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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.
00:47That dog was alerting on her.
00:49Today, moments before she tried to board a flight out of the U.S.
00:56A canine alerted to a Chinese national.
01:00Officers have discovered several bundles of concealed cash.
01:04Well, 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.
01:22It's a loan in 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.
01:35OK.
01:35We're going to grab the bag.
01:37We're going to go ahead and pull her checked luggage off the plane and thoroughly check
01:41all bags to 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 is sealed in this shoe.
02:01Should I go?
02:02Let's see.
02:04It's the same tinfoil.
02:12All right.
02:13That's more money, bud.
02:15She's definitely missing her fight today.
02:21U8949 has landed.
02:22Anything in the bags?
02:23Can it 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 going to be a lot.
02:55All right.
02:56How are you doing?
02:56You guys together?
02:58Yeah, we're together.
03:00Roughly 85% of cocaine seized and tested in the U.S.
03:06is traced back to Colombia.
03:09Purpose of travel? Vacation?
03:11All right, can I have your passports?
03:13All travelers entering the United States
03:16can be stopped and questioned by CBP officers.
03:19But special attention is given to anyone
03:22who may have been previously suspected of carrying narcotics.
03:27Today, Officer Kamey is on the lookout
03:30for a man who's just landed from Colombia.
03:33So right now, we're waiting for an individual
03:34to come in from a flight from Bogota, Colombia.
03:37We're gonna make sure he's not trying
03:38to 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
03:55that he's at their booth.
03:56We'll grab him, bring him downstairs.
03:59We'll just do a quick interview,
04:00ask 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,
04:11and make sure there's no contraband anywhere.
04:21As the target approaches primary,
04:24Officer Kamey moves in.
04:26Here.
04:29How are you, sir?
04:30I'm here.
04:30You can follow me.
04:31We're gonna go grab your luggage, okay?
04:33And takes him to secondary for a full baggage search.
04:37Okay.
04:38Perfect.
04:39Anything in your pockets at all that you have?
04:40Cell phone, wallet, keys, whatever you have,
04:42just put up here for me.
04:44All right, so have you ever been checked before?
04:47Yeah, I like the same thing that I was in my leg.
04:49Okay.
04:49I'm a good guy.
04:50I'm a good guy, I promise you.
04:51So we're gonna go through the bag now.
04:54So just take a step back,
04:55let me see your hands at all times.
04:56It's just for safety, okay?
05:00All right.
05:01This is all the medication that you have?
05:03Right.
05:04And it's all prescribed in your name?
05:05Yeah.
05:08What is this one for?
05:10Yeah, that's one, infections.
05:11For infections?
05:13Okay.
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.
05:28A common ploy for smugglers
05:30is to hide small quantities of illegal narcotics
05:33among supplements.
05:35So she must be thorough.
05:44Anytime we have anything like that,
05:45we try to make sure
05:47it doesn't match any of our narcotics
05:50that are prohibited.
05:50So those all look over the counter.
05:52They're labeled.
05:54Even though the pill case is clean.
05:57A lot of people sometimes
05:58forget things in their pockets,
06:00so we always try to make sure
06:01there's nothing left behind in there.
06:06It's not long before Officer Kamey
06:08finds something suspicious.
06:10And what are all those
06:12different cell phones for?
06:13Not only are multiple cell phones
06:16a known indicator in criminal activity.
06:19Who's this?
06:20The man is traveling
06:22with someone else's ID.
06:36The dog was alerting on her.
06:38So a passenger reported traveling
06:41$6,800.
06:43It's a loan in U.S. dollars.
06:44We found over $16,000.
06:47In Detroit,
06:49a passenger has been found
06:50concealing thousands of dollars.
06:53She's got money to steal it in the shoe.
06:54She does?
06:55Right.
06:56See?
06:57The same tin floor.
07:00Following her initial declaration
07:01of $6,800,
07:04officers have found
07:05an additional $15,000,
07:08as well as bundles of Chinese
07:10and Japanese currency,
07:13leading them to suspect
07:14she could be involved
07:16in a money laundering scheme.
07:18All right.
07:19That's real money, buddy.
07:22And experience tells officers
07:24there may be more.
07:26So while we're going through the bags,
07:27it's very, very, very important
07:28that we look for some type of
07:31similarities between what we found
07:32in the carry-on luggage
07:33and the check luggage.
