Border Protection officers
30:48on high alert
30:49for smuggled contraband.
30:51When I started working here,
30:53I realized that we are the first
30:55and the last line of defense.
30:58Some big guns.
30:59Give that a look.
31:01All right.
31:02Every seizure that we have,
31:04every drug that we stop,
31:06every firearm that we stop,
31:08the satisfaction becomes
31:09not because we get paid,
31:11but it's because the life,
31:13the countless lives
31:14that we are saving
31:15here in the United States.
31:17Today,
31:19Officer Cisneros
31:20is on the lookout
31:21for shipments
31:22of a black market pharmaceutical
31:24arriving from the U.K.
31:27So let's go and find out
31:28what we have,
31:29what will be the catch-off today.
31:44This seems to be a vacuum cleaner.
31:48Nothing here makes me believe
31:51there is anything hiding.
31:53You can see the inside of the machine,
31:55which is very clear.
31:57Everything is transparent.
32:01They keep an eye out.
32:11Send you a small box.
32:13For any illicit packages
32:15hidden among them.
32:17There's something wrong
32:18with this box.
32:19It doesn't give me
32:21a clear picture of what it is.
32:31Okay, do me a favor.
32:33I want that to put
32:33on the side, please.
32:34Yeah, that will be inspected.
32:36That's kind of different
32:38from the rest of it.
32:42A second package
32:43also raises suspicions.
32:45Both have been shipped
32:47from the U.K.
32:49So I'm going to send
32:49it back again.
32:52because it doesn't look
32:53good at all.
32:57Okay, so just put that one
32:58on the side for me, please.
33:00With the packages
33:01singled out for inspection,
33:05Officer Cisneros
33:06proceeds with caution.
33:12We don't know
33:12what the boxes are.
33:14We don't know
33:14if we can get contaminated.
33:17And we have here...
33:25I have white powder.
33:33At this moment,
33:34I'm going to stop
33:35my B-Fentanyl.
33:36I'm going to gear up,
33:38have a mask,
33:38and change my gloves
33:39and try to test it
33:41without opening the package
33:42and find out what it is.
33:56In Detroit,
33:58officers are questioning
33:59a fountain pen maker
34:00who claims to be
34:01entering the U.S.
34:02on vacation.
34:03What are this?
34:05This is the microscope.
34:06But her suitcases
34:07are full of equipment
34:09and merchandise.
34:11Still unsatisfied
34:12with her story,
34:13Officer Mala
34:14asks the woman
34:15about her accommodations
34:16while in the U.S.
34:18She gives the names
34:19of two different friends,
34:21explaining
34:22that she's romantically
34:23involved with both of them.
34:25And when you visit
34:26where are you going
34:27to be staying?
34:27With him.
34:28At his house.
34:29Is he married?
34:30Is he single?
34:31He's single.
34:33And who is...
34:34He's another friend of mine.
34:35You're staying
34:36at his house as well?
34:37Yes.
34:38I have a partner
34:39when an open
34:40registered partnership.
34:42In your country?
34:43Yes.
34:43I'm in an open
34:44relationship.
34:44You're in an open
34:45relationship, correct?
34:46I'm in an open
34:46relationship when we hooked up
34:48and my partner
34:49knows about this.
34:49She has multiple partners.
34:51Okay.
34:51Officer Mala
34:52wants to make sure
34:53that the woman
34:54is meeting other men
34:55of her own free will.
34:57Do you perform
34:58paid sex?
34:59No.
35:00Oh, my Lord.
35:00No.
35:01Are you sure?
35:01Yes.
35:02Because you do come
35:03see a lot of guys in here,
35:04so...
35:04No, I do not.
35:06Are you sure?
35:06Yes.
35:07We see the...
35:08Or, like, are you
35:08in any, like,
35:09escort website?
35:10No, I'm sorry.
35:11We gotta ask.
35:11We see them all the time.
35:12Girls from all around
35:13the world come here
35:14as an escort.
35:15Make sure you're
35:15not being trafficked.
35:16I have another skill
35:17that I obviously
35:19use to make money.
35:21Satisfied that she's
35:22not meeting men
35:22under duress,
35:24the writing is still
35:25on the wall
35:25for the pen maker.
35:27All the signs
35:28point to her
35:28importing luxury goods
35:30and the tools
35:31to make them
35:32with the intention
35:33of selling them.
