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00:12And away we go.
00:16We're on our way to one of our off-site express consignment
00:20facility. We're going to be conducting inspections
00:23on multiple shipments that was flagged by one of our units
00:27and hopefully we can get some good stuff.
00:30All right, boys, let's go do this.
00:32The shipments earmarked for inspection are from a European sender.
00:38Hello, guys. We are back.
00:42Whose details bear the hallmarks of a smuggling operation.
00:46This shipment might be good.
00:49We're going to be passing it through the x-ray.
00:53Okay. I like that image right there.
00:57That might possibly be something.
01:00So now we're going to do a more thorough inspection.
01:03The way people package things nowadays,
01:06anything can be disguised as anything.
01:16This looks like a friendly kid's package.
01:18A simple cartoon.
01:19But when we open it,
01:21we usually find
01:23pills.
01:30Anything in the bag is going to stick me, poke me, cut me, hurt me by any chance.
01:34We're up against a clock.
01:35We're looking for anybody that's not declaring,
01:38and there's going to be a lot.
01:46All right.
01:58So now we're looking for you.
02:11where are your bags this is it this is it yeah i travel light all right have a good day
02:16thank you
02:17today in san francisco
02:27a traveler is being inspected after an x-ray revealed some unusual looking objects in his
02:33luggage i'm just looking for pretty much contraband we are just going to do a quick baggage inspection
02:39just to see what he's bringing in having just landed from china he claims to have forgotten
02:46the combination for the lock on his suitcase so i'm going to need to cut it open all right
02:53which isn't a problem for officer gluzov
02:58you claim full responsibility of all the items that are in your bags
03:01yes inside the suitcase what's in this box staplers or staples is an unusually large quantity
03:11of office supplies why do you need staples it's about office streets what kind of staples are they
03:19like like regular staple why don't you just go to staples and buy some staples it's cheaper
03:24over there officer gluzov counts 30 staplers and over 40 000 staples
03:34how many staples do you need how many people do you work with how many is a lot of people
03:45so many staples do you usually get inspected no i've never seen so many staples
03:56what is this what is this what is it gives to me okay it's called tea
04:02got a little tea
04:06is it mushrooms what is this
04:09the traveler claims the mushrooms are for making a traditional infusion
04:18i just gotta test it out but officer gluzov needs to make sure they aren't the magic kind
04:26i'm just gonna test out the mushrooms
04:30psilocybin mushrooms contain hallucinogenic compounds making them a schedule one controlled substance
04:36i understand everyone gets inspected matt you know very small sample bringing them into the country
04:46is a federal crime which can result in a heavy fine and even jail time
05:10okay i like that image right there that might possibly be something
05:16at newark's cargo facility this looks like a friendly kids package
05:21the simple cartoon but when we open it pills
05:26officers have intercepted an airmail package from europe one of a large shipment flagged for inspection
05:34after they vacuum seal it they'll wash it with a solvent to get the smell away from the package
05:41so that the drug sniffing dogs can't detect it
05:46all right so let me go ahead
05:51perfect i'm going to try this all right let's go ahead and test for quick identification
05:58officer olivo uses a laser device which searches over 1200 substances in mere seconds okay we're going
06:07to get ready to conduct a scan from cutting agents to narcotics
06:14there it is mdma mdma or ecstasy is a synthetic party drug which is illegal in the u.s and
06:24united kingdom
06:26good job officer olivo it's a hallucinogenic you wake up the next morning not knowing what you did
06:33a single pill has a street value of around eighty dollars meaning this pack is likely to be worth
06:40nearly twenty five thousand dollars this is definitely a good fine we get these off the streets
06:47criminal gangs in europe are increasingly manufacturing synthetic drugs to trade directly
06:53with mexican cartels in exchange for cocaine much of their product is trafficked using america's mail
07:01system okay we're good all right we got a few more to go with a further 45 packages in the
07:09shipment
07:11get that envelope maybe something the officers aren't done yet
07:18you can see here there's an envelope and within the envelope you see two distinct packages in there
07:24so once again this is a top view is a side view so this may be uh probable of something
07:31my spider sense is tingling this is packaging very similar to what we just found with the ecstasy pills
07:39bingo once again our cartoon feline friends packaging on the outside with no name brands on the top
07:50okay this looks like a package of ketamine and this possibly could be pink cocaine so we're gonna see
08:00i'm confident that this is going to come out positive for something we shall see
08:10there you go ketamine ketamine is a fast-acting anesthetic
08:18its growing popularity as a recreational drug has fueled a rapid increase in use in the u.s
08:26this will come back as ketamine as well there you go ketamine good fine it's a it's a party drug
08:36it's
08:36a huge party drug that they use constantly having also tested positive for ketamine officers want to
08:42establish why only the second batch is pink we're going to take a reading of it with the gemini which