07:34So if there's any type of
07:35closed containers
07:36wrapped up in foil
07:38or plastics
07:39that's taped together,
07:40I wouldn't be surprised
07:41if there's a lot of similarities.
07:44In 2025,
07:45U.S. law enforcement
07:47exposed a group
07:48of Chinese nationals
07:49responsible for laundering
07:51over $92 million
07:52from drug trafficking
07:54and organized crime.
07:57Make sure you
07:58check the lining, too.
08:00That's what I'm doing.
08:01She's putting in
08:02the solar shoes.
08:03Down to the T, man.
08:08Oh, there's more.
08:09It's sealed in her coat.
08:10Seriously?
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
08:35there's nothing else in this bag.
08:37What's the total?
08:39$36,000, right here?
08:40It's over $36,000.
08:41We're over $36,000.
08:43Officer Gumber
08:44suspects the aluminum foil
08:46could be a ploy
08:47to avoid canine detection.
08:50She's a very smart woman.
08:51The way she had wrapped it
08:52between the foil
08:53and the black plastic bag,
08:54this 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
08:59in the past before.
09:01With over $36,000
09:03undeclared dollars recovered,
09:05Officer Gumber
09:06has some questions.
09:09Where did the money come from?
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...
09:23This is my personal...
09:25I understand that,
09:26but you're carrying money from...
09:28You're taking money
09:29from someone else
09:30and you're transporting it
09:31outside of the United States.
09:32At this point,
09:34you're kind of making
09:35our business now.
09:36Listen,
09:37when you hide the money
09:38like this,
09:39it scares me
09:40because I need to know
09:41where the money's going
09:41and what the money
09:42is being used for.
09:43I want to trust you.
09:44I just need to verify
09:45what you're telling me.
09:47So if you don't want
09:48to give me information,
09:48I can't fully trust you
09:49what you're telling me.
09:50You understand?
09:53Okay.
09:58Okay, so who did you
09:59borrow money from
09:59besides Mike?
10:03Sam?
10:04Okay,
10:04where does Sam work?
10:07Yeah, go ahead.
10:07That's fine.
10:11Without warning,
10:12the woman uses her phone
10:14for something
10:14officers aren't expecting.
10:18Whoa, whoa,
10:19excuse me.
10:19Whoa, whoa.
10:20What are you doing?
10:21No, nothing.
10:22No, no, no.
10:23I need to know
10:23what you're doing, ma'am.
10:24Ma'am.
10:25Ma'am.
10:26Put the phone down.
10:27What did you just do?
10:28Yeah.
10:29What did you just do?
10:31Ma'am,
10:32what did you just do?
10:34I just checked
10:35the last name.
10:36You spoke into the phone.
10:37What did you say?
10:39Ma'am.
10:40Yeah.
10:40Put the phone down, please.
10:41Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:44The more you cooperate
10:45with us,
10:46the easier this whole
10:47process is going to go.
10:48So if you do not
10:49cooperate with us,
10:49it's going to be
10:51a bumpy ride
10:52after all this.
10:54You gave me a hard time.
10:56I haven't given you
10:57any hard time.
10:57I'm just asking you
10:58a couple of questions.
10:59What is the money for?
11:01What's the money for?
11:02Mm-hmm.
11:02For doing my cancer
11:03survey, medical pills.
11:06I have the cancer.
11:07I have long cancer
11:10labor call.
11:11They say
11:11I only have
11:13three or six months
11:14to leave.
11:29So we're going to go
11:31through the bag now.
11:32Just take a step back.
11:34In Newark,
11:35Officer Kamey
11:36is searching
11:37a Colombian citizen
11:38who's suspected
11:39of carrying narcotics.
11:41not only
11:42has she found
11:43three cell phones.
11:45Who's this?
11:46He's carrying
11:47another man's ID,
11:49leading Officer Kamey
11:50to suspect
11:51theft
11:52or identity fraud.
11:53That's my
11:54my
11:54my
11:55my
11:55my
11:55my
11:55my
11:56Why do you have
11:57his ID?
11:59That's his old one.
12:00I don't know.
12:01I'm Colombian.
12:02I'd like to
12:03have my loved one.
12:06Is he from the U.S.
12:07or he's Colombian as well?
12:09India.
12:09What made him
12:10move to Colombia?
12:12Me.
12:12You?
12:13Okay.
12:14And what are all
12:15those different
12:15cell phones for?
