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00:00Music
00:15This is the passenger enforcement and roving team.
00:19Right now we're headed down to the baggage loading area
00:24to go and check bags.
00:27Officers have been tasked with intercepting a traveler's checked luggage
00:31before it's loaded onto a flight to Amsterdam.
00:34We're looking for anything that is prohibited.
00:37Could be drugs.
00:40The U.S. is the biggest importer of street drugs in the world.
00:46But CBP is now experiencing a surge in cases involving narcotics being trafficked out of the country.
00:53So we're finding a lot of narcotics going out to New Zealand, Australia, Europe, London.
01:01We're seeing a lot of marijuana, cocaine, and we're seeing a lot of ketamine.
01:07Boarding begins in 20 minutes, and two suitcases have been identified as suspicious.
01:14Sorry to unlock it. Thank you.
01:17We'll set them up in a secure spot, check the bags, then go upstairs and make contact with the subject.
01:23Fingers crossed.
01:29The owner of the luggage checked his bags in at the last minute,
01:32a tactic traffickers use to try to minimize scrutiny.
01:40Nothing out of the ordinary so far.
01:45So I'm getting a smell.
01:47I smell it too.
01:48And it resembles marijuana.
01:49Come on out.
01:56I wanna go.
02:00Bingo.
02:06Anything in the bags that stick me, poke me, cut me, hurt me by any chance,
02:10we're up against a clock.
02:12We're looking for anybody that's not declaring, and there's gonna be a lot.
02:24In San Francisco, officers have discovered packages of marijuana hidden in luggage belonging
02:32to a U.S. citizen traveling to Amsterdam.
02:35I am so excited right now.
02:37Oh my God.
02:40Even though marijuana is legal in the Netherlands, the high potency of U.S. grown weed triples
02:46its price in Europe.
02:48So smugglers take huge risks exporting it.
02:53There is a zero tolerance when you're crossing international waters into the United States
02:58or out of the United States.
03:04The team now needs to intercept the bag's owner.
03:09They keep a low profile to avoid alarming the other passengers.
03:13We will hope for it to go smooth, make contact with an individual, try to keep the situation
03:19as calm as possible, and then just go from there.
03:24Officers can't detain the suspect.
03:30Until he shows intent to leave the U.S. by attempting to board the flight.
03:42All right.
03:47How many bags you got, bro?
03:49This one.
03:49Two check-in.
03:50Two check-in.
03:51All right.
03:52What's your final destination?
03:53Answer.
03:54Answer them?
03:55All right.
04:01Anything in your pockets?
04:03All right.
04:03Put that bag down for?
04:05So I'll use your bags?
04:06Yes, sir.
04:08Do you think the bag is yours?
04:09It should be, yeah.
04:10Okay.
04:10Did you pack them yourself?
04:12Yeah, I did.
04:12All right.
04:13Are you carrying things for anybody else?
04:15It shouldn't be, yeah.
04:16All right.
04:17So place your hands on your back for me.
04:19Turn around.
04:21Detain you for suspicion of narcotics, aren't it?
04:24Zero.
04:25So we detain you for suspicion of narcotics.
04:34The flight to Amsterdam will take off on schedule.
04:40Down one passenger who is detained and searched.
04:56Separate your feet a little bit.
04:59I'm going to go by your groin area.
05:02Separate me.
05:03I don't want to call me too, bud.
05:06I'm going to take your shoes off me.
05:09Check the ball over your foot, too.
05:12Okay.
05:12Other one.
05:14I know that one's yours.
05:15All right.
05:17During the body search, the suspect complains that he's suffering from back pain.
05:22Good to you.
05:23So the passenger is requesting medical assistance.
05:26So we're going to give that to him and make sure that he's okay.
05:34Criminals are known to use hospital visits to try to escape custody.
05:38Yep.
05:39Scoot all the way back to him.
05:42All right.
05:42All right.
05:43So while armed officers prepare to escort him on his journey.
05:46All right.
05:47All right.
05:50Yeah.
05:50All right.