35:35You are being returned
35:36with the first
35:36available flight.
35:39Do you understand?
35:43Yes.
35:43And the ticket
35:44costs $880.
35:46Your ESTA will
35:47be canceled.
35:48Once you've
35:48violated the terms,
35:49you can no longer
35:50use it.
35:51Forever?
35:51Forever.
35:54The bad thing
35:55about her is that
35:56once you violate
35:56the ESTA terms,
35:58you can never
35:58use ESTA again.
35:59It's, like,
36:00for life,
36:01you like,
36:01because it's a trusted
36:03travel program.
36:04Once you violate it,
36:06you technically consider
36:06not a trusted
36:07traveler anymore.
36:09Officer Mala
36:10is confident
36:10that her plan
36:11was to make
36:12direct sales
36:13to U.S. customers
36:14to avoid trade tariffs,
36:16a violation
36:17of her travel conditions.
36:18Okay,
36:19your seat is 20,
36:22I'm sorry,
36:2248 G.
36:23Your seat is 48 G?
36:24Okay, let's go.
36:27Safe travels.
36:28Bye.
36:30Bye.
36:34She understood.
36:35She loves to
36:37stay in U.S.,
36:38unfortunately.
36:39Most people do.
36:39But hopefully
36:40she'll be able
36:41to get the right visa
36:42and come back.
36:56At JFK's
36:58International Mail Facility.
37:01There's something
37:02wrong with this bag.
37:03It has the makening
37:04of something
37:05illicit
37:05coming here.
37:06Officer Cisneros
37:08has identified
37:09two suspicious packages
37:10sent from the U.K.
37:12Wow.
37:14I have
37:17white powder.
37:19I'm going to gear up,
37:21have a mask,
37:21and change my gloves,
37:23and try to test it.
37:24I don't take anything
37:25for granted.
37:26It might be fentanyl.
37:27I don't know what it is.
37:29A testing device
37:31uses laser technology
37:32to identify the substance
37:34inside the first package.
37:37Okay, I see that this
37:41plastic is very thick.
37:43Let's see what we have here.
37:48Okay, so we're analyzing,
37:49so we're going to close the eggs.
37:55Ketamine, we have a hit.
37:57Ketamine is a medical anesthetic,
38:00a Schedule III controlled substance.
38:04Cheaper than cocaine,
38:05it's increasingly being abused
38:07as a recreational drug.
38:09Causing intense disorientation,
38:12users are often left
38:14highly vulnerable.
38:16People use these drugs
38:18to rape victims,
38:20to take the money
38:21out of the victims.
38:22But the very next day,
38:24the person who
38:25is being given this drug
38:27has no conscience
38:28of what happened.
38:30Okay, I got the second one here.
38:32This is sealed.
38:40You have an envelope,
38:42and then you have
38:43a CD, a DVD,
38:45it doesn't make sense.
38:48Wow.
38:49And you also have
38:51the white substance,
38:52which is wrapped
38:53the same as the other one.
38:55Again, it might be ketamine.
38:57I don't know what it is,
38:58so I'm going to test that again.
39:01Now we need to scan this.
39:07Okay, we're analyzing now.
39:15Bingo, ketamine.
39:16Hopefully, you know,
39:17within 24 hours,
39:19we're going to have
39:20agents looking at this,
39:22see if they,
39:23the person
39:24have prior records
39:25so they can be arrested,
39:27and we take it from there.
39:28Since both shipments
39:30have come from the UK,
39:32Homeland Security
39:32Investigations
39:33will notify
39:34the British police.
39:37If they track down
39:38the sender,
39:39they could face
39:40a long prison sentence.
39:42Wow, that's
39:431.65 kilograms.
39:51And let's see
39:52what we have.
39:52This one over here,
39:53the small ones.
40:01That is 61.9,
40:03a little bit,
40:04half a kilo,
40:06we'll say.
40:07Okay, that's it.
40:09That's two kilos
40:10of dangerous ketamine powder
40:12worth over $200,000
40:14that has been stopped
40:16from getting onto
40:17the streets of New York.
40:24The result is
40:26that this drug
40:26is not on the street
40:27because what we do here
40:29is safe life.
40:30And safe life
40:31is the most important thing
40:32in our mission.
40:33It's just doing
40:34what we have to do
40:35to keep Americans safe.
40:37Now we have it here.
40:41And we close it.
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