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13:13Just in case, God forbid something happens, it is a lifesaver.
13:19So right off the bat, looks like a crystallized substance. Feels a little hard.
13:24It's double wrapped, you can see there's a black taping outside and then it's also another plastic wrapping within the
13:29inside of it.
13:30The mask, maybe the odor.
13:36So this is our Thermo Scientific Gemini. This thing has a library of over 200-250 files.
13:43And it could be anything, methamphetamine, cocaine hydrochloride, it'll let us know.
13:55Got a positive for methamphetamine.
13:57Well, I think this is probably going to be a few ounces, but then we can go weigh it.
14:1021.5 grams of crystal meth.
14:17So we'll make a few calls if an HSI agent wants to come talk to them and see if we
14:22can prosecute them.
14:23It could be some jail time, little jail time, probation.
14:27But yeah, there is going to be a consequence regardless.
14:29Any seizure is great, honestly.
14:31You know, the more we catch, the better.
14:34All right. Thank you.
14:36It may seem like a little bit to an average person, but this subject has kids, so it can easily
14:42get into the wrong hands.
14:44You know, it's a balloon, a kid can get it and think it's something that's, you know, candy.
14:47So we always have to stay vigilant, but it's very important that we don't forget our mission and get complacent.
15:08We're going to examine this right now. We don't know what it is.
15:15I'm going to use my little machine here. It's called the TrueNARC.
15:18It's compact and it has a laser function.
15:20And we'll be able to find out, hopefully, if this is something or not.
15:32Okay, this is analyzing.
15:38Believe it or not, it's giving me a reading of confectioner's sugar.
15:43That's what it is.
15:46Sugar.
15:48Sometimes we win, sometimes we don't.
15:50But we checked it out.
15:54And we are good in letting this shipment proceed to its final destination.
15:59We didn't get anything here today.
16:02You know, that's the way it goes sometimes.
16:03Sometimes we get a little, sometimes we get a lot.
16:06Okay, the shipment is good to go.
16:09We have a lot of work in front of us.
16:10But, you know, whether it's, you know, counterfeit goods or narcotics, we're vigilant.
16:16And we just got to try again.
16:31Let's go home.
16:39There's a guy on the phone walking towards him in the parking lot.
16:44They are talking.
16:46That's one getting out of the vehicle with the backpack.
16:50This looks like a vehicle fault, guys.
16:55New guy in the car.
17:00Vehicle in drive.
17:01Vehicle's away.
17:01Yep, driver's spot.
17:04Okay, move him again.
17:06He's past the guard center right now.
17:09Now he's stopping right by it.
17:11And he's pulling into a spot.
17:15All right, he's out of the car.
17:17He's walking over here to this red minivan.
17:22The plot thickens.
17:24There's a red minivan.
17:25He's accessing the driver's side slider.
17:29He's leaning into it.
17:32Yep.
17:34Still digging around in the rear seat.
17:38Okay, looks like he's done.
17:40Door's closed.
17:43He's got a duffel bag.
17:47Yeah, he's got a duffel bag and a blue box that holds, like, a floor fan.
17:54He's probably going to go unload the car.
17:56He's probably going to find a private place that he can do that.
17:58And then the drugs will go into that box into a bag.
18:03We just put those items in the back seat of our V1.
18:06And he's climbing into the driver's seat.
18:09Door closed.
18:11Don't pull him away.
18:19All right.
18:20We're on the move.
18:25We're going to let this play out as long as we can and hope that this leads us to more
18:30people.
18:38The target vehicle is now on the move again.
18:41He's up to the driveway and he is turning out.
18:50We had a driver swap.
18:52And then the new driver went back to what we believe to be his personal car and then retrieved a
18:58duffel bag and a box.
19:01My guess is both of those are empty.
19:02And that will be his concealing method, that when he returns the car, he can move it back into his
19:07personal car.
19:08All right, he's slowing down.
19:12That's one curve here.
19:14All right, he's going to make a U-turn.
19:16U-turn.
19:18Nope, he's going to pull into a parking lot.
19:22Right there.
19:24Right now, I'm trying to find him.
19:27He's out of the car.
19:28Rear hatch is open.
19:31Yeah, he's probably going to do this out in the open.
19:33He might be unloading the vehicle.
19:37That can't be him.
