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Contraband Seized at the Airport S02E06 Coming to America H 264
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00:14Under U.S. federal law, travelers can carry as much cash as they choose, but must declare
00:21any form of currency worth over $10,000.
00:25How much cash do you guys travel with today?
00:27About $8,500.
00:30Organized crime groups frequently transport illegal currency across international ports
00:36of entry.
00:38You guys are good.
00:40Thank you guys.
00:41I appreciate it.
00:42Have a safe trip.
00:46That dog was alerting on her.
00:49Today, moments before she tried to board a flight out of the U.S., a canine alerted to
00:58a Chinese national.
01:00Officers have discovered several bundles of concealed cash.
01:05Well, it looks like another package that's wrapped in plastic and foil.
01:11When asked, the woman failed to disclose the full amount of money in her carry-on.
01:17So a passenger reported traveling $6,800, just unloading U.S. dollars.
01:23We found over $16,000.
01:26Not only has she withheld the truth, she's gone to great lengths to mask the money sent,
01:32a known smuggling technique.
01:37We're going to go ahead and pull her check luggage off the plane and thoroughly check all bags
01:42to see if there's any other currency that's been hidden.
01:44In secondary, the search continues.
01:47We have to do a full, thorough baggage check.
01:50We want to make sure that the amount is spot on.
01:55We don't want to be off by even $1.
01:59Money to steal in the shoe.
02:01She does?
02:02Let's see.
02:04It's the same too full.
02:12All right, that's more money, bud.
02:15She's definitely missing her fight today.
02:16Stop.
02:21U8949 is landed.
02:22Anything in the bags, gonna stick me, poke me, cut me, hurt me by any chance?
02:25We're up against the clock.
02:27We're looking for anybody that's not declaring, and there's gonna be a lot.
02:42We're going to do it.
02:55We're going to do it.
02:55How you doing?
02:56You guys together?
02:58Yeah.
02:59We're doing a good job.
03:00Roughly 85% of cocaine seized and tested in the U.S. is traced back to Colombia.
03:12All travelers entering the United States can be stopped and questioned by CBP officers,
03:19but special attention is given to anyone who may have been previously suspected of carrying narcotics.
03:27Today, Officer Kamey is on the lookout for a man who's just landed from Colombia.
03:33So right now we're waiting for an individual to come in from a flight from Bogota, Colombia.
03:37We're going to make sure he's not trying to smuggle contraband into the U.S.
03:41If he's found with even a small amount of an illicit drug,
03:45he could be charged with importing a controlled substance,
03:48which carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence.
03:53One of our officers will let us know that he's at their booth.
03:56We'll grab him, bring him downstairs.
03:59We'll just do a quick interview, ask him what he was doing on vacation,
04:02where he stayed, what the purpose of his trip was,
04:05just to kind of get a basis to see if his story makes sense.
04:08And then we'll go through every single pocket,
04:10every single thing and make sure there's no contraband anywhere.
04:21As the target approaches primary, Officer Kamey moves in.
04:26Here. Thank you. How are you, sir?
04:30You can follow me. We're going to go grab your luggage, OK?
04:33And takes him to secondary for a full baggage search.
04:38Perfect. Anything in your pockets at all that you have?
04:40Cell phone, wallet, keys, whatever you have, just put up here for me.
04:44All right. So, have you ever been checked before?
04:47Yeah, I like .
04:48OK. I'm a good guy. I'm a good guy, I promise.
04:51So, we're going to go through the bag now.
04:54Ted, just take a step back. Let me see your hands at all times.
04:56It's just for safety, OK?
05:00This is all the medication that you have?
05:03And it's all prescribed in your name?
05:05Yeah.
05:08What is this one for?
05:10Yeah, that's one. Infections.
05:11For infections?
05:20And then, can you name every pill in here?
05:23Just what they're used for?
05:26Officer Kamey discovers a case of vitamins.
05:29A common ploy for smugglers is to hide small quantities of illegal narcotics among supplements.
05:35So, she must be thorough.
05:38I pretty much get all my vitamins here.
05:41So, I need to verify them before.
05:44Anytime we have anything like that, we try to make sure
05:47it doesn't match any of our narcotics that are prohibited.
05:50So, those all look over the counter. They're labeled.
05:54Even though the pill case is clean.
05:57A lot of people sometimes forget things in their pockets.
06:00So, we always try to make sure there's nothing left behind in there.