05:52This one has 10.
05:53The rest of the team conducts a thorough search of his bags.
05:57Yeah.
05:59Part of it.
06:02Any bags altogether?
06:03Three more after this one.
06:04Seventeen altogether.
06:07Hidden in the suspect's suitcases is 20 pounds of marijuana.
06:15This case right now is huge.
06:17This is the first time I've ever actually come across something as big as this.
06:21In Europe, this load has a street value of over $200,000.
06:27It's just rewarding when you put in all this work, doing a good job.
06:32So yeah, I'm excited about this case.
06:35Making this one of the biggest seizures officers in San Francisco have made this year.
06:45Are you good?
06:46Are you okay?
06:47When the man returns from the hospital, he will be questioned by Homeland Security investigations.
07:22Please have your passports in your hands.
07:24Have your passports in your hands.
07:25How you doing, man?
07:26I'm sorry.
07:27Where are you coming from?
07:28Sweden.
07:28When people come here, they can have an attitude.
07:32They can curse at you.
07:32They can scream at you.
07:38My goal for every day is try to make at least one person smile.
07:42So if I can do that, I had a great day today.
07:45Officer Giacino's sunny outlook on life is down to a near-fatal car accident several years ago.
07:53Because I was deceased for 13 seconds.
07:58Then came back, and then they stapled my head.
08:02I don't even know how many staples I had.
08:03I had cuts here, cuts on my hands, cuts all over my body.
08:07But somehow survived.
08:08I'm being destroyed by Parasol 1.
08:11How you doing, boss?
08:12And tomorrow?
08:13Where are you coming from?
08:14You realize, like, everything could just end that fast.
08:17So I think it's cool that you appreciate every day that you wake up.
08:22Because not every day is promised to you.
08:24Just do a random bag search, all right?
08:26Come on down with me, guys.
08:33For security reasons, please keep your luggage with you at all times.
08:38Unintended luggage will be removed for inspection and may be destroyed.
08:42Today in baggage claim.
08:44I'm going to walk over and see what flight these people are getting off.
08:49Officer Giacino's colleague, Officer Atavai, is also on duty making cold stops.
08:54It's a good way to gauge people's reactions by seeing how they act when you kind of walk up and
09:00down the carousel,
09:00see if they're nervous or not, see if they're, like, avoiding eye contact, you know.
09:05Trying to get further away from you, any kind of nervous indicator.
09:09Where are you guys coming from, Milan?
09:11Yeah.
09:12Milan?
09:13Some days I have them where they're all, like, happy as can be to get their bags searched,
09:17and then you'll have other days that's just, like, the people are just so bad.
09:21All right.
09:22You can just have a seat right there.
09:25A U.S. citizen returning from the West African country of Guinea
09:30has been referred to secondary after declaring that he's carrying food.
09:35He said he had fish.
09:36I'm going to need gloves for this here.
09:38I don't want to touch none of that.
09:39It is legal to bring most fish into the U.S., but some species are prohibited.
09:45So you can just bring all your bags up here.
09:50Where's the fish in here?
09:51Yeah.
09:52I can smell.
09:54Okay.
09:55All right.
09:56You want me to open it the other way?
09:58Yeah, all right.
09:59Yeah, I don't, yeah.
10:00I don't want it to fall out, fly out of there.
10:05Okay.
10:07Are you hungry?
10:11Listen, it's, fish is allowed.
10:13I'm just going to make sure that it's all fish.
10:17The man is carrying 15 pounds of dried hake.
10:23Are there teeth on these?
10:25There is.
10:26There's teeth on them.
10:27It's another unusual thing that you have to be careful for.
10:31It's popular in West African cuisine, where it's known as panma.
10:36I would never think I would have to look out for fish teeth while searching a bag,
10:40but that's definitely something new.
10:44The fish is allowed, but the suitcase is filled with other food items.
10:48Still got to check under there and make sure there's no, nothing that the smell of fish
10:55could be concealing.
10:57Which could be carrying non-native pests and dangerous pathogens.