12:17Is one of them
12:18a work phone,
12:19business phone,
12:19or there's
12:20the personal device?
12:21My Colombian one
12:22and this is
12:23I just upgrade
12:24for the 16 plus.
12:26So this one?
12:26My old one.
12:27Yeah.
12:27My 14.
12:29So my Colombian one
12:30is like
12:30I'm able to communicate
12:31in Colombia easier.
12:33And then this one
12:34when I'm in Colombia
12:35I'm not able to use
12:36my phone from the States.
12:38Officer Kamey
12:39is satisfied
12:40that the man
12:41has nothing to hide.
12:43This is all good.
12:45He explains
12:46that he was
12:47previously caught
12:48with traces
12:48of a party drug
12:49on a trip to the U.S.
12:52An issue.
12:53I leave in the
12:54in the pocket
12:55of like a gene
12:56or something.
12:57Yeah.
12:57That's how
12:58it usually happens.
12:59You can start
13:00packing all this
13:01back up.
13:02Yeah.
13:02You can go ahead.
13:03I try to make it
13:04the least messy
13:04as I could, okay?
13:06Appreciate it.
13:07Thank you for your energy.
13:09Appreciate it.
13:09No problem.
13:11Today the inspection
13:12was negative.
13:13It is a good day
13:14when someone's
13:14been inspected before
13:15that they don't make
13:16the same mistake twice
13:17because we know
13:18they either learn
13:18their lesson
13:19or they're doing
13:19the right things
13:20as people.
13:57san francisco
13:58is one of the busiest
14:00airports in the country
14:01and the West Coast's
14:03main gateway
14:04to Europe and Asia.
14:06Every day
14:07we're getting flights
14:08from China, Korea,
14:10London.
14:11United States citizens
14:12coming back from London
14:13always have some type
14:14of luxury goods.
14:15We've got some
14:16Scottish guys coming in.
14:17Yesterday,
14:18that was the first time
14:18I've ever seen anybody
14:19from Scotland here.
14:21Officer Giannis
14:22is one of 60,000
14:24CBP officers
14:25on America's front line,
14:27protecting the country
14:28and its people
14:30from harm.
14:31I think what's unique
14:32about this job
14:33is the amount
14:34of interactions
14:34that you get.
14:35It's literally my job
14:36to be nosy
14:37and you get to ask people
14:39all types of questions,
14:41some of them
14:42very personal.
14:43A lot of the time
14:44you'll go into
14:45a conversation
14:46with somebody thinking,
14:47I may think
14:48they're working here
14:49and then you turn
14:50the corner,
14:51open their bags
14:52and you got lingerie
14:53and handcuffs
14:54and all of a sudden,
14:55ooh, maybe it's not
14:56the type of work
14:57that I thought
14:57that you were doing.
14:59At the end of the day,
15:00if I did my job
15:02to the best of my ability,
15:03I'm sleeping well at night.
15:07Hello, good afternoon.
15:08All right,
15:09we're going to take
15:09a quick twirl of glasses
15:10off, okay?
15:15Rising tariffs
15:15have caused a surge
15:17in Americans purchasing
15:18luxury goods in Europe
15:20where they're cheaper.
15:22Hello, ma'am.
15:23How's it going?
15:24Can I see your passport,
15:26please?
15:27By law,
15:28all purchases made
15:29by U.S. citizens abroad
15:31must be declared
15:33in an import duty paid
15:34on anything over $800.
15:37How's it going?
15:38Go ahead and bring
15:40your items over here.
15:42Today,
15:43Officer Jacobson
15:45is processing passengers
15:46arriving on the afternoon
15:47flight from London.
15:49Are she with you?
15:50No.
15:51Yes, yes.
15:52Yeah.
15:52Fine, you guys
15:53are all together,
15:54so we're going to
15:55screen you guys
15:56all together, okay?
15:57Sure.
15:57She selected
15:58a family of three
15:59from Hawaii
16:00for secondary inspection
16:02after they declared
16:03some designer goods
16:04bought in Europe.
16:06Can I see the receipts
16:07for those items, please?
16:10and what did you purchase?
16:19Uh, bags.
16:20Bags?
16:20How many?
16:21I have two.
16:22Anything else
16:23that you guys purchased?
16:25Experience tells
16:26Officer Jacobson
16:28that travelers
16:29will often make
16:30partial declarations
16:31hoping to avoid
16:33paying duty.