06:06It's not long before Officer Kamey finds something suspicious.
06:10And what are all those different cell phones for?
06:13Not only are multiple cell phones a known indicator in criminal activity.
06:19Who's this?
06:20The man is traveling with someone else's ID.
06:36The dog was alerting on her.
06:38So, a passenger reported traveling $6,800.
06:43Just unloading US dollars. We found over $16,000.
06:47In Detroit, a passenger has been found concealing thousands of dollars.
06:52She's got money to steal it in the shoe.
06:54She does?
06:55Right.
06:56See?
06:57Same tin floor.
07:00Following her initial declaration of $6,800,
07:04officers have found an additional $15,000, as well as bundles of Chinese and Japanese currency.
07:13Leading them to suspect she could be involved in a money laundering scheme.
07:18All right, that's real money, buddy.
07:22And experience tells officers there may be more.
07:26So, while we're going through the bags, it's very, very, very important that we look for some type of
07:31similarities between what we found in the carry-on luggage and the check luggage.
07:34So, if there's any type of clothes containers wrapped up in foil or plastics that's taped together,
07:41I wouldn't be surprised if there's a lot of similarities.
07:43In 2025, US law enforcement exposed a group of Chinese nationals responsible for laundering over
07:51$92 million from drug trafficking and organized crime.
07:57Make sure you check the lining, too.
08:00That's what I'm doing.
08:01And she's putting in the solar shoes.
08:03Down to the T, man.
08:08Oh, there's more.
08:09It's sealed in a coat.
08:10Is it?
08:11Yes.
08:12It's all wrapped up in a bag.
08:14Let me take a photo of that.
08:16Hey, guess what?
08:18Yep.
08:20Got another one.
08:22That was only one shoe.
08:23This is the second shoe in here.
08:25We got more.
08:34I'm confident there's nothing else in this bag.
08:37What's the total?
08:3936,000?
08:40Oh, it's over 36,000.
08:41Oh, we're over 36.
08:43Officer Gumber suspects the aluminum foil could be a ploy to avoid canine detection.
08:50She's a very smart woman, the way she had wrapped it between the foil and the black plastic bag.
08:55This is not her first rodeo.
08:56I can tell you that for sure.
08:57She knows what she's doing.
08:58She's probably done this in the past before.
09:01With over 36,000 undeclared dollars recovered, Officer Gumber has some questions.
09:09Where did the money come from?
09:11I borrowed from my friend.
09:13Who are the friends?
09:15You want the name?
09:16Please.
09:16Mike.
09:19How do you know Mike?
09:21This is my personal, this is my personal department.
09:25I understand that, but you're carrying money from, you're taking money from someone else,
09:30and you're transporting it outside of the United States.
09:32At this point, you're kind of making our business now.
09:36Listen, when you hide the money like this, it scares me because I need
09:40to know where the money's going and what the money is being used for.
09:43I want to trust you.
09:44Yes.
09:44I just need to verify what you're telling me.
09:47So if you don't want to give me information, I can't fully trust you what you're telling me.
09:50You understand?
09:51I'm not still money.
09:53Okay.
09:53I borrowed my friend and also I work, I save the money.
09:58Okay, so who did you borrow money from besides Mike?
10:01And Sam.
10:03Sam?
10:03Mm-hmm.
10:04Okay, where does Sam work?
10:05Can I check my phone?
10:07Yeah, go ahead.
10:07That's fine.
10:11Without warning, the woman uses her phone for something officers aren't expecting.
10:16Whoa, whoa, excuse me, whoa, whoa.
10:20What are you, what are you doing?
10:21No, no, no, I need to know what you're doing, ma'am.
10:24Ma'am, ma'am, what did you just do?
10:29What, what did you just do?
10:31Ma'am, what did you just do?
10:35You spoke into the phone, what did you say?
10:39Ma'am?
10:40Yeah.
10:40Put the phone down, please.
10:41Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:44The more you cooperate with us, the easier this whole process is going to go.
10:48If you do not cooperate with us, it's going to be a bumpy ride after all this.
10:56I haven't given you any hard time, I'm just asking a couple of questions.
10:58What is the money for?
11:00What's the money for?
11:02Mm-hmm.
11:02For to make cancer surgery, medical pills.
11:06I have the cancer.
11:07I have long cancer, level four.
11:11They say I only have three or six months to eat.
11:29So we're going to go through the bag now, just take a step back.