11:03What's this one?
11:04Honey.
11:04Honey?
11:05This is your first one.
11:08Unprocessed honey can contain harmful bacterial spores.
11:11Even with the smell of fish, I can still smell the honey.
11:15It must be good there.
11:18Then, Officer Atavai discovers something potentially more harmful.
11:23What is this?
11:24It's mud.
11:26The traveler claims the mud balls have therapeutic properties.
11:31Usually when you have a body part that's aches, you can just rub it on that.
11:36I just want to make sure.
11:38But Officer Atavai isn't convinced they're safe to let through.
11:42He calls in an expert to help.
11:44I'm going to go get the ag officer now.
11:46He's just going to take a quick look through this and make sure it's all good, all right?
11:50Here we go.
12:01Where's the fish in here?
12:03In Newark.
12:04I don't want to touch none of that.
12:05A routine inspection has revealed 15 pounds of dried fish.
12:09Are there teeth on these?
12:11There is.
12:12There's teeth on them.
12:14Along with other organic matter, including balls of mud fresh from Guinea, West Africa.
12:20He's just going to take a quick look through this and make sure it's all good, all right?
12:24Agricultural specialist Solomon arrives to inspect the contents of the traveler's luggage.
12:29That's all fish.
12:30That's fine.
12:30But this...
12:31Is this more of that tea?
12:33Oh, that's the flattened rice.
12:35That's...
12:36And then this is...
12:37This is the last one he had.
12:42Most of the atoms are harmless, but he zeroes in on the mud balls.
12:47As for U.S. agricultural regulations, the mud is not allowed or it's prohibited.
12:51You know, he can pass a lot of disease in the United States.
12:54He can bring in nematodes into the United States.
12:57So it's not allowed.
13:00Nematodes are microscopic worms.
13:03While they perform a vital role in breaking down soil,
13:06non-native ones have the potential to threaten the U.S. ecosystem.
13:11So the nematodes, you know, it has the small eggs and it's microscopical.
13:15We cannot see...
13:16There's no eggs in there.
13:17Yeah, we don't know.
13:18We cannot see through our bare eyes.
13:21What's in here?
13:23Is it more of that?
13:26Looks like it.
13:28Each year, parasitic nematodes cost over $150 billion in crop losses across the globe.
13:36Which is why CBP prohibits foreign soil from entering the country.
13:43That's why we clean the boots.
13:46You know, the people who are visiting the outdoor activities or something,
13:50we clean the boots.
13:51So we are really strict about bringing the mud and so on.
13:59The mud balls are seized and will be destroyed.
14:02Thank you for your patience, man. I appreciate it, alright?
14:05But the rest of the traveler's items are permissible,
14:07so he and his fish-filled suitcase are free to go.
14:11He was very cooperative.
14:13He was very respectful of the process.
14:15He said he just got off an 18-hour plane ride.
14:18Thankfully, I think the bag was probably under the plane.
14:21I'm sure somebody caught a whiff of it.
14:30Atlanta.
14:32The Georgia State Capitol.
14:34The Georgia State Capitol.
14:35Known locally as the Big Peach.
14:40Ten miles south.
14:44Is Hartsfield-Jackson-Atlanta International.
14:55Flights from here connect with more than 220 domestic and international destinations.
15:02Next, please.
15:04Making it a hub for criminals and gangs looking to distribute illegal goods.
15:13D-9, right?
15:15D-10.
15:16You're with D-10 now?
15:17Today, the PERT team is on the lookout for a person of interest.
15:21D-10.
15:22D-10.
15:23We are part of the passenger outbound enforcement team.
15:25D-10.
15:28D-10.
15:28You got the picture?
15:29D-10.
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16:15Officers receive news that the plane the man is due to board has just landed on the
16:20other side of the airport.
16:21There's always a back route to go into all the places just to avoid the crowds.
16:27The suspect's flight is due to take off in less than an hour.
16:34Nice day, huh?
16:37Officers need to intercept and search any checked luggage before boarding begins.
