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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. We'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, anything can be disguised as anything.
01:16This looks like a friendly kid's package. A simple cartoon.
01:19But when we open it, we usually find pills.
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, and there's going to be a lot.
01:45We're going to be a lot going to be a lot going to be a lot going to be...
01:55We're looking for a luckily.
01:55I think that's not why we're looking for a lot to prove.
01:59It's going to be a thing that nurses don't have to talk to people.
02:02We're looking for jokes on Instagram, which is stupid.
02:06We're looking for jokes on Instagram, and I think the other two friends may not uses anything like it.
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
02:38baggage inspection just to see what he's bringing in having just landed from china
02:44he claims to have forgotten the combination for the lock on his suitcase
02:49so i'm going to need to cut it open
02:53which isn't a problem for officer gluzov
02:58you claim full responsibility of all the items that are in your bags
03:03inside the suitcase
03:05what's in this box
03:07staplers or staples
03:08is an unusually large quantity
03:11of office supplies
03:13why are you getting staples
03:17what kind of staples are they like
03:19like regular staples
03:21why don't you just go to staples and buy some staples
03:28officer gluzov counts 30 staplers and over 40 000 staples
03:33how many staples do you need
03:38how many people do you work with
03:42how many is a lot of people
03:44wow so many staples
03:50do you usually get inspected
03:52never seen so many staples
03:56what is this
03:59okay
04:00it's called tea
04:02is it mushrooms
04:07what is this
04:13the traveler claims the mushrooms are for making a traditional infusion
04:18i just gotta test it out
04:20but 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
04:33making them a schedule one controlled substance
04:44bringing them into the country is a federal crime
04:47which can result in a heavy fine
04:50and even jail time
05:09okay
05:11i like that image right there
05:12that might possibly be something
05:16at newark's cargo facility
05:18it looks like a friendly kids package
05:21it's a simple cartoon
05:22but when we open it
05:23pills
05:26officers have intercepted an airmail package from europe
05:30one of a large shipment flagged for inspection
05:34after they vacuum seal it
05:35they'll wash it with a solvent
05:38to 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
05:51i'm going to try this
05:53all right
05:54let's go ahead and test
05:56for quick identification
05:58officer olivo uses a laser device
06:01which searches over 1200 substances in mere seconds
06:06okay we're going to get ready to conduct a scan
06:09from cutting agents to narcotics
06:14there it is
06:15mdma
06:18mdma
06:19or ecstasy
06:20is a synthetic party drug
06:22which is illegal in the u.s. and united kingdom
06:26good job officer olivo
06:28it's a hallucinogenic
06:29you wake up the next morning not knowing what you did
06:33a single pill has a street value of around 80 dollars
06:37meaning this pack
06:38is likely to be worth nearly 25 000 dollars
06:42this is definitely a good find
06:44we get these off the streets
06:47criminal gangs in europe
06:49are increasingly manufacturing synthetic drugs
06:52to trade directly with mexican cartels
06:55in exchange for cocaine
06:57much of their product
06:58is trafficked using america's mail system
07:02okay we're good
07:03all right we got a few more to go
07:06with a further 45 packages in the shipment
07:10get that envelope maybe something
07:14the 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
07:23so once again this is a top view is a side view
07:26so this may be uh probable of something
07:30my spider sense is tingling
07:32this is packaging very similar to what we just found with the ecstasy pills
07:38bingo
07:39once again
07:41our cartoon feline friend
07:43packaging 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 gonna come out positive for something
08:02we shall see
08:04we shall see
08:04we shall see
08:10there you go
08:11ketamine
08:14ketamine 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
08:30there you go
08:32ketamine
08:33good five
08:34it's a it's a party drug
08:36it's a huge party drug that they use constantly
08:37having also tested positive for ketamine
08:41officers want to establish why only the second batch is pink
08:45we're going to take a reading of it with the gemini which is a little bit more accurate
08:50this test requires a device with a larger library of chemicals
08:58the pink powder here came back as ketamine mixed with mdma
09:03a potentially lethal cocktail
09:05both substances have been linked to fatal strokes and heart attacks
09:13we're just killing it today
09:16yeah so basically it looks it's one of those days sometimes we get nothing sometimes we
09:22may get maybe one maybe two but today it looks like we're getting a slew of illicit contraband
09:28coming through the port today so it's a good day
09:30this i don't know what this one is we're gonna have to test this but here we go with more
09:35party
09:35pills problem is a lot of people take too much of this stuff they wind up od'ing and they're
09:40trying
09:40to celebrate something a celebration turns into a tragedy
09:45we might have more another suspect right here another suspect another suspect we're going to pull
09:51all 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
10:26it 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 in test this to see what it really is
10:58is it mushrooms what is this
11:02in san francisco secondary a man referred for a suitcase search