08:49is a little bit more accurate this test requires a device with a larger library of chemicals
08:58the pink powder here came back is kind of mean uh mixed with mdma a potentially lethal cocktail
09:06both substances have been linked to fatal strokes and heart attacks
09:14we're just we're killing it today yeah so basically it looks it's one of those days sometimes
09:19we got nothing sometimes we may get maybe one maybe two but today it looks like we're getting a slew
09:27of illicit contraband coming through the port today so it's a good day this i don't know what this one
09:32is we're gonna have to test this but here we go with more party pills problem is a lot of
09:37people
09:37take too much of this stuff they wind up od-ing and they're trying to celebrate something a celebration
09:42turns into a tragedy we might have more another suspect right here another suspect another suspect
09:50we're gonna pull all three
09:54it's a frenzy all today's the x-ray directs them towards a further twenty thousand dollars worth of
10:02party drugs positive for mdma these smugglers will try anything and everything to get the little
10:12packages through three hours in have another one the search takes a turn this is this is something else
10:26that possibly this could be testosterone this package appears to be from a different center
10:33this time in turkey we're going to have our officer and test this to see what it really is
10:59is it mushrooms what is this gene in san francisco secondary a man referred for a suitcase search
11:09i'm just gonna test out the mushrooms is attempting to bring mushrooms into the country from china
11:17i just need a very small sample he claims they're for making tea
11:25i don't know what it is so but if they contain hallucinogenic psilocybin the test will turn purple
11:33that's cool i mean
11:37and the traveler will be in hot water
11:42yeah if it was positive it would pop for like a lightish purple
11:52no we'd have a different conversation then
11:58i can't tell you why you were inspected but keep in mind that if you're coming in to the us
12:05you're
12:06subject to uh inspection every passenger it doesn't matter if you're a green card holder u.s citizen
12:11like yourself uh or visa all right you're all set sir thank you man thank you
12:20chinese culture has a long tradition of making tea from medicinal mushrooms
12:26fungi such as reishi and cordyceps are prized for their earthy flavors and health-giving properties
12:34china is known for a lot of teas i did a test no mismatch all regular the guy was a
12:41little bit
12:41annoyed being inspected that is kind of a normal thing between us citizens people don't like to be
12:49pulled out or be extra inspected and they get fishy when we they ask us why are they being inspected
12:56but
12:56we can only tell them that they're subject to inspection come on bro you too have a good one bye
13:25if you're on the facial recognition you just need your lovely face and your face will mark you on board
13:32did you guys purchase or acquire anything on this trip that you're bringing back with the other day
13:35any like handbags jewelry anything like that no yeah by law all commercial purchases made abroad
13:43must be declared and the required import duty paid all righty here's your guys's passport back you guys
13:50are all set at cbp checkpoints and baggage claim officers are spot checking passengers just off a flight
13:59from rome italy something i'm never going to use i don't think so officer reynaud has stopped the
14:07owner of a bridal dress store who's returning from a buying trip 100 french cotton lace handcrafted in
14:15italy do you have the receipt for these ma'am no i don't at an earlier checkpoint she failed to
14:22declare
14:23five wedding dresses to officers this is not what we sell it explains it's because they're samples gifted
14:31to her by an italian supplier are they labeled as samples no it all needs to be declared as custom
14:39yeah but even if i didn't pay for it it's for your business regardless of whether you're selling
14:46it or using it as a sample and how you do that you let the officer up front know or
14:51you let me know
14:51when i stop you but she didn't let me know listen i'm in business since 96 okay we sell dresses
14:59after
15:00thirty thousand dollars okay so we do everything custom made by cost attention i get it i get it
15:06yeah so it's a totally different scenario so for customs purposes you have to declare it as a
15:12commercial sample i declare everything i'm a very honest person pressed to put a value on them
15:18she estimates each dress to be worth just fifty dollars she's just going to kind of modify and play
15:24with them a little bit but for our purposes it is being brought in as commercial goods she did not
15:29declare the the dresses to me she placed the value of these dresses at 250 in total these are handmade
15:36italian dresses wedding dresses they would not be worth fifty dollars i imagine they would be far more
15:43than that in italy and they're certainly worth more here since the samples have no retail value for her
15:49the woman says she has made an honest mistake which could end up costing her dearly listen to me i'm
15:58explaining this to you from a custom standpoint everything has value and when you're bringing
16:02commercial items if you don't declare them they're subject to seizure
16:19a combination of ketamine with mdma in newark officers have intercepted three packages of party drugs
16:28drugs from europe we're just we're killing it today so far they estimate the seizure to be worth
16:35roughly forty five thousand dollars on the black market but the search takes a new direction