16:55You're going to have to head a little closer to the domestic flight, because the Canadian
16:59flight leaves on the domestic side.
17:06They're going to start boarding around 3.30, we like to usually get there ahead of time
17:11just in case.
17:14I'll try to get ahead of the game.
17:18To throw officers off their scent, the cartels constantly switch up their trafficking routes
17:24in and out of the U.S.
17:27What's going on, man?
17:29In the past year, drug seizures by Canadian and U.S. authorities have increased by more than
17:3650%.
17:36I just need to pull one bag.
17:38If I give you the name of the person, would you be able to pull that bag off for me?
17:42Yeah, yeah.
17:43The number of flights the suspect is taking suggests he could be what's known as Amptrade.
17:49Here's the name right here.
17:51Couriers who try to lessen their chances of detection, with frequent trips transporting
17:56low-volume shipments of narcotics.
17:58So right now, we're trying to trace the person's bags to see where they're at, so we can do
18:02a bag examination.
18:05Okay.
18:06All right.
18:10Everything's up out there, here he can go and run.
18:12So we try to avoid that situation by doing things down here first before we go over there.
18:16That'll be like a last resort.
18:18The suspect doesn't have any checked bags.
18:21All right.
18:22I'll be back then.
18:23Watch out.
18:23Watch out.
18:25But then, officers get word that he's about to check in with a large piece of carry-on.
18:34Hey, how you doing?
18:35I'm good.
18:38Can you do me a favor?
18:39When he's checking in and he comes over here, can you guys let us know?
18:42We're going to be standing right over here.
18:43All right.
18:45Boarding is about to begin.
18:48Come back.
18:49He hasn't got to the gate yet.
18:51So officers position themselves on the jet bridge.
18:54So we just put out a little hit on him, and we're just going to stop him, have a conversation
18:59with him, see what he was doing here for a day.
19:02Now, it's a waiting game.
19:05So we just don't stand by until he passes through here.
19:08He's in line.
19:09Okay.
19:19We like to usually get there ahead of time, just in case.
19:23In Atlanta.
19:24When he's checking in and he comes over here, can you guys let us know?
19:27We're going to be standing right over here.
19:30Officers are waiting to intercept a passenger, who they suspect is a regular trafficker of
19:35narcotics.
19:37We have this person of interest, so we're just going to have a conversation with him,
19:40and see what he was doing here for a day.
19:44They probably never got caught in their life, and they've been doing this for a while, and
19:47this could be the first time they ever got caught, so.
19:50Before making their move, officers need to visually ID the suspect.
19:55There's another guy standing in front of him, though, so I don't want to like.
19:59Do too much?
20:00Yeah.
20:01What it?
20:02It looks like him.
20:03He got the same hairstyle and everything.
20:06But need to remain out of sight to avoid spooking him.
20:14What's your passport, buddy?
20:19Tryin' by yourself?
20:20Hmm?
20:21You still in here to the south of me, please?
20:23You guys keep going.
20:27Where you coming from right now?
20:28Uh, just out of Atlanta, man.
20:30Atlanta?
20:30All right, how long you been here?
20:31Only one day.
20:32One day?
20:33What are you done for a day?
20:34Just I went to go see a friend.
20:35How long you been on this friend?
20:37Uh, not that long.
20:39Not that long?
20:39Just an artist, I went to work in music.
20:42The man claims he's a music engineer and has been visiting a performer who lives in the city.
20:48What was his name?
20:49Uh, 2K Baby.
20:502K Baby?
20:52He's a local rapper.
20:53Him and then another artist, Honjo.
20:55No, no, no.
20:57While the officer gets a crash course on local hip-hop artists.
21:01You don't listen to music?
21:02I listen to music, but I don't know any of those artists.
21:04What kind of music do you listen to?
21:05Reggaeton, you know, stuff like that.
21:07Yeah.
21:07Yeah.
21:09Um, she's just gonna check your bag real quick.
21:10You just see anything?
21:11Okay.
21:13The rest of the team conducts a thorough search of his carry-on.