11:09it's gonna test out the mushrooms is attempting to bring mushrooms into the country from china
11:17we just need a very small sample
11:21he claims they're for making tea
11:25i don't know what it is so but if they contain hallucinogenic psilocybin
11:30the test will turn purple that'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 i never got but keep in mind that if you're coming in
12:05to the
12:05u.s you're subject to uh inspection every passenger it doesn't matter if you're a green card holder or
12:10u.s citizen like 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
12:33china 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 u.s 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 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
13:32and you guys purchase or acquire anything on this trip that you bring them 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 passports back you
13:50guys are all set at cbp checkpoints and baggage claim officers are spot checking passengers just
13:58off a flight from rome italy something i'm never going to use i don't think so
14:05officer renault has stopped the owner of a bridal dress store who's returning from a buying trip
14:12one hundred percent french cotton lace handcrafted in italy do you have them
14:17for these ma'am no i don't at an earlier checkpoint she failed to declare five wedding dresses to
14:24officers this is not what we sell it explains it's because they're samples gifted to her by an italian supplier
14:34are they labeled as samples no it all needs to be declared as customers yeah but even if i didn't
14:42pay
14:42for it it's for your business regardless of whether you're selling it or using it as a sample
14:48and how you do that you let the officer up front know or you let me know when i stop
14:52you but she didn't
14:53let me know listen i'm in business since 96 okay we sell dresses after 30 000 okay because we do
15:02everything custom made by constant i get it i get it yeah so it's a totally different scenario so for
15:09customs purposes you have to declare it as a commercial sample i declare everything i'm a very
15:15honest person pressed to put a value on them she estimates each dress to be worth just 50 dollars
15:22she's just going to kind of modify and play with them a little bit but for our purposes it is
15:27being
15:27brought in as commercial goods she did not declare the the dresses to me she placed the value of these
15:33dresses at 250 in total these are handmade italian dresses wedding dresses they would not be worth 50
15:40i imagine they would be far more than that in italy and they are certainly worth more here
15:47since the samples have no retail value for her the woman says she has made an honest mistake
15:53which could end up costing her dearly listen to me i'm explaining this to you from a custom
15:59standpoint everything has value and when you're bringing commercial items if you don't declare
16:03them they're subject to seizure
16:19a combination of ketamine with mdma in newark officers have intercepted three packages
16:27of party drugs from europe we're just we're killing it today so far they estimate the seizure to be
16:35worth roughly 45 000 on the black market but the search takes a new direction as officers intercept
16:45another shipment this time from turkey this is something else possibly this could be testosterone
16:54non-regulated we're going to have our officer test this to see what it really is
17:02what we have here this is the anabol a steroid used for muscle growth so schedule three drug dianabol is
17:13a
17:13prescription-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
17:51the fake pharmaceutical industry is one of the most profitable on the black market estimated to be
17:58worth up to an annual 200 billion dollars due to its lax counterfeit laws turkey is a major source
18:07country a lot of this stuff's not regulated for the young men that want to get super muscular they have
18:13really no idea what they're really ingesting after four hours and 50 packages searched hundreds of pills
18:22and controlled medication are seized all worth close to fifty thousand dollars maybe a small amount but at
18:29the end of the day we've saved a few lives what is the 18
18:37the seizure will be passed to homeland security investigations as evidence who will work with
18:43european law enforcement to track down the labs behind the shipment
18:49for officer oliveville today marks yet another high point in a long-running dedicated career well i don't
18:57want to say that i'm a legend but i try my very best to identify whatever comes across my table
19:02right now
19:03i'm getting ready to retire but uh every day that i am here i'm going to do my best to
19:10try to stop as
19:10much contraband as i can because i love my country and uh you know i just want to make sure
19:16that these
19:16drugs don't get into uh the hands of children
19:40but this is not the full resale it's commercial you did not declare it
19:45in 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
20:18more business okay i respect you but to me commercial means that i have a client that i can put
20:26this
20:26dress on look at this dress is this big it doesn't treat anybody i'm not gonna 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
20:39proper 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 are
21:05considered commercial for customs purposes because you are bringing them in for business use even though
21:11the 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 they'll determine what
21:23the actual value of these items are and then they'll they'll assess any tariffs any any duties that are
21:27owned okay you will owe duties on these items all five dresses are seized nobody's going without a wedding