19:40And that can't be this easy.
19:44All right, he's into the passenger side rear now.
19:48I see his bagging or boxing into something.
19:53I can't see what he's loading it into.
19:55I think this is dead.
19:58It looks like he's unloading the packages and he's moving them into that box or that bag.
20:03Get ready to go.
20:12If they pull packages, then we'll do a big assault.
20:30Right now, currently, we're at an air cargo examination facility.
20:34We have boxes that were targeted by our targeting unit.
20:39And they're ready for inspection now.
20:44Generally, people try to smuggle drugs, medication, counterfeit items such as handbags, shoes, clothing, electronics, watches.
20:53I don't think this is a intellectual property rights violation, just shirts.
20:58Counterfeit goods or intellectual property rights violations are a big black market business for a lot of transnational criminals.
21:07So we make sure that anything that comes in the U.S. is legitimate.
21:12So this is going to be released.
21:15Let's take a look at this.
21:19Usually, because they're trying to circumvent the screening process, they don't usually declare the actual item and the value of
21:26the item.
21:27And this is because they don't want to pay duty.
21:29What do you got?
21:30Bags?
21:31Now, how much did the shipper declare this for?
21:34This one was $100.
21:37I think that's probably $100.
21:40Okay.
21:40Oh, beautiful.
21:41Nothing here.
21:44I think I want to open this one.
21:46You want to open this one?
21:48I'm an expert in this.
21:50Box cutting.
21:52I'm not going to open this up.
21:53All right.
21:54Oh.
21:55What we got here?
21:57Chanel.
21:59What do you think?
21:59They're real?
22:00It looks real.
22:01Oh, wow.
22:02Yeah.
22:02It looks like it could be real.
22:05How many we got?
22:06Four boxes?
22:08Let's see.
22:09All right.
22:09What we got?
22:12I think this is legit.
22:14Oh, yeah.
22:15Right?
22:16This might actually be real.
22:17The shipper declared this merchandise for $50.
22:20This is definitely not worth $50.
22:22I mean, these shoes, they go for easily.
22:24How much?
22:25Some up to $400, $500.
22:27Wow.
22:28So that's a lot of money right there.
22:30Mm-hmm.
22:31Anything above $800, they would need to get a customs broker.
22:34That acts as a liaison between CBP and the person that is bringing in the goods.
22:40Now, what a lot of people try to do is they try to declare it at less than $800 so
22:44they don't have to pay the duty fee and also they don't have to pay the broker fee.
22:49So I think what we'll do is forward it to our import specialist for appraisal.
22:52Yep.
22:52To an appraisal.
22:53Yeah.
22:54Once it goes to an appraisal, those are our experts at CBP and they can officially make a judgment call.
23:00Okay, well, this is how much it is actually worth as compared to how much the shipper has claimed that
23:04it's worth.
23:06Oh, I forgot to put the shoe in.
23:07Oh.
23:08You think you...
23:08I was taking it for myself.
23:10You think would you wear these?
23:12Uh, it's not my style.
23:13No?
23:14All right.
23:15I like high heels.
23:15I think my mom would.
23:18All right.
23:19When people evade taxes or duties, they directly affect our economy.
23:24That causes illicit businesses to grow and actually affects the legal businesses in this country.
23:31So, can't let that happen.
23:33We will detain this, this person will get fined, and then we're going to look at more stuff and we'll
23:39see what we find.
23:40All right.
23:51Let's see if we see anything good or...
23:53Yeah.
23:57You guys up to this one?
24:00How's it going, sir?
24:01Buenas tardes.
24:02Buenas tardes.
24:03Okay.
24:05The past few months we've been seeing a lot of fentanyl and meth.
24:09It has ramped up tremendously here.
24:16They'll bring it in cars, people, and it's becoming a huge issue.
24:24I'm good back here, Cooper.
24:32Peds?
24:33Yeah.
24:34The body carriers, they're typically your smaller loads.
24:37Fentanyl has a high price point on it to where they don't have to smuggle in huge quantities of it
24:43to make a decent amount off that over here.
24:49The human element is a huge aspect of it, so I like to pay attention to their body language.
24:55I'm always watching for any nervous tick or anything.
24:59Every once in a while, you'll give somebody that stands out to you to where you're like, ah, you look
25:02out of place, buddy.