21:18You don't have any check bags, right?
21:19No.
21:20No?
21:22Man, y'all crack down.
21:24I was very serious.
21:27They find no evidence of drugs or any other illegal products.
21:33At least you stay hydrated, right?
21:34I'm up to good things.
21:36Good things.
21:37All right, here you go.
21:38Here's your passport, man.
21:38We appreciate you being compliant.
21:40Thank you so much.
21:40Have a good one around.
21:41The man is free to leave and continue to work on seeing his artists fly high on the Atlanta
21:48music scene.
21:49It was a good lookout.
21:51It was a good lookout.
21:51I'm not gonna negate the lookout.
21:53It did look suspicious, but he gave us no issues.
21:55Everything came back negative.
21:57And negative is good as a positive.
22:01We just keep looking.
22:02We just keep searching.
22:03Good-bye.
22:05It's okay.
22:07Bye.
22:08Bye.
22:09Bye.
22:10Bye.
22:10Bye.
22:11Bye.
22:15Bye.
22:19Bye.
22:22Bye.
22:33More than 14 million people apply for visas to visit the U.S. each year.
22:39Can I see your passport, please?
22:41I can.
22:42Every stop is an opportunity to make sure that people aren't coming into the country
22:46for nefarious reasons.
22:48Many attempt to deceive authorities or conceal past criminal activity
22:53to gain entry to the country.
22:56It really just takes one moment or one slip,
23:00and that's why it's so important to make sure people have the proper documentation
23:03and that they're coming in with good intention.
23:06Is this your first time here?
23:07Yeah.
23:07All right. What do we think so far? I mean, it's a little cold out.
23:10Well, I think the weather is almost the same, but I think it's colder, yeah.
23:14Yeah, I gotcha.
23:15So I'm going to borrow you really quickly.
23:16I'm going to take you to my little station, and I'll take you from there, okay?
23:19Let's go.
23:20Come on.
23:21In Newark, Officer Faria is conducting cold stops on travelers arriving from the U.K.
23:27Place all your bags here, okay?
23:30The man states he is visiting New York for a short solo vacation.
23:36Do you have friends here, family? Are you traveling with anybody?
23:39Come on your own.
23:40Come on your own? Okay.
23:42Do you have any wife, kids, or anything?
23:44Yeah.
23:44Yeah.
23:44The traveler explains that his wife, as well as his five-year-old and two-week-old children,
23:50are staying home in the U.K.
23:52So we're not going anywhere else besides New York City?
23:56No.
23:56Oh, Costco member.
23:58Love me some Costco.
24:00Yeah.
24:01All right, sir.
24:03So this is my least favorite part of the job, is asking you to repack the bag for me.
24:07His suitcases are clean, but the man appears nervous.
24:13You're going to stay in New York, you're going to see the sights.
24:16You have no family here, no friends, and you're just coming here.
24:21Yeah, just coming here.
24:23So is this your first time trying to come to the United States?
24:26Have you ever had difficulty getting a visa?
24:28Oh, yeah, yeah, sure, sure, sure.
24:29So tell me about that.
24:30Tell me about that process.
24:32He makes a surprising admission about previous attempts to visit the country, explaining that
24:38he's made several unsuccessful visa applications in the past.
24:42Take your bags and just sit back down over there for a moment.
24:47I do find it a little strange that he has been denied visas multiple times, and that's
24:52why I'm just detaining him for the moment.
24:55The man's confession that he's been refused visas.
24:58This is a weird case, right?
25:00And that he is here without his family.
25:03He's got a kid that was born two weeks ago.
25:06Suggests vacationing might not be the real reason for his trip.
25:10Who is he visiting?
25:10He says nobody.
25:12He has no family, friends, first time in.
25:14He's a solo traveler.
25:15He knows someone here for sure.
25:17If you can figure that out, the story will start to kind of unravel itself.
25:24Officer Faria calls the hotel where the traveler claims to be staying.
25:28Okay, hi.