16:44as officers intercept another shipment this time from turkey this is something else
16:51that possibly this could be testosterone non-regulated we're going to have our officer test this to see
16:59what it really is what we have here this is the anabol a steroid used for muscle growth so schedule
17:10three drug
17:12dianabol is a prescription only anabolic steroid widely used for enhancing muscle physique and athletic performance
17:21i'm going to crack the pill just because usually hills they come with a little film
17:28and the film will prevent us from getting the correct reading shining a red beam which is your laser
17:35add the material
17:39okay no match found so we got no match on the dianabol but that will call for further testing
17:46the inconclusive reading suggests the pills don't contain what they claim the fake pharmaceutical
17:53industry is one of the most profitable on the black market estimated to be worth up to an annual 200
18:00billion dollars due to its lax counterfeit laws turkey is a major source country a lot of this stuff's not
18:09regulated all the young men that want to get super muscular they have really no idea what they're
18:14really ingesting after four hours and 50 packages searched hundreds of pills and controlled medication
18:23are seized all worth close to 50 000 dollars maybe a small amount but at the end of the day
18:30we've saved a few lives
18:33what is the 18
18:37the seizure will be passed to homeland security investigations as evidence who will work with european
18:44law enforcement to track down the laps behind the shipment
18:49for officer oliveville today marks yet another high point in a long-running dedicated career
18:56well i don't want to say that i'm a legend but i try my very best to identify whatever comes
19:01across my
19:02table right now i'm getting ready to retire but uh every day that i am here i'm going to do
19:08my best
19:09best to try to stop as much contraband as i can because i love my country and uh you know
19:15i just want
19:16to make sure that these drugs don't get into uh the hands of children
19:22you
19:40but this is not the full resale it's commercial you did not declare it
19:46in secondary a bridal store owner has failed to declare five sample dresses
19:52gifted to her by an italian supplier i'm a very honest person so this is not for resale
19:59but it is commercial no it's not since she has no plans to sell them
20:07she believes they have no commercial value i'm a customs officer i've been doing this for a lot of
20:12years okay and i will tell you 100 it is commercial from a customs perspective it is commercial it's more
20:19business okay i respect you but to me commercial means that i have a client that i can put this
20:26dress
20:26on look at this dress is this big it doesn't fit anybody i'm not going to try it on i'm
20:33just saying
20:34i don't know i don't know for customs purposes you have to declare it you have to declare it with
20:39the proper value okay when asked she estimated the dresses to be worth around 50 each officer reynaud
20:49disagrees if customs disputes the value which in this case i do into 250 is way too low than what's
20:55here okay these are handmade dresses in italy i know they're not resellable i know you're not planning
20:59on selling them but clearly they're worth more than 250 dollars and they're commercial okay they
21:05are considered commercial for customs purposes because you are bringing them in for business use
21:10even though the woman has made a genuine mistake on this occasion officer reynaud won't be saying i do
21:18how are we gonna do this it's got to get looked at by our import specialist
21:22they'll determine what the actual value of these items are and then they'll assess any tariffs
21:26any duties that are owed okay you will owe duties on these items all five dresses are seized
21:35nobody's going without a wedding dress right i don't want to ruin anyone's wedding
21:41so we're going to put it in into a bonded warehouse with the airline and our customs import specialist
21:46can take a look at it and they'll determine what the value is for these items and then they'll
21:51uh they'll assess any tariffs any duties that are out on those items and then she'll be able to get
21:55them back do you have any questions at all ma'am no okay all right thank you very much sure
22:01sure we
22:01can do that thank you all right thank you and this gentleman's going to get you out here okay
22:06out of your final lesson yeah all right have a good day
22:29here we go
22:3128 of all illicit drugs seized in the u.s are at airports
22:48in order to catch smugglers customs and border protection regularly carries out specialized
22:59operations known as 100 percent checks
23:03i know i know i missed you too
23:10at jfk officer san herjo and canine magnus are heading out to runway 22 left where a flight from
23:19the dominican republic has just touched down the dominican republic happens to be the hub for
23:27narcotics to transfer through we try to hit those flights hoping that we come up on something
23:34a 100 check is when a plane its passengers and even its crew are inspected without prior warning
23:43once they put the chocs on we'll get out we like to watch the airline workers and see you know
23:50make sure
23:51that they're not hiding a bag or concealing a bag we want to make sure that all bases are covered
23:58on board the now empty a320 the search begins
24:02oh boy we normally like to look in like little compartments like this because sometimes you never know
24:13but it's happened before
24:17where we find something in there
24:19keep up good job
24:25bathroom