21:36dress right i don't want to ruin anyone's wedding so we're going to put it in into a bonded warehouse
21:44with the airline and our customs import specialist can take a look at it and they'll determine what
21:48the value is for these items then they'll uh they'll assess any tariffs any duties that are owed on those
21:53items and then you'll be able to get them back do you have any questions at all ma'am no
21:58okay all right
21:59thank you very much sure sure we can do that all right thank you and this gentleman's going to get
22:04you on to okay out of your final destiny all right have a good day ciao ciao
22:3128 of all illicit drugs seized in the u.s are at airports what you got here uh climbing harness
22:41okay your rock will climb yeah all right do you have any chalk in here yeah all right this doesn't
22:47look like the same consistency as like cocaine but with that being said it gets broken up with so many
22:52things in order to catch smugglers customs and border protection regularly carries out specialized
22:59operations known as 100 checks i know i know i missed you too at jfk officers san herjo and canine
23:14magnus are heading out to runway 22 left where a flight from the dominican republic has just touched down
23:23the dominican republic happens to be a hub for narcotics to transfer through we try to hit those
23:30flights hoping that we come up on something a 100 check is when a plane its passengers and even its
23:39crew
23:39are inspected without prior warning once they put the chocs on we'll get out we like to watch the airline
23:48workers and see you know make sure that they're not hiding a bag or concealing a bag we want to
23:55make
23:55sure that all bases are covered on board the now empty a320 the search begins oh boy we normally like
24:07to look in like little compartments like this because sometimes you never know but it's happened before
24:17where we find something in there
24:19keep up good job
24:25bathroom good 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
24:47seat 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 we're gonna go inside
25:04the belly
25:05so that's gonna be the next uh part below the passenger deck aircraft search technician officer
25:14cambry enters the cargo hole okay within this area they actually hide a lot of uh contraband narcotics
25:24and uh weapons we're gonna scan some of the panels to see what's within the void there's a lot of
25:30voids
25:30in this aircraft here in this area and if i do see anomaly then i'll open it up and then
25:34from there
25:35we'll do further inspection previous searches of aircraft cargo holds have revealed narcotics stashed
25:42by ground crews being bribed by the cartels this is this area that i just scanned and that's where you
25:49get the the panel separation and the screws goes
25:59i see a smaller anomaly here i'm gonna open the area just to inspect it because it does look like
26:06a little unusual to see that so i'm gonna check it out and see what 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 insulation looks like
26:29sometime you have a piece that's actually full with the x-ray you will see it as a heavier mass
26:33so that's what 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
26:54up hey magnus
27:05magnus picks up a scent
27:18alerting over here
27:21on the corner here like he took a big inhale
27:30he's going crazy um i'm gonna call one of you guys there might be something there
27:57they're alerting over here
27:58at jfk airport a team is performing a 100 check of an a320 from the dominican republic
28:08a known transit point for smuggled contraband he's going crazy i'm gonna call one of you guys there
28:13might be something there canine magnus has picked up a suspicious scent on the passenger deck
28:21hey sorry about you i was on uh one of the flights and i wanted one of you guys to
28:27check something out for
28:27me there could possibly be something there this aircraft might have been used for transporting of
28:35narcotics it could possibly be the ac is on so odor kind of travels and you know sometimes um the
28:45dog can
28:45pick up on the odor but because of the the circulation he can't really pinpoint where it is
28:52so 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
29:23in 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 i have my
29:43partners
29:53upstairs yeah it looks pretty good here working good so in that area here we actually communicate
30:01make sure there is nothing upstairs and i'll make sure i tell them there's nothing down here also
30:06so far look pretty good nothing here so there's no step outside and then we'll close up
30:18and then we'll close the door and we'll close the door and we'll close the door and we'll close the
30:18door
30:18after a two-hour search
30:24okay this is secure
30:27officers 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
30:42and as aircraft search uh mechanics this is what we're doing here for cvp
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 the customs and border
31:03protection will continue its 100 checks and remained vigilant it was a productive day for us magnus loves
31:12this job i love my job and we're every day motivated to find more and more drugs i would do
31:22it over and
31:22over again if i can you hear that magnus yeah
31:31uh
31:38so
31:41so
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 frequent
32:38visits 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
33:07who did you come with and my wife okay how long did you and your wife stay with my wife
33:14and me is about
33:16the two months just two months about two three months yeah two three months that's pretty big
33:23difference yes it's under the three months why did your wife leave after two weeks because my wife