25:29This is Officer Faria with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
25:33And receives some surprising information.
25:38It turns out that the traveler canceled his reservation before his flight and was refunded.
25:46He said he planned his trip in November.
25:48If he canceled his hotel in September, there's already just red flags all over this.
25:53You allowed me to believe that you're staying a ****.
25:55Yeah, that's right.
25:55That's right.
25:56That's right.
25:57I'm going straight away.
25:58But when...
25:58But sir, I called.
26:00You canceled your reservation.
26:03I didn't cancel the reservation, but when you...
26:05Why would you carry a booking reservation for a place you're not going to that you canceled?
26:08What is your intention in being in the United States?
26:12Providing a false declaration to a federal officer is a crime.
26:18Punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
26:20You have one chance to tell us the truth.
26:24Because if you tell us another lie, that's it.
26:26You're out of chances.
26:40Atlanta International is the world's busiest airport.
26:44Come on, find it.
26:46The black one?
26:48You can take it.
26:50Welcoming 300,000 passengers each day.
26:55It's a city of opportunity.
26:56Everyone comes from all of them.
26:59There's always something going on here in the city of Atlanta.
27:02This is the gateway to the vast agricultural regions of the southeastern U.S.
27:08Good job, find it.
27:12Officer Collins and seven-year-old beagle Mookie are on the hunt for bugs and pests,
27:18which could decimate its farms and food supply.
27:21Can you lower your book bag?
27:23Mookie.
27:25Mookie.
27:26Mookie.
27:26Mookie.
27:27Mookie.
27:28One minute.
27:31I love my job.
27:33I love coming into work every day, working with my canine partner Mookie.
27:36We have fun every day, and every day is game day.
27:40Ain't that right, Mookie?
27:44Armed with a sense of smell 10,000 times stronger than his handler.
27:52Can you lower your book bag for me?
27:56Mookie is a four-legged plant and meat-seeking missile.
27:59Hello, sir.
28:00Can you stop for just a moment?
28:01Sure, sure.
28:02He's smelling my food.
28:04What kind of food is it?
28:06It's beef patties.
28:07Yeah.
28:07What's this right here?
28:08That's patties.
28:10And what's that?
28:11Patties.
28:13You good?
28:14You're good to go.
28:16I would give you a patty, but you'd get in trouble.
28:21I used to work for the Internal Revenue Service, and one day I was like, okay, I'm ready for a
28:26change.
28:28The reason why I chose Canine was because my dad trains dogs, so I've been around dogs my entire life.
28:34I heard about the Beagle Brigade, and I knew that that's what I wanted to do.
28:38So once I got the opportunity, I applied for Canine, and here we are.
28:44The first flight on the team's schedule is one from Korea.
28:48Some items that do come from Korea would be pork products, which there is African swine fever in Korea.
28:55So we do have to take those items so that the disease doesn't get out here in the United States.
29:01Wow.
29:02So cute.
29:04Come on, Moose.
29:06A Beagle's sense of smell is powerful enough to detect the equivalent of a drop of liquid in 20 Olympic
29:13-sized swimming pools.
29:15Hello, ma'am.
29:16Ma'am.
29:17Which is why they've been used as tracker dogs for centuries.
29:21Can you lower your book bag for me and step back?
29:31If Mookie finds something suspicious, he indicates by sitting down.
29:52This is a weird case right here.
29:54In Newark.
29:55He has no family, friends, first time in.
29:58He's a solo traveler.
30:00Officers are questioning a traveler from the UK who may suspect has provided false information to gain entry to the
30:07US.
30:07He said he planned his trip in November.
30:09If he canceled his hotel in September, there's already just red flags all over this.
30:14He insists he's here to take a solo vacation.
30:20Where are you going?
30:21What is it?
30:21Sir, don't cut me off.
30:23What is your intention in being in the United States?
30:26But he canceled his initial hotel reservation and has provided no other details of his accommodation.
30:33What's the truth?
30:35The truth is...
30:36Okay, so the thing is this.
30:39I intend that I will get each other hotel.