25:07Something is up with this guy.
25:09His eyes have been real shifty while he's been waiting in line this whole time.
25:13Once he would notice you looking, he would kind of try to hide behind somebody real quick.
25:17And so I was real, real suspicious, kind of.
25:21So I'm going to grab him real quick.
25:24Hey.
25:24Good afternoon, man.
25:26Where are you headed to, man?
25:27To work.
25:27Work? Where do you work at, man?
25:28At the factory.
25:30Okay. How long have you been working there for?
25:33Two weeks.
25:34Two weeks? Okay.
25:36What's in your pockets right there, man?
25:38Okay.
25:40All right. Okay.
25:42What's in your backpack?
25:43This is my stuff for work.
25:44Okay. What do you got?
25:45My lunch, my hard hat.
25:46All right. Any weapons?
25:47No.
25:48All right. Drugs?
25:49No.
25:50Anybody ask you to bring back anything for them?
25:52No.
25:52Okay, man.
25:53Hey, we're going to just come back here, okay?
25:56We're just going to check his bag a little bit further.
25:59And then we're also going to give him a full pat down.
26:01Make sure that there's nothing within his pants anywhere else.
26:07All right, man. We'll come back here, okay?
26:09Yeah.
26:09What's this thing?
26:10All right, man. We'll have you go over here.
26:12I'm just going to remove your belt, okay?
26:17There we go.
26:18Found it.
26:19Why'd you hide that, man?
26:20Put your hands behind your back.
26:27All right, man. We'll come back out here, and we'll have a seat, okay?
26:32Is that why you're nervous, man?
26:33You have a weed pen?
26:35Yeah.
26:36What we're looking for is the hard stuff.
26:38So I'm not going to find anything else?
26:39No.
26:39All right, man.
26:40He was extremely nervous and found out why.
26:45During the pat down process, we found a concealed vape pen within this crotch area.
26:51It's minor, but still it's illegal.
26:57I'm just going to test the vape pen to make sure that it is THC and not just tobacco.
27:02How we do that, we just get a paper clip and shove it down the opening, get some of the
27:08oil on there, put it on the test kit, and the test kit will let us know if it's THC
27:14or not.
27:21It's turned purple, so it did test positive for THC.
27:25We'll seize the vape pen.
27:27It's still illegal to cross with the national border with it.
27:30He knew it was illegal to cross with it, so this traveler will be penalized.
27:36Since you concealed it, you didn't declare it, you are going to be fined for it.
27:42So you're going to get a promissory note, since you don't have the funds on you right now, to pay
27:45within 30 days.
27:47So about $500.
27:49So that's mitigated from $1,000.
27:51It shouldn't be too long, man.
27:52Once we get the promissory note printed up and signed, you'll be on your way, man.
27:57Okay?
27:59Okay.
28:00To me, when I see smaller amounts of marijuana come through, it's minor, but you do want to stop it
28:06because you have to do your checks and balances.
28:08You have to use all your tools to be able to find it.
28:12Real hard drugs are coming across the border.
28:15So it's one of those things where you do want to get the small amounts because we're getting better at
28:20our job due to it.
28:30If another vehicle rolls up and they start unloading packages, I will get the head down.
28:42It looks like he's still searching the car, searching the panels of the car, the tailgate.
28:46That's indicative of someone unloading a vehicle.
28:50There's a white truck entering a parking lot.
29:00I don't have a direct shot in.
29:01I don't have a direct shot in.
29:02I can be the first one in.
29:03I'll push him myself, nose in.
29:05He kind of blocks him out so he can't back out.
29:08We'll see where it goes.
29:24I'm going to go and get eyes on him.
29:27It looks like you're coming up.
29:33I'm going to go and get eyes on him.
29:38It looks like you're coming up.
29:39He's completed the unload and is now on his way to deliver it.
29:46With each case like this, there's so many moving parts.
29:50It requires game time decisions as to when we continue to follow, when we take enforcement action.
29:56And those circumstances can change minute by minute.
30:00It may be a green light for enforcement action and then we hold.
30:13If he stays on his current heading, he will run right back into the shopping center where we saw the
30:20initial driver swap.
30:23Based on the things that we've seen in the past, things we've seen today,
30:28it's likely he's going to move that box and whatever bags he has in there into his red van that
30:36we saw.