24:25good boy
24:29magnus is trained to detect the scent of weapons cash and narcotics even if they're no longer on board
24:36up good job his nose is so good that i could skip a couple rows and even if there's something
24:46in the
24:46seat he will alert and he'll take me there we have the ac on right now so if there was
24:53anything the wind
24:54could possibly move the odor i have to trust my dog and follow him good job
25:03we're going to go inside the uh belly so that's going to be the next uh part
25:09below the passenger deck aircraft search technician officer cambray enters the cargo hole
25:18okay within this area here they actually hide a lot of uh contraband narcotics and uh weapons we're
25:26gonna scan some of the panels to see what's within the void there's a lot of voids in this aircraft
25:31here in this area and if i do see anomaly then i'll open it up and then from there we'll
25:35do further
25:35inspection previous searches of aircraft cargo holds have revealed narcotics stashed by ground crews
25:43being bribed by the cartels this is this area that i just scanned and that's where you get the
25:49the panel separation of the screws goes i see a smaller anomaly here i'm going to open the area just
26:04to
26:04inspect it because it does look like a little unusual to see that so i'm going to check it out
26:09and see
26:09what what's in there
26:13the hatch stores gases used to inflate emergency evacuation systems in an area only accessible to
26:21flight crews okay it's part of the insulation back here this is what the installation looks like
26:29sometimes you have a piece that's actually full with the x-ray you will see it as a heavier mass
26:33so that's where i saw the piece of insulation actually just stuck over here so i can see that
26:38so it's negative for any narcotics so far the hold appears clean good boy good job magnus
26:50but up on the passenger deck
26:55up hey magnus
27:05magnus picks up a scent
27:18they're learning over here
27:21on the corner here like he took a big inhale
27:29he's going crazy um i'm gonna call and they're like there might be something there
27:58at jfk airport a team is performing a 100
28:03percent check of an a320 from the dominican republic a known transit point for smuggled contraband
28:11he's going crazy i'm gonna call one of you guys there might be something there
28:16canine magnus has picked up a suspicious scent on the passenger deck
28:21hey sorry to bother you i was on uh one of the flights and i wanted one of you guys
28:26to check something
28:27out for me there could possibly be something there this aircraft might have been used for transporting
28:35of narcotics it could possibly be the ac is on so odor kind of travels and you know sometimes um
28:44the dog
28:45can pick up on the odor but because of the the circulation he can't really pinpoint where it is
28:52um so it's up to us to kind of step in and use our tools
28:59aircraft search mechanics arrive to investigate
29:07there's something there that like a odor that he's trained to detect he would kind of give off this
29:15behavior so that's why i'm a little bit optimistic that something might be there
29:24in the belly of the plane all right aircraft search technician officer cambry conducts a corresponding
29:33search trying to access the area of suspicion from below i see you man i'm down here
29:42i have my partners upstairs
29:53yeah it looks pretty good here working good
29:58so in that area here we actually communicate make sure there was nothing upstairs and i'll make sure i
30:03tell them there's nothing down here also so far look pretty good nothing here so there's no step outside
30:10and then we'll close up
30:18after a two-hour search
30:24okay this is secure officers declare the plane free of contraband
30:31it's a cat and mice game so it's just one of those things that we have uh we have to
30:36do here and
30:36you know just try to uh get the drugs off the street and this is part of our mission and
30:42as aircraft
30:43search uh mechanics this is what we do here for cbp
30:48officers have a theory that magnus was picking up on the residual odor of narcotics from a previous leg
30:55this is why magnus could have picked it up for today magnus's work is done
31:02the customs and border protection will continue its 100 checks and remain vigilant
31:08it was a productive day for us magnus loves his job i love my job and um we're
31:17every day motivated to find more and more drugs i would do it over and over again if i can
31:24you hear that
31:25magnus yeah
31:26so
31:28so
31:29so
31:41so
31:42so
32:02across United States airports officers carry out checks on a million travelers
32:08every day always on alert for people violating the terms of their entry visas in Honolulu a couple
32:30traveling from China on B2 tourist visas have been referred for questioning on their
32:38frequent visits to the US the wife returns home after a short visit while the husband stays behind
32:47officer Nix wants to find out what's behind the unusual travel pattern just gonna have you take
32:54a seat right here for me the pair is questioned separately when was the last trip to the US okay
33:06okay who did you come with my wife okay how long did you and your wife stay with my wife
33:14and me is
33:16about two months just two months about two three months yeah two three months that's pretty big
33:23difference yes it's another three months why did your wife leave after two weeks because my wife
33:31go back to China take care of the baby and then I keep to travel and I meet my classmate
33:37and friend so
33:39what did you do now go to the bar okay get a drink similar to their last trip to the