16:34I'm just going
16:35to check the bags
16:35just don't reach
16:36or touch the bags
16:37while I'm checking them,
16:38okay?
16:38And who's
16:39the merchandise for?
16:40You?
16:41And me.
16:42And him.
16:43And him?
16:43One is hers,
16:43one is mine.
16:44Okay, did you purchase
16:45anything?
16:46No.
16:46No?
16:47She didn't.
16:48Okay.
16:49She did?
16:49What did she purchase?
16:51One of those
16:54in Italy.
16:56Their story
16:57quickly unravels
16:58as they declare
17:00a third designer bag
17:01bought for their daughter.
17:03So it was all
17:04on the same receipt,
17:05correct?
17:05No.
17:06So I only received
17:07one receipt.
17:08Is there?
17:09Okay, which bag
17:10do you think it's in?
17:11I don't remember.
17:12You don't remember?
17:13Did you declare it
17:14in primary?
17:15I did.
17:16Okay.
17:17No, because we weren't
17:17sure what was going on.
17:19I mean...
17:19I don't know where
17:20your entrance is.
17:21I did declare it.
17:23As the couple
17:24struggles to straighten
17:25out their story,
17:27Officer Jacobson
17:28suspects
17:28they have
17:29something to hide.
17:31You guys are
17:32responsible
17:32to declare it,
17:34and if you don't,
17:36there might
17:36potentially be
17:37a penalty as well.
17:55What is the money for?
17:58In Detroit,
17:59a Chinese traveler
18:01is suspected
18:01of trying to smuggle
18:02over $36,000
18:04out of the U.S.
18:16The woman insists
18:17she failed to declare
18:18the money because
18:19she needs it for
18:20medical treatment
18:21back home.
18:22But Officer Gumber
18:23is skeptical.
18:25She didn't want
18:26to go into much detail
18:27about the procedure.
18:28She didn't want to
18:29divulge where the money
18:29exactly was coming from
18:30when we were asking
18:31for contact information,
18:34names,
18:34so these are all
18:35red flags to us.
18:36My biggest thing
18:37is this can be used
18:38for anything regarding
18:39narcotics, drugs,
18:41any terrorist activities.
18:42It can even go to
18:43trafficking,
18:44human trafficking,
18:45which is a billion-dollar
18:46industry.
18:47Not only is she
18:48withholding information...
18:51Excuse me.
18:52What are you doing?
18:55She made a phone contact
18:56with one of her donors
18:58without officer's authorization.
19:01Listen.
19:03You're making this harder
19:04than it has to be
19:04now at this point.
19:06I'm asking you
19:07simple questions
19:07and now you're just
19:08lying to me left and right.
19:10I'm not lying.
19:11Okay.
19:12Who did you message?
19:14Who did you send
19:15a 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,
19:24please.
19:24Okay.
19:26What is your relationship
19:27to Sam?
19:28Your friend.
19:29Okay.
19:30How much money
19:30did Sam give you?
19:35I don't want to follow you.
19:39You're subject
19:40to search and seizure,
19:41okay?
19:42Anyone coming in
19:43and out of the United States
19:44is 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 saved my life.
19:53Okay.
19:54So right now,
19:55right now,
19:56I need to know
19:57how much money
19:58Sam gave you.
20:00$5,000.
20:02How much of the money
20:03of the $36,000
20:04was not borrowed?
20:09And so $20,000
20:10of that was yours?
20:11Yeah.
20:14She insists
20:15the money
20:16is for cancer treatment,
20:17but can't provide
20:19any proof.
20:20As Officer Gumber
20:21consults his supervisor,
20:24the woman
20:25collapses.
20:27You okay, ma'am?
20:43Are you okay, ma'am?
20:46Mm-hmm.
20:47Why don't you come up here
20:49and have a seat, okay?
20:50In Detroit,
20:51a Chinese national
20:53who failed
20:54to declare
20:54$36,000
20:56hidden throughout
20:57her luggage
20:58Do you want
20:59an ambulance?
21:00That's not good.
21:01Is claiming
21:02it's for cancer treatment.
21:04We're almost done.
21:05Hello.
21:06How you doing?
21:07I'm not.
21:09You did a wheelchair, ma'am?
21:10Having failed
21:12to produce
21:12any evidence
21:13of her illness
21:14or the money's origin,
21:16officers reach a decision.