11:33In Newark, Officer Kamey is searching a Colombian citizen who's suspected of carrying narcotics.
11:42Not only has she found three cell phones.
11:45Who's this?
11:46He's carrying another man's ID, leading Officer Kamey to suspect theft or identity fraud.
11:53That's my, my, my husband.
11:57Why do you have his ID?
11:59That's his old one.
12:00I don't know, I'm Colombian.
12:02I like to have my loved one in Portugal.
12:06Is he from the US or he's Colombian as well?
12:08Indiana.
12:09What made him move to Colombia?
12:12Me.
12:12You?
12:13Okay.
12:14And what are all those different cell phones for?
12:17Is one of them a work phone, business phone, or there's the personal device?
12:23It's a break for the 16, 16 plus.
12:26So this one?
12:26That was my old one.
12:27Yeah, my 14.
12:28So my Colombian one is, it's like I'm able to communicate in Colombia easier.
12:33And then this one, I don't, when I'm in Colombia, I'm not able to use my phone from
12:36the States.
12:38Officer Kamey is satisfied that the man has nothing to hide.
12:43This is all good.
12:45He explains that he was previously caught with traces of a party drug on a trip to the US.
12:52Yes, an issue.
12:54I leave in the pocket of like a jean or something.
12:57Yeah, that's how it usually happens.
12:59You can start packing all this back up.
13:02Yeah, you can go ahead.
13:03I try to make it the least messy as I could, okay?
13:06I appreciate it.
13:07Thank you for your energy.
13:09Appreciate it.
13:09No problem.
13:11Today, the inspection was negative.
13:13It is a good day when someone's been inspected before that they don't make the same mistake twice,
13:17because we know they either learned their lesson or they're doing the right things as people.
13:20the whole thing is that the we know they don't make them be successful.
13:26No problem.
13:28We have to be careful with a change of nature.
13:28Always.
13:36But somehow you won't be able to buy it.
13:37Just continue.
13:37Bye bye.
13:37Booo.
13:37Bye bye.
13:38Bye bye.
13:38Bye bye.
13:39Bye bye bye bye.
13:46Bye bye bye bye.
13:57San Francisco International is one of the busiest airports in the country and the West
14:03Coast's main gateway to Europe and Asia.
14:06Every day we're getting flights from China, Korea, London.
14:11United States citizens coming back from London always have some type of luxury goods.
14:15We've got some Scottish guys coming in.
14:17Yesterday, that was the first time I've ever seen anybody from Scotland here.
14:21Officer Giannis is one of 60,000 CBP officers on America's front line, protecting the country
14:29and its people from harm.
14:31I think what's unique about this job is the amount of interactions that you get.
14:35It's literally my job to be nosy, and you get to ask people all types of questions, some
14:42of them very personal.
14:43A lot of the time, you'll go into a conversation with somebody thinking, I may think they're
14:48working here.
14:49And then you turn the corner, open their bags, and you got lingerie and handcuffs, and all
14:55of a sudden, ooh, maybe it's not the type of work that I thought that you were doing.
14:59At the end of the day, if I did my job to the best of my ability, I'm sleeping well
15:03at night.
15:06Hello.
15:07Good afternoon.
15:08All right.
15:09We're going to take a quick photo of glasses off, okay?
15:14Rising tariffs have caused a surge in Americans purchasing luxury goods in Europe, where they're
15:21cheaper.
15:22Hello, ma'am.
15:23How's it going?
15:24Can I see your passport, please?
15:27By law, all purchases made by U.S. citizens abroad must be declared in an import duty paid
15:35on anything over $800.
15:37How's it going?
15:38Hi.
15:39Go ahead and bring your items over here.
15:42Today, Officer Jacobson is processing passengers arriving on the afternoon flight from London.
15:48Are she with you?
15:50No.
15:51Oh, yeah.
15:51Yes, yes.
15:52Fine.
15:53You guys are all together, so we're going to screen you guys all together, okay?
15:57She selected a family of three from Hawaii for secondary inspection, after they declared
16:03some designer goods bought in Europe.
16:06Can I see the receipts for those items, please?
16:17And what did you purchase?
16:19Bags.
16:20Bags?
16:20How many?
16:21I have two.
16:22Anything else that you guys purchased?
16:25Experience tells Officer Jacobson that travelers will often make partial declarations hoping
16:32to avoid paying duty.
16:34I'm just going to check the bags.
16:35Just don't reach or touch the bags while I'm checking them, okay?