33:47US the wife is yet
33:49again booked on a return flight but her husband says he has plans to stay longer how come you didn't
33:56buy a
33:56ticket to go back home yet not yet I want to book tomorrow and where are you going to stay
34:02in the hotel
34:03and then the rent a car to get the road trip you said you're going to rent a car do
34:09you already have
34:10a reservation for a car rental no yeah I want to rent today and return today you're gonna book on
34:18a new car
34:19every day yeah yeah why not just book one for six days because the hotel parking is about the $60
34:28one
34:29day if I rent one day I use no fee for packing okay after two weeks do you have any
34:37plan of staying
34:39longer I want to go to the California mm-hmm wait just one moment I'll be right back the man's
34:48travel
34:49plans are unusually light on detail there's a lot of dependencies with the fact that he doesn't have
34:54a lot of reservations any real details for his travel or even lodging or flights to follow along
35:00with his plan there's also the fact that he admitted that he initially did not tell us his full plans
35:06which do include travel to the mainland United States after his time in Hawaii a search of his
35:13suitcase yields a surprising discovery it's clear he's got nine different bank accounts multiple
35:21credit and debit cards with US banks we are going to bring the information we have for this individual
35:27the evidence we had suggesting his various bank accounts we're going to investigate further to
35:33determine what his intent in the United States is and what his past activities were when we looked in
35:40your luggage today you have like 15 to 20 different bank cards why do you have almost 20 banking bank
35:48cards debit cards because listen once we find something that you didn't tell us about and if it's
35:55something that might cause us for concern you're not going to get an opportunity to change your story
36:21in Honolulu a married couple from China is being questioned after red flags were raised by their travel
36:29plans when we looked in your luggage today you have like 15 to 20 different bank cards why do you
36:37have
36:37almost 20 bank bank cards debit cards here on tourist visas the husband claims they came for vacation but
36:47the discovery of his multiple US bank accounts suggests otherwise before then I come to America I want to do
36:57the
36:57business business in China they need to have the bank account usually an account gives you one maybe two
37:07cards you have almost 20 yes so how many different accounts oh about a night tonight about nine why nine
37:20different bank accounts in the United States sometimes my friend need to transfer the US dollar to the Chinese
37:30yeah who are you transferring money for for my friend so he lives in US in China how much money
37:40have you helped transfer
37:41a total $40,000 40,000 US dollars yeah I'm trying to understand why why was someone in the US
37:47why is she giving you
37:50$40,000 to transfer back to China who is this person to you he's my friend so you're just helping
37:57move money from here back to
37:59China yes just transfer to money okay right now I don't think you're being fully honest mm-hmm
38:08so right now with the questioning he's already fairly nervous his answers are extremely varied which
38:13leads us to believe he's trying to lie about the real reason why he's transferring money for people
38:18it does have potential links to things such as money laundering or fraud do you understand the
38:24possible penalties for lying to federal officers in the United States what's the penalty maybe you can
38:33that's one thing yes you could also go to jail for five years in a US prison okay I'm gonna
38:39have
38:40you wait and back in the same room until we're ready to talk to you later okay while the interview
38:48is
38:48paused another team continues to question the man's wife she makes a startling admission about their
38:57previous trip to the country his wife stated that he worked in some capacity on his last entry to the
39:05United States according to her he did receive money for some things that he did in the United States there
39:11are things suggesting to that he had an intent to also come back again on this entry potentially to do
39:16the same thing a clear violation of his b2 tourist visa means only one thing you'll be expeditiously
39:28removed on the first available flight you were barred from reentering the United States for a period of
39:34five years from five years from the date of removal do you understand from now yeah so do you understand
39:46give it a couple seconds
39:51next because of the evidence to his lack of reservations his lack of ability to truly describe
39:56what he did on the last trip he was refused entry to the United States today he has been banned
40:01for five years
40:04as for the suspicions of money laundering officer Nix will turn over his findings there are further
40:11concerns we have as well but those we're going to address with probably another agency to process but
40:17possible further actions against him in the future the couple will be put on the first flight departing for
40:24China whenever we are able to refuse entry to people who are coming for derogatory reasons
40:31whether that's again terrorism or fraud or illegal activities criminal activities it always gives
40:38me a great feeling to go home and knowing that I actually helped protect our country and at the end
40:43of the day fulfilled you know my job my my duty to protect our country
40:48our country
40:48our country
41:06our country
41:06our country
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