21:18I'm going to explain
21:19something to you here.
21:21So because you
21:22didn't report
21:23the money
21:23it was subject
21:24to seizure.
21:26$36,169.
21:28That's what
21:29we're seizing?
21:31You can contact
21:33the fines,
21:34penalties,
21:34and forfeiture's office.
21:36So within 30 days,
21:37send them an email,
21:39say this is my case
21:40number.
21:41What do I need
21:42to do to get
21:42the money back?
21:43Yes, John.
21:44Okay.
21:44If she can prove
21:45where the money came from,
21:47she could get it back
21:49after paying a fine
21:50for failing to declare
21:51anything over $10,000.
21:54Thank you so much.
21:55You're welcome.
21:57But officers
21:58will have to be convinced
21:59that it's not being used
22:01for anything nefarious.
22:03At the end of the day,
22:04we definitely want
22:05to get to the bottom
22:05of where this money
22:06is coming from
22:06and where it's being used for.
22:09So our job
22:09is to make sure
22:10that none of this money
22:11is being used
22:13or funded
22:13for anything illegal
22:16that's harmful
22:17to anyone
22:18in the United States.
22:40So did you declare it
22:41in primary?
22:42I did.
22:43Okay.
22:43Because we weren't sure
22:44what was going on.
22:45In San Francisco,
22:48Officer Jacobson
22:49is inspecting
22:50a family from Hawaii
22:51who initially declared
22:53two designer bags
22:54but now admit
22:55to having a third.
22:57I don't know
22:57your answer
22:58since I did the call.
23:00When asked
23:01whether they'd mention
23:02the extra bag
23:02in primary,
23:03their answers conflicted.
23:06Do you guys live
23:07in the same household?
23:08Yes.
23:09Officer Jacobson
23:11suspects
23:11there's more
23:12to be found.
23:13I don't think
23:14we understand
23:15what's going on
23:16here really.
23:17So as United States
23:19citizens,
23:19you guys are allowed
23:21an $800 exemption
23:22per person.
23:23So since you guys
23:25are a family,
23:26that's $2,400
23:27that you guys
23:28are exempt from.
23:30Anything over $2,400,
23:33you are responsible
23:35to pay duty.
23:37So that is basically
23:38taxes, yes.
23:40Any clothing
23:41that you guys
23:41purchased there?
23:43Just this,
23:44the jacket.
23:44Just the jacket?
23:45How much was the jacket?
23:46$2,000.
23:47$2,000?
23:48Do you also have
23:49the receipt for that?
23:50Yeah, it's $2,000.
23:51It's with her purse
23:52receipt?
23:53Okay.
23:54As Officer Jacobson
23:56coaxes out
23:56yet another admission,
23:58the list of items
23:59liable for import duty
24:01doubles.
24:03So we have $4,000
24:05with the purses
24:06in the bag,
24:06then we have $2,000
24:07with the jacket,
24:08then how much
24:09was her purse?
24:10$2,000?
24:11So I should be able
24:12to find one more receipt
24:14with the jacket
24:14and her purse,
24:16correct?
24:16Okay.
24:21That's the reason.
24:23So this is the purse
24:24and this is the jacket?
24:25Yeah.
24:26The jacket was more
24:27expensive than the bag.
24:29All right.
24:31Okay.
24:34Your dutiable amount
24:35is $7,639.
24:37So we'll calculate
24:38the duty right now.
24:40Oh, okay.
24:40Is that like a percentage?
24:42Yeah, so there's
24:44a certain percentage
24:44per item.
24:45If there's handbags,
24:46it's 9%.
24:49Since they purchased
24:51multiple different items,
24:52such as a purse
24:54and a jacket,
24:57I am just going
24:58to generalize the items
25:00and do one set percentage
25:02for everything
25:03to make it easier
25:04for everyone.
25:06The percentage
25:07that I'm going to charge
25:08you for is 5%
25:10on the $7,639.
25:15What do we have to do to...
25:17You're just going to pay
25:18duty today
25:19and then problem solved.
25:21Just bought it
25:21in Hawaii.
25:23Yeah.
25:23This means a lot
25:24was cheaper
25:26there than in the U.S.
25:29We didn't even know that.
25:30See, we didn't educate
25:31ourselves.
25:32I guess we should have.