16:38Yeah.
16:39And who's the merchandise for?
16:40You?
16:41And me.
16:42And him.
16:42And him.
16:44Okay.
16:44Did you purchase anything?
16:46No.
16:46No?
16:47She didn't.
16:48Okay.
16:49She did?
16:49What did she purchase?
16:51One of those in Italy.
16:56Their story quickly unravels as they declare a third designer bag bought for their daughter.
17:03So it was all on the same receipt, correct?
17:05No.
17:06Yeah.
17:06So I only received one receipt.
17:08Is there...
17:09Okay.
17:10Which bag do you think it's in?
17:11I don't remember.
17:12You don't remember?
17:13Did you declare it in primary?
17:15I did.
17:16Okay.
17:17Because we weren't sure what was going on.
17:19I mean...
17:19I did declare it.
17:21I did declare it.
17:22Okay.
17:23As the couple struggles to straighten out their story, Officer Jacobson suspects they have something
17:30to hide.
17:30You guys are responsible to declare it, and if you don't, there might potentially be a penalty
17:38as well.
17:56What is the money for?
17:57Yeah.
17:58In Detroit, a Chinese traveler is suspected of trying to smuggle over $36,000 out of the
18:05U.S.
18:07I have long cancer level four.
18:12They say I only have three or six months to leave.
18:15The woman insists she failed to declare the money because she needs it for medical treatment
18:20back home.
18:22But Officer Gumber is skeptical.
18:25She didn't want to go into much detail about the procedure.
18:28She didn't want to divulge where the money exactly was coming from when we were asking
18:31for contact information, names.
18:34So these are all red flags to us.
18:36My biggest thing is this can be used for anything regarding narcotics, drugs, any terrorist
18:42activities.
18:42It can even go to trafficking, human trafficking, which is a billion dollar industry.
18:47Not only is she withholding information...
18:51Excuse me, what are you doing?
18:55She made a phone contact with one of her donors without officer's authorization.
19:03Listen, you're making this harder than it has to be now at this point.
19:06I'm asking you simple questions and now you're just lying to me left and right.
19:10I'm not lying.
19:11Okay.
19:12Who did you message?
19:14Who did you send a voice message to?
19:16Okay.
19:17Who is that?
19:19It's my friend.
19:20Which one?
19:21Sam?
19:21Uh-huh.
19:22Do not touch the phone.
19:23Just leave the phone, please.
19:24Okay.
19:26What is your relationship to Sam?
19:28It's your friend.
19:29Okay.
19:30How much money did Sam give you?
19:35I don't want to follow you.
19:39You're subject to search and seizure, okay?
19:42Anyone coming in and out of the United States is subject to inspection.
19:46This is an inspection.
19:47You lied to federal officers.
19:49I'm not lying.
19:50You did lie.
19:51You did lie.
19:52You did lie.
19:52You say my lie.
19:53Okay.
19:54So right now, right now, I need to know how much money Sam gave you.
20:00$5,000.
20:02How much of the money of the $36,000 was not borrowed?
20:07$5,000.
20:08$5,000 from China.
20:10And so $20,000 of that was yours?
20:11Yeah.
20:14She insists the money is for cancer treatment, but can't provide any proof.
20:19As Officer Gumber consults his supervisor, the woman collapses.
20:27You okay, ma'am?
20:46Why don't you come up here and have a seat, okay?
20:50In Detroit, a Chinese national who failed to declare $36,000 hidden throughout her luggage,
21:00is claiming it's for cancer treatment.
21:03We're almost done.
21:05Hello.
21:06How you doing?
21:09You need a wheelchair, ma'am?
21:10Okay.
21:11Having failed to produce any evidence of her illness or the money's origin, officers reach
21:17a decision.
21:18I'm going to explain something to you here.
21:21So because you didn't report the money, it's subject to seizure.
21:26$36,169.
21:28That's what we're seizing?
21:29Yeah.
21:31You can contact the fines, penalties, and forfeitures office.
21:36So within 30 days, send them an email, say, this is my case number.
21:40Okay.
21:41What do I need to do to get the money back?
21:43Okay.
21:44If she can prove where the money came from, she could get it back, after paying a fine
21:50for failing to declare anything over $10,000.
21:54Thank you so much.
21:55You're welcome.
21:57But officers will have to be convinced that it's not being used for anything nefarious.
22:03At the end of the day, we definitely want to get to the bottom of where this money's coming
22:06from and what it's being used for.