30:37And then we'll likely take them down after the transfer.
30:51This is good.
30:52So let's put this back over here.
30:59Smugglers are very, very creative.
31:01It's all bound by how good you can smuggle something.
31:03So if they're changing their game, then we have to be right behind it and we always have to be
31:07on top of that.
31:10We'll open this and see what's in this one.
31:14What do we got here?
31:21Oh, wow.
31:22Okay.
31:22Wow.
31:23That's a Rolex.
31:27Okay.
31:28Oh, yeah.
31:30That's a...
31:32Perfect.
31:33Yeah, that's definitely a luxury watch.
31:36Very, very expensive.
31:38Another one.
31:39Oh, is this what I think it is?
31:42Oh, yeah.
31:43Yeah.
31:43I mean, this watch should go anywhere from like $250,000, if not more.
31:48And what it's worth is not what they're declaring.
31:51I think this is black market.
31:59So this is a very, very...
32:01Very expensive brand.
32:02Very expensive.
32:03Luxury watch.
32:08Okay.
32:09This looks like a, what is it?
32:10A cologne or a perfume box.
32:12I know.
32:12This is not even the brand of the watch.
32:13Yeah, this is not even the brand of the watch.
32:15And then I could look at this and I could tell everything.
32:17It's just the markers are very inconsistent.
32:18The material is not even good.
32:21And then we got this also.
32:22Now this is in a plastic.
32:25I highly doubt this is real because you're not really going to see the Rolex wrapped in
32:31a plastic written in foreign language.
32:35So now we have three...
32:37We have three...
32:38...possible trademark violations.
32:43Intellectual property rights violations directly affects the trade in the U.S.
32:47I know this one brand that we seize all the time that loses billions of dollars every year.
32:52Right.
32:54Right.
32:55When we find these items and they're counterfeit, we destroy them.
32:58You know, because we're trying to protect the consumer.
33:01A lot of people unknowingly buy these items thinking they're getting a great deal, but they're actually not.
33:07It's far darker than that.
33:10All right.
33:10Perfect.
33:11A lot of smugglers and a lot of black market individuals, they use this for money laundering purposes.
33:17To finance terrorism, narcotics, and child labor.
33:22So I believe it was a good operation today.
33:25And this is what we do every day at Customs and Border Protection.
33:29All right.
33:30Let's go.
33:31Let's go.
33:32Let's go.
33:58Let's go.
34:04Let's go.
34:09She had some questions she didn't answer correctly.
34:13The primary officer didn't feel comfortable,
34:15so he referred her in to us.
34:17Canine came out positive, so we're going to do a pat-down.
34:38We made her remove some of her clothing and I noticed
34:41that she was wearing male boxers.
34:43So in the slit from the male boxers,
34:46she had a bundle wrapped up in some kind of black tape
34:49in a condom, and I noticed that she had another one hiding
34:53in her hand as she tried to sneak it out.
34:56It's literally black and white what we can do and what we can't do.
35:00She felt the bulge.
35:01There's nothing else she needs, even without Canine.
35:03She felt the bulge, all right, take it.
35:05This was my first encounter with the body carrier.
35:08Officer Gloria and Supervisor Ciccone,
35:11they're super helpful right now.
35:12They're kind of guiding me through the process
35:14since this is my first one.
35:16She's going to get her print taken right now.
35:19That way we can have all of her information along with the case,
35:22and it's all put together.
35:25I'm sorry?
35:26Hey, you okay? You okay?
35:27She's requesting to use the restroom now.
35:30Oh.
35:34Senora.
35:36She seems concerned.
35:39She's not allowed to go to the restroom by herself.
35:42We will have to escort her to make sure
35:44that there is nothing within her body that needs to be seized.
35:57Okay, he is turning in a lot.
36:06I think he's headed over to where he's parked.
36:12And he is pulling up directly beside his red minivan.
36:17He's on the driver's side of his red minivan parked.
36:20Yeah, let him unload the red van.
36:23The slider's open for the minivan, and he is transferring items from
36:29if he walked into his red van.
36:32He's moving packages into his minivan.
36:35He's likely going to return this vehicle to the original driver,
36:40but we don't know where the first driver is.