25:35Even though
25:36Officer Jacobson
25:37has been lenient,
25:38it's still an expensive lesson.
25:41And so the total
25:42we agreed on
25:43was $361.
25:48Okay, here are
25:49your two receipts.
25:50You guys are all set.
25:51Have a nice day.
25:53Okay, thank you.
25:54You're welcome.
25:54Take care.
26:22I'm going to get a little
26:24noisy.
26:26Oh, they're quiet.
26:28Oh, there you go.
26:30At over 1,500 strong,
26:33Customs and Border Protection
26:34operates the largest
26:36canine unit
26:37in the country.
26:38Good boy.
26:43I know, I know.
26:44I missed you too.
26:45Yeah.
26:49My canine's name is Magnus.
26:51He's two years old.
26:53He's trained in narcotics
26:55and human detection.
26:57He's a beautiful dog.
26:59The moment I had him
27:00on the leash,
27:01I was like,
27:01oh yeah,
27:02this is definitely
27:02going to be my dog.
27:03And our, like,
27:05connection was
27:06just like automatic.
27:08You know,
27:08our bond gets stronger
27:09every day.
27:13Magnus,
27:14the Belgian Malinois,
27:16has undergone
27:17a seven-week training
27:18program in how
27:19to detect narcotics.
27:21Right now,
27:21we're going to head
27:22to the mail facility.
27:24We've been getting
27:25a lot of marijuana
27:27seizures
27:28heading to London.
27:29So, like,
27:30outbound to London.
27:37Hey, boy.
27:39Ready to go
27:39find some drugs?
27:43Officers
27:43Senherjo
27:44and Magnus
27:45are one of an army
27:46of canine units.
27:48Hey, boy.
27:49Deployed to JFK's
27:50International Mail Facility
27:52every day,
27:53working to stem
27:54the flow
27:54of outbound narcotics.
27:56Hey, boy.
27:58They begin
27:59by carrying out
28:00a broad sweep
28:01of the mail facility,
28:02known as a first pass.
28:05If Magnus
28:06picks up a scent,
28:07he'll alert his handler
28:08by sitting down.
28:10Over here.
28:12Come on.
28:14Good boy.
28:16With no hits,
28:18they move on
28:19to a crate
28:19of UK-bound mail
28:20that's been singled out
28:22for a search.
28:23That's it.
28:25Under.
28:29Good job.
28:37So there's probably
28:38something in here.
28:40So I'm gonna open it up
28:41and see,
28:42because this is London.
28:45The UK
28:45is seeing a surge
28:47in demand
28:47for high-potency marijuana
28:48from the U.S.,
28:50fueling profits
28:51for organized crime groups.
28:54Let's see.
29:00Let's see.
29:01Good boy.
29:03So right now,
29:05Magnus did alert
29:05to that bag,
29:07so we're gonna open up
29:08and see.
29:18Good boy.
29:21We're gonna open it up
29:22and see what's going on
29:23in there.
29:30Good boy.
29:31Good boy.
29:34Good.
29:35Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
29:36Good job, Magnus.
29:38Good boy.
29:40That's a good boy.
29:42Good job.
29:44Good job.
29:46Good boy.
29:47So in this parcel,
29:48it looks like we got...
29:50It appears to be
29:52marijuana.
30:21You're right, ma'am.
30:22You're all set.
30:23Welcome home.
30:24Thank you so much.
30:25Next.
30:26CBP's agricultural specialists
30:28are the guardians
30:29of America's food supply.
30:31Sir, do these have meat in there?
30:34No.
30:35They have vegetable oil.
30:36There's vegetable oil.
30:37Yeah, yeah.
30:38Inspecting passengers'
30:39belongings for pests
30:41and diseases
30:41that could decimate
30:43U.S. crops and livestock.
30:45Okay, so what do we have in here?
30:47Egg.
30:48Yeah, the egg.
30:49Please.
30:50From this one.
30:50Oh.
30:50You guys are good to go.
30:55Today,
30:56a Ghanaian man
30:58has been referred
30:58for questioning
30:59after failing to declare
31:01the full contents
31:02of his luggage
31:03to agricultural specialist
31:05Nwabugu.
31:06Before we open the bag,
31:09we had a conversation
31:10with him,
31:10asked him if he has
31:11any meat or meat product.
31:13I said, no,
31:14he does not.
31:16So why the bags
31:17are going through the extra?
31:19That's right.