22:09So our job is to make sure that none of this money is being used or funded for anything illegal
22:16that's harmful to anyone in and out of the states.
22:39So did you declare it in primary?
22:41I did.
22:43Okay.
22:43Because we weren't sure what was going on.
22:45In San Francisco, Officer Jacobson is inspecting a family from Hawaii, who initially declared
22:52two designer bags, but now admit to having a third.
22:57I don't know where your outfit is.
22:58I think it's a call.
23:00When asked whether they'd mention the extra bag in primary, their answers conflicted.
23:05Do you guys live in the same household?
23:08Yes.
23:09Officer Jacobson suspects there's more to be found.
23:13I don't think we understand, like, what's going on here.
23:17So as United States citizens, you guys are allowed an $800 exemption per person.
23:23So since you guys are a family, that's $2,400 that you guys are exempt from.
23:30Anything over $2,400, you are responsible to pay duty.
23:36So that is basically taxes.
23:38Yes.
23:40Any clothing that you guys purchased there?
23:43Just this, the jacket.
23:44Just the jacket?
23:45How much was the jacket?
23:46This is $2,000.
23:47$2,000?
23:48Do you also have the receipt for that?
23:50Yeah, it's $2,000.
23:51It's with her purse receipt?
23:53Okay.
23:54As Officer Jacobson coaxes out yet another admission, the list of items liable for import
24:00duty doubles.
24:03So we have $4,000 with the purses in the bag.
24:06Then we have $2,000 with the jacket.
24:08Then how much was her purse?
24:10$2,000.
24:11$2,000?
24:11So I should be able to find one more receipt with the jacket and her purse, correct?
24:16Okay.
24:21That's the reason.
24:23So this is the purse and this is the jacket?
24:25Yeah.
24:26The jacket was more expensive than the bag.
24:29All right.
24:31Okay.
24:34Your dutyable amount is $7,639.
24:37So we'll calculate the duty right now.
24:40Oh, okay.
24:40Is that like a percentage?
24:42Yes.
24:43So there's a certain percentage per item.
24:45If there's handbags, it's 9%.
24:49Since they purchased multiple different items, such as a purse and a jacket, I am just going
24:58to generalize the items and do one set percentage for everything to make it easier for everyone.
25:06The percentage that I'm going to charge you for is 5% on the $7,639.
25:15What do we have to do to...
25:17What do we have to do to...
25:17You're just going to pay duty today and then problem solved.
25:21We just bought it in Hawaii.
25:22Yeah.
25:24This means why it was cheaper there than in the U.S.
25:29We didn't even know that.
25:30See, we didn't educate ourselves.
25:32I guess we should have.
25:35Even though Officer Jacobson has been lenient, it's still an expensive lesson.
25:41And so the total we agreed on was $361.
25:48Okay, here are your two receipts.
25:50You guys are all set.
25:52Have a nice day.
25:53Okay, thank you.
25:54You're welcome.
25:54Take care.
26:16I'm going to get a little noisy.
26:26Oh, they're quiet.
26:28Oh, there you go.
26:30At over 1,500 strong, Customs and Border Protection operates the largest canine unit in the country.
26:38Good boy.
26:43I know.
26:44I know.
26:44I miss you too.
26:45Yeah.
26:49My canine's name is Magnus.
26:51He's two years old.
26:52He's trained in narcotics and human detection.
26:57He's a beautiful dog.
26:59The moment I had him on the leash, I was like, oh, yeah, this is definitely going to be my
27:03dog.
27:03And our, like, connection was just like automatics.
27:08You know, our bond gets stronger every day.
27:13Magnus, the Belgian Malinois, has undergone a seven-week training program in how to detect narcotics.
27:21Right now, we're going to head to the mail facility.
27:24We've been getting a lot of marijuana seizures heading to London.
27:29So, like, outbound to London.
27:37Hey, boy.
27:39Ready to go find some drugs?
27:43Officers Senherjo and Magnus are one of an army of canine units.
27:48Hey, boy.
27:49Deployed to JFK's International Mail Facility every day, working to stem the flow of outbound narcotics.
27:56Hey, boy.
27:58They begin by carrying out a broad sweep of the mail facility, known as a first pass.
28:05If Magnus picks up a scent, he'll alert his handler by sitting down.
28:10Over here.
28:12Come on.
28:14Good boy.
28:15Okay.