36:43Red van is closed, and he's walking back to the V1.
36:49All right, he's still pulling away.
36:52I don't have him.
36:54All right, he's going back to the same area
36:56where he was parked earlier.
36:59You know, these takedowns can be dangerous.
37:01They are dangerous.
37:02There's going to be guns out in a major shopping center.
37:06We don't know if this guy is armed with a weapon
37:09defending the load or defending himself.
37:12All right, pulling into a spot.
37:15S1's approaching V1.
37:16There he is.
37:21Who's making the call?
37:22All right, push, push, push.
37:28Go, tap, go, tap.
37:33Go!
37:34Go, go, go, go.
37:34Police!
37:36Police!
37:37Police!
37:38You're always going out!
37:41Go, go, go.
37:45Go, go, go.
37:46Police!
37:48Let me see your hands.
37:49Here we go!
37:57perfect this is great you know now granted we're not done yet that red minivan is our main point
38:03of interest at this point we have the original driver and the second driver in custody we're
38:10gonna make our way over to that red minivan where we saw him move bags and secure that
38:19box in the backpack in the duffel
38:29mess mess mess mess mess
38:37more mess it's not a fan
38:42lots of mess let's transfer them to evidence bags we're always happy when nobody gets hurt
38:50we were able to get two people involved in the smuggling event in custody they could be looking
38:54at lengthy prison sentences we hope that evidence and interviews that we do will lead to other leads
39:02in this case and we're happy that the drugs didn't make it onto the street right now we're going to
39:08take it back to one of our facilities for weighing and testing
39:21what is this we found bundle internal
39:30we just came out of the bathroom we did find another bundle within her bowel movement she claims that
39:39she does not know what she was carrying inside of her and that she does not know if she has
39:44any more
39:45bundles inside it changes the whole dynamic in the beginning it was just a body carrier
39:51now it's more dangerous coming around
39:56since it is life learning we we do have it in a high risk
39:59if one pops you know they can go into shop causing your internal organs to shut down so
40:04we've got to get her checked out as soon as possible
40:08we're going to get a bottle of water maybe get her a cover too she seems like she's cold
40:16we have the narcotics that we found on the the violator and enter we're going to be tested
40:21it i don't know if it's fentanyl i don't know if it's cocaine i don't know if it's heroin but
40:25this will help confirm what it is
40:31that red line has given us a positive indication that we are indeed dealing with fentanyl
40:37so what we need to do now is we need to determine the total weight this is important for the
40:40investigation also for prosecution reasons
40:53we have 147.7 grams of fentanyl
40:59this is far beyond any type of personal use narcotics so she was definitely smuggling this
41:05in for further distribution she'll be looking at some serious time trying to get this in the united
41:09states girl is a train wreck now we told her it's fentanyl she didn't know she thought it was
41:14cocaine it's fentanyl she almost threw up we have to go we have to transport her to a local
41:20medical facility and to make sure that she has nothing else left inside of her
41:35we have a duty to protect the community so when we get the stuff at the border the stuff isn't
41:40getting in the communities it's not getting into schools and it's going to prevent further smuggling
41:44deeper into the united states
42:00we brought this to the port uh it's safer for us in a more controlled environment
42:06we're going to test the drugs and weigh them it's likely methamphetamine
42:13the san diego ports of entry are responsible for more than half of the country's entire seizures
42:19of methamphetamine so it's very very common but we'll need a confirmation that that's what we're
42:24dealing with
42:28cutting in one of the packages and then we use these uh test kits they're these chemical reagents that will
42:35um react to a certain color or if it tests positive for the characteristics of methamphetamine
42:50yeah that's methamphetamine it's about as much of a match in color as you're going to get
42:56uh 42.9 keys of methamphetamine across about 90 packages if we didn't intercept this then it would
43:10have hit one of their distribution hubs and then delivered anywhere in the country that you can think
43:15of so anytime that you can take drugs off the street put bad guys away and nobody gets hurt that's
43:21a great day
43:31so today was my last operation with the team i'm headed to dc i love being on this team i
43:40love
43:40watching them grow and we spend a lot of time together both on and off duty so that'll be hard
43:46but we have to continue to fight and dismantle these networks these drugs are harming real people
43:53they aren't numbers they aren't statistics they have names they have families failing is just never an
43:59option
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