31:19We just found something.
31:22We open the bag
31:23and then we found
31:24both of it.
31:27It looks like a grass cutter.
31:32A grass cutter,
31:33also known as a cane rat,
31:35is one of Africa's largest rodents.
31:38Adult males can grow up
31:40to two feet long
31:41and weigh 20 pounds.
31:42Its high-protein meat
31:44is considered a delicacy
31:46in West Africa.
31:48It's not allowing the country.
31:50It's considered
31:50as a prohibited animal.
31:53African bushmeat
31:54can carry fatal diseases
31:56such as Ebola
31:57and anthrax.
31:59And this half-cooked carcass
32:01has been unrefrigerated
32:03since leaving Ghana
32:04over 15 hours ago.
32:08At the primary,
32:09the officer asked,
32:12do you have meat
32:13on the cardinal?
32:14He said, no.
32:15At the point over here,
32:17you were given
32:18second opportunity
32:19to the owner.
32:20He said, no.
32:20All right?
32:22And I opened the bag
32:23and I found meat.
32:23That was what happened.
32:25Right?
32:26So, changing the stories
32:28doesn't make sense.
32:29You said meat.
32:31So, initially,
32:32I thought you were
32:34talking about a cow.
32:35That is the reason
32:36why I said
32:37there is not a meat.
32:39So, listen.
32:40My brother,
32:41I can never agree with you.
32:43I can never agree with you.
32:44Me, I'm not a lady.
32:46So, the contradiction
32:47is the fake...
32:49You are talking to me.
32:50The list of stories.
32:51We give penalties here
32:52not because you brought
32:53the other country up.
32:53to the United States.
32:55Hold on.
32:55I want you to pay attention,
32:56sir.
32:57I want you to pay attention now.
32:58All right?
32:59So, we're not expecting you
33:00to know everything
33:01you have to bring
33:02to the United States.
33:03But we're expecting you
33:04to declare what you have
33:06when we ask you.
33:07All right?
33:08So, most penalties go
33:09because you lie.
33:11For failing to declare
33:12the dead rodent
33:13in his bag,
33:14the man faces
33:15a $300 fine.
33:42in Detroit,
33:43a man from Ghana
33:44has failed to declare
33:46a dead cane rat
33:47in his luggage.
33:48So, most penalties go
33:50because you lie.
33:51It gave me an opportunity
33:53to declare that.
33:55How to declare?
33:57The animal is known
33:58to carry infectious diseases
34:00that can be fatal
34:01if they spread to humans.
34:06to the United States.
34:11Fines aren't issued
34:13for accidentally bringing
34:14banned foods in the country,
34:16but for knowingly attempting
34:17to smuggle them in.
34:19If the traveler
34:20is suspected of deception,
34:22the penalty could rise
34:24to $250,000.
34:27Actually, I don't know
34:28that they don't accept
34:30the bush meat.
34:31And even it's my first time
34:33that I'm traveling
34:34going along with this meat.
34:36If I knew,
34:37it's not allowed.
34:38It's not like
34:39I was ignorant.
34:41No, I'm not ignorant.
34:42I'm a very gentle person
34:44just that I didn't know.
34:45If I knew,
34:46I wouldn't even come
34:47along with it.
34:48No, no, no, no.
34:50Before he decides
34:51on the man's punishment,
34:53Officer Nwabugwu
34:54makes disposing
34:55of the carcass
34:56a priority.
34:57We need to complete this
34:59for us to have
34:59authorization to him.
35:01destroy the bush meat.
35:03That's it.
35:05Bush meat
35:06usually have
35:08a lot of diseases.
35:09Each time we found it,
35:11we have to call
35:12the Center for Disease Control.
35:16After 15 hours
35:17without refrigeration,
35:19the dead rodent
35:20is rife
35:21with dangerous bacteria,
35:22so it needs
35:23to be disposed of
35:24quickly and safely.
35:25Because it is
35:27a quarantine item,
35:29we dispose of it
35:31properly
35:31to make sure
35:33that the viruses
35:34that are potentially
35:35in this product
35:37are destroyed.
35:40It gets what's called
35:41steam sterilization.
35:43Extremely high pressure
35:45that basically
35:46compacts the garbage
35:48and crushes it
35:49and kills
35:50all the viruses.
35:52Once the hazard
35:53is taken care of,
35:54officers
35:55deliver their verdict.