28:16With no hits, they move on to a crate of UK-bound mail that's been singled out for a search.
28:23That's it.
28:25London.
28:29Good job.
28:37So, there's probably something in here.
28:40So, I'm going to open it up and see, because this is London.
28:45The UK is seeing a surge in demand for high-potency marijuana from the US,
28:50fueling profits for organized crime groups.
29:01Good boy.
29:03So, right now, Magnus did alert to that bag.
29:06So, we're going to open up and see.
29:10Hey.
29:21We're going to open it up and see what's going on in there.
29:44We're going to open it up and see what's going on in there.
29:45Oh, good for you.
29:47So in this parcel, it looks like we got,
29:50it appears to be marijuana.
30:21You're right, ma'am, you're all set.
30:23Welcome home.
30:24Thank you so much.
30:25Next?
30:26CBP's agricultural specialists
30:28are the guardians of America's food supply.
30:31Sir, do these have meat in there?
30:34No.
30:34They have vegetables.
30:36Yeah.
30:37Yeah, yeah.
30:38Inspecting passengers' belongings
30:40for pests and diseases
30:41that could decimate U.S. crops and livestock.
30:44Okay, sir, what do we have in here?
30:47Egg.
30:48Yeah, the egg piece.
30:50From this one.
30:51You guys are good to go.
30:56Today, a Ghanaian man has been referred for questioning
30:59after failing to declare the full contents of his luggage
31:03to agricultural specialist Nwabugu.
31:06Before we open the bag,
31:09we had a conversation with him,
31:10asked him if he has any meat or meat products.
31:13He said, no, he does not.
31:15He said, no, he does not.
31:16He said, why the bags?
31:17We are going to be extra.
31:19We can find something.
31:22We open the bag, and then we found both of it.
31:27It looks like a grass-cutter.
31:32A grass-cutter, also known as a cane rat,
31:35is one of Africa's largest rodents.
31:38Adult males can grow up to two feet long and weigh 20 pounds.
31:42Its high-protein meat is considered a delicacy in West Africa.
31:48It's not allowed in the country.
31:50It's considered as a prohibited animal.
31:53African bushmeat can carry fatal diseases,
31:56such as Ebola and anthrax.
31:59And this half-cooked carcass has been unrefrigerated
32:03since leaving Ghana over 15 hours ago.
32:08At the primary, the officer asked,
32:11do you have meat on the cardinal?
32:14He said, no.
32:15At the point over here,
32:17you were given second opportunity to the owner.
32:19He said, no.
32:21All right?
32:22And I opened the bag, I found meat.
32:24That was what happened.
32:25Can I change it? Hold on.
32:27Changing the stories doesn't like science.
32:29He said meat.
32:31So initially, I thought you were talking about a cow.
32:35That's the reason why I said there is not meat.
32:39So, listen.
32:40My brother, I can never agree with you.
32:43I can never agree with you.
32:44I mean, I'm not a lady.
32:46So, the contradiction is...
32:49You're talking to me.
32:50The list of stories.
32:50You get penalties here not because you brought the agricultural products.
32:54United States.
32:55Hold on.
32:55I want you to pay attention, sir.
32:57I want you to pay attention now.
32:58All right?
32:59So, we're not expecting you to know everything you have to bring to the United States.
33:03But we're expecting you to declare what you have when we ask you.
33:07All right?
33:08So, most penalties go because you lie.
33:11For failing to declare the dead rodent in his bag,
33:14the man faces a $300 fine.
33:33You get penalties here not because you brought the agricultural products.
33:37Hold on.
33:38I want you to pay attention, sir.
33:39I want you to pay attention now.
33:41All right?
33:42In Detroit, a man from Ghana has failed to declare a dead cane rat in his luggage.
33:49So, most penalties go because you lie.
33:52You gave me an opportunity to declare that.
33:55How to declare?
33:57The animal is known to carry infectious diseases that can be fatal if they spread to humans.
34:11Fines aren't issued for accidentally bringing banned foods in the country,
34:16but for knowingly attempting to smuggle them in.
34:19If the traveler is suspected of deception, the penalty could rise to $250,000.
34:27Actually, I don't know that they don't accept the Bush meat.
34:31And even it's my first time traveling going along with this meat.
34:36If I knew, it's not allowed.
34:38It's not like I was ignorant.
34:41No, I'm not ignorant.
34:42I'm a very gentle person, just that I didn't know.
34:45If I knew, I wouldn't even come along with it.