33:31over China take care of that baby and then I keep to travel and then meet on my classmate so
33:39what did
33:39you do similar to their last trip to the US the wife is yet again booked on a return flight
33:50but her
33:51husband says he has plans to stay longer how come you didn't buy a ticket to go back home yet
33:58and where
34:02are you going to stay in the hotel and then rent a car to get the road trip you said
34:08you're going to rent a
34:09car do you already have a reservation for a car rental no yeah I want to rent today and return
34:16today you're
34:17gonna book on a new car every day yeah yeah why not just book one for six days because the
34:25hotel parking is
34:26about the 60 dollar one day if I rent one day I is no fee for parking okay after two
34:36weeks do you have
34:37any plan of staying longer I want to go to the California mm-hmm wait just one moment I'll be
34:45right
34:46back the man's travel plans are unusually light on detail there's a lot of disparities with the fact
34:53that he doesn't have a lot of reservations any real details for his travel or even lodging or flights
34:59to follow along with his plan there's also the fact that he admitted that he initially did not tell us
35:05his full plans which do include travel to the mainland United States after his time in Hawaii a search of
35:13his suitcase yields a surprising discovery it's weird he's got nine different bank accounts multiple credit
35:21and debit cards with US banks we are going to bring the information we have for this individual the
35:28evidence we had suggesting his various bank accounts we're going to investigate further to determine what
35:33his intent in the United States is and what his past activities were when we looked in your luggage
35:40today you have like 15 to 20 different bank cards why do you have almost 20 bank bank cards debit
35:49cards
35:50because listen once we find something that you didn't tell us about and if it's something that
35:56might cause us for concern you're not going to get an opportunity to change your story at that point
36:21in Honolulu a married couple from China is being questioned after red flags were raised by their travel plans
36:30when we looked in your luggage today you have like 15 to 20 different bank cards why do you have
36:37like
36:38almost 20 bank bank cards debit cards here on tourist visas the husband claims they came for vacation
36:46but the discovery of his multiple US bank accounts suggests otherwise before then I come to America
36:55I want to do the business in China they need to have the bank account usually an account gives you
37:06one
37:07maybe two cards you have almost 20 yes so how many different accounts oh about a night tonight
37:19why nine different bank accounts in the United States sometimes my friend to transfer the US dollar to
37:29the Chinese yeah who are you transferring money for for my friend so it lives in US in China how
37:40much money
37:40have you helped transfer a total 40,000 40,000 US dollars yeah I'm trying to understand why why was
37:47someone in the US why is she giving you $40,000 to transfer back to China who is this person
37:54to you
37:55he's my friend so you're just helping move money from here back to China yes just transfer to money okay
38:03because right now I don't think you're being fully honest so right now with the questioning he's
38:10already fairly nervous his answers are extremely varied which leads us to believe he's trying to
38:15lie about the real reason why he's transferring money for people it does have potential links to things such
38:21as money laundering or fraud do you understand the possible penalties for lying to federal officers
38:26and in the United States what's the penalty maybe you can yeah that's one thing yes yeah you could
38:35also go to jail for five years in the US prison okay I'm gonna have you wait and back in
38:41the same
38:42room until we're ready to talk to you later okay while the interview is paused another team continues
38:50to question the man's wife she makes a startling admission about their previous trip to the
38:58country his wife stated that he worked in some capacity on his last entry to the United States
39:06according to her he did receive money for some things that he did in the United States there are
39:11things suggesting to that he had a intent to also come back again on this entry potentially to do the
39:16same thing a clear violation of his b2 tourist visa means only one thing you'll be expeditiously removed
39:28on the first available flight you were barred from reentering the United States for a period of five
39:34years from date of removal do you understand from now yeah so do you understand yeah it would give it
39:47a
39:47couple seconds next because of the evidence his lack of reservations his lack of ability to truly
39:56describe what he did on the last trip he was refused entry to the United States today he is gonna
40:01be banned
40:01for five years as for the suspicions of money laundering officer Nix will turn over his findings there are
40:11further concerns we have as well but those we're going to address with probably another agency to
40:16process but possible further actions against him in the future the couple will be put on the first flight
40:23departing for China whenever we are able to refuse entry to people who are coming for
40:30derogatory reasons whether that's again terrorism or fraud or illegal activities criminal activities it always
40:38gives me a great feeling to go home and knowing that I actually helped protect our country and at the
40:43end of
40:43the end of the day fulfilled you know my job my did my duty to protect our country
41:20you
41:21you
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