35:59This is the first time
35:59coming to the United States.
36:01You don't say
36:01that I don't know anything.
36:03You don't expect
36:04you to know everything.
36:05But I didn't give you
36:06because
36:07you have this
36:08lightning in your bar.
36:09I asked you,
36:10give you three times
36:11of opportunity
36:12to get in the room.
36:13You fell.
36:26The traveler
36:27is given the benefit
36:28of the doubt
36:29since this is his
36:30first time
36:31coming to America.
36:34Thank you very much
36:35for not putting me
36:36in trouble
36:36because
36:37it's my first time
36:38coming here.
36:39I don't know.
36:39If I knew,
36:40I wouldn't even
36:41put myself
36:42in trouble like this.
36:43Now you're fully aware
36:45if you bring it next time,
36:47why should I do that?
36:49That's how it works.
36:50No, no, no, no, no.
36:51I'm not going to do that.
36:53You're going to give me
36:53back your passport
36:54and then you'll be
36:55on your way.
36:57I think that he was
36:58kind of frightened.
37:00So he thought
37:01he's going to get
37:02penalties from us.
37:04This is the first time
37:06he has brought in
37:08a prohibited item,
37:10all right,
37:11like Bushwood.
37:12So because of that,
37:14he wasn't issued
37:15a penalty.
37:16It's a lesson
37:17he'll never forget.
37:19Right after here,
37:20I'll go through
37:21and then I'll also
37:22educate my bullets
37:23or whoever,
37:24my friends,
37:24that next time
37:25when they also
37:26come in here,
37:27they have to be
37:27very careful
37:28that they won't
37:29fall into this trap.
37:33So I feel good
37:34about inspection
37:34and I am happy
37:36that I'm able
37:37to go to the country.
37:57good job, Magnus.
37:59So in this parcel,
38:00it looks like
38:01we got marijuana.
38:04At JFK's mail facility,
38:07K-9 Magnus
38:08has identified
38:08a package stuffed
38:09with what appears
38:10to be cannabis.
38:13This is always
38:13going out to London.
38:15It's a big commodity
38:16there, big money there.
38:17So they're sending it
38:18every day
38:18and we find it
38:19all the time.
38:21I guess they're making
38:21more money
38:22going to Europe
38:24than selling it
38:26here in the States.
38:28Officers Sanherjo
38:30and Blyden
38:31search the entire shipment.
38:33You have another one?
38:37I'm sure that one
38:38has more too.
38:40It's not long
38:41before Magnus
38:42alerts again.
38:44God!
38:48Another one.
38:54The whole thing.
38:58It's very packed in
39:00and they all have
39:02this similar weight.
39:03It's usually
39:03around one kilo.
39:05You can squeeze it
39:06and kind of fill
39:08and as you're squeezing
39:10it, there's like
39:10a small odor
39:12coming out of it
39:12too as well.
39:13So it's kind of
39:15obvious at this point.
39:28There's more here.
39:31It seems like
39:31the entire parcel bag
39:33it was filled
39:34with marijuana.
39:37To ensure
39:38enough supply
39:39reaches their buyers
39:40smugglers are increasing
39:42the volume and frequency
39:43of outbound shipments.
39:51keeping Magnus
39:52and his handler
39:53busy.
39:54I always trust my dog.
39:55I know
39:56he has a great nose
39:58so, you know,
39:59I get very excited
40:00when I see
40:01that alert behavior
40:02and I know
40:04he never lets me down.
40:07In less than
40:08one hour,
40:09$100,000
40:10worth of cannabis
40:11has been seized.
40:13So we have
40:14about 12 packages.
40:16So we're looking
40:17at maybe
40:1720 pounds right here.
40:19And won't make it
40:21to the streets
40:21of London.
40:22So we're noticing
40:23a trend with the names
40:25that are being used
40:25on these packaging.
40:27The addresses
40:28are very common.
40:30The evidence
40:31will be passed on
40:32to Homeland Security
40:33investigators.
40:35So we consolidate
40:37the seizure
40:38and then from there
40:39we'll know
40:40whether or not
40:41we can build,
40:42you know,
40:43a case
40:43and start making arrests.
41:05$90,000
41:09$16,000
41:09$16,000
41:09$25,000
41:10$30,000
41:11$125,000
41:20$10,000
41:23$50,000
41:23$7,000
41:24$25,000
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