34:48No, no, no, no.
34:50Before he decides on the man's punishment, Officer Nwabugwu makes disposing of the carcass a priority.
34:57We need to complete this for us to have authorization to destroy the Bush meat.
35:03That's it.
35:05Bush meat usually have a lot of diseases.
35:09Each time we found it, we have to call the Center for Disease Control.
35:15After 15 hours without refrigeration, the dead rodent is rife with dangerous bacteria,
35:22so it needs to be disposed of quickly and safely.
35:26Because it is a quarantine item, we dispose of it properly
35:31to make sure that the viruses that are potentially in this product are destroyed.
35:40It gets what's called steam sterilization, extremely high pressure that basically compacts the garbage
35:48and crushes it and kills all the viruses.
35:51Once the hazard is taken care of, officers deliver their verdict.
35:59This is the first time I've come to the United States.
36:01They don't say that I don't know anything.
36:04You don't expect you to know everything.
36:05But I think the key is because you have this light in your bath.
36:09If I asked you, give you three times the opportunity to get them, you fell.
36:14But I'm letting you go.
36:16Yes.
36:18I'm cuddling you to go today.
36:20But next time, if you do it, you're going to get them out.
36:23I just want you to get this in line.
36:26The traveler is given the benefit of the doubt,
36:29since this is his first time coming to America.
36:34Thank you very much for not putting me in trouble,
36:36because it's my first time coming here.
36:38I don't know.
36:39If I knew, I wouldn't even put myself in trouble like this.
36:43Now you are fully aware.
36:45If you bring it next time...
36:46Why should I do that?
36:49So that's how it works.
36:50No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
36:51I'm not going to do that.
36:53You're going to give me back your passport,
36:54and then you'll be on your way.
36:57I think that he was kind of frightened.
37:00So he thought he's going to get penalty from us.
37:04This is the first time he has brought in a prohibited item,
37:10all right, like Bushwick.
37:12So because of that, he wasn't issued a penalty.
37:16It's a lesson he'll never forget.
37:19Right after here, I'll go through,
37:21and then I'll also educate my police,
37:23or whoever, my friends, that next time,
37:25when they are also coming here,
37:27they have to be very careful
37:27that they won't fall into this trap.
37:30Thank you, next flight around the corner, all right?
37:33So I feel good about inspection,
37:34and I am happy that I'm able to go take the country.
37:57Good job, Magnus!
37:59So in this parcel, it looks like we got marijuana.
38:04At JFK's mail facility,
38:07canine Magnus has identified a package stuffed
38:09with what appears to be cannabis.
38:13This is always going out to London.
38:15It's a big commodity there, big money there.
38:17So they're sending it every day,
38:18and we find it all the time.
38:21I guess they're making more money going to Europe
38:24than selling it here in the States.
38:28Officers Senherjo and Blyden
38:31search the entire shipment.
38:33Grab another one.
38:37I'm sure that one has more, too.
38:40It's not long before Magnus alerts again.
38:44Good job!
38:48Another one.
38:55The whole thing.
38:58It's very packed in,
39:00and they all have this similar weight.
39:03It's usually around one kilo.
39:05You can squeeze it and kind of fill,
39:08and as you're squeezing it,
39:10there's like a small odor coming out of it, too, as well.
39:13So it's kind of obvious at this point.
39:28There's more here.
39:31It seems like the entire parcel bag,
39:33it was filled with marijuana.
39:37To ensure enough supply reaches their buyers,
39:40smugglers are increasing the volume
39:43and frequency of outbound shipments.
39:51keeping Magnus and his handler busy.
39:54I always trust my dog.
39:56I know he has a great nose,
39:58so, you know, I get very excited
40:00when I see that alert behavior,
40:03and I know he never lets me down.
40:07In less than one hour,
40:09$100,000 worth of cannabis has been seized.
40:12So we have about 12 packages,
40:16so we're looking at maybe 20 pounds right here.
40:19And won't make it to the streets of London.
40:22So we're noticing a trend with the names
40:24that are being used on these packaging.
40:27The addresses are very common.
40:30The evidence will be passed on
40:32to Homeland Security investigators.
40:35So we consolidate the seizure,
40:38and then from there we'll know whether or not
40:41we can build, you know, a case and start making arrests.
41:00And the features of the planet,
41:00that are being used to be in the world.
41:00We'll see you later.
41:00Let's go.
41:13Well, you can get a nice problem from all this.
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