30:44You're not telling us the truth right now.
30:46You either know someone here and you're intending to stay here or you're coming here to work.
30:51To be honest with you, sir, I'm here on tourism.
30:54Nothing else.
30:55Sir, you're not going to work with us?
30:56Okay.
30:57So just wait right here.
30:58We'll be with you soon.
30:59Excuse me.
30:59Excuse me.
30:59Sir, there's nothing else to say.
31:01I don't...
31:02I don't have any impression to do anything here.
31:03I'm just here to visit.
31:05That's all.
31:06Officers suspect he's meeting a contact in the U.S. who could be fixing him up with illegal work.
31:12I mean, he's given me so many stories.
31:14I need to speak to him one-to-one.
31:17Seeing what that actual story is and see what we could do.
31:20I just need the truth.
31:24Let's go in the room and take a seat.
31:31Here, take a seat on the other side.
31:33Let's start again.
31:34Let's start from the top.
31:35Okay?
31:36Tell me about your trip.
31:37I want to know why are you here.
31:40The man admits that he switched his hotel booking to somewhere closer to the airport
31:46after he filled out a Zesta.
31:48You've got a lot going on here.
31:49It's okay.
31:50We're not upset.
31:50This is the second plan.
31:52This makes no sense.
31:54You want to visit New York.
31:55You're staying in Newark.
31:56Yeah.
31:56How does this work?
31:58I want to know who are you meeting.
32:00I don't have anyone.
32:02To be very honest, I'm here in the U.S. on tourism.
32:06Be honest with the officer and tell him what it is that you're coming to do here,
32:11who you're coming to see.
32:13Just think about this before you answer.
32:18Eventually, he offers up the phone number of a contact in the U.S.
32:23Who is it?
32:24This is my friend from the U.K.
32:26Okay, sir.
32:27This number here.
32:27Yeah.
32:28This is a U.S. number calling you.
32:31Who is it?
32:33All right.
32:34I think it's...
32:35I think that should be K.
32:39Okay, so yeah.
32:40So this is it.
32:41You said K?
32:42Yeah.
32:43K is...
32:43Who's K?
32:43Tell me about K.
32:44I want to know who this person is.
32:46So K is just...
32:47Does K have a last name?
32:49My...
32:49I don't know his name.
32:51He's not a close friend.
32:53He's just a distant friend that I keep in contact once in a while.
32:58Where does K live?
32:59He's in Atlanta.
33:00Atlanta, Georgia?
33:01Yeah.
33:01When are you going to see K on this trip?
33:03I don't intend to see K.
33:05K is calling you?
33:06Yes.
33:07Who is K?
33:10Who is K?
33:11The man refuses to divulge any more information.
33:14And the true reason for his visit remains a mystery.
33:18Who is this person?
33:30In Atlanta...
33:31Hello, ma'am.
33:33Ma'am.
33:34Officer Collins is searching travelers arriving from Korea.
33:38Can you lower your book bag for me and step back?
33:41And Beagle Mookie has picked up a suspicious scent.
33:45You have any food in this bag right here?
33:47Yeah.
33:47What kind of food do we have?
33:48Baby food.
33:50Hey!
33:51As well as baby food, the woman is carrying fresh apples from Korea, which are prohibited.
33:56What is the problem?
33:58So I have to send you in for an agriculture inspection because you have food items that
34:02have to be looked at, okay?
34:04The maximum penalty for failing to declare prohibited fruit when entering the U.S. is $10,000.
34:12You're not in any trouble.
34:14You're not in any trouble.
34:15Fine.
34:16You're fine.
34:17Okay.
34:18Officer Collins gives the woman some advice on next steps.
34:22Just make sure when we go over to the inspection area, just make sure you declare all of your food
34:28items, okay?
34:30Good job.
34:31Good job.
34:32Good job.
34:33Most people just want to bring a piece of home with them.
34:36But in other countries, they have diseases that could devastate the apple industry here in the United States.
34:43Good.
34:43Come on, let's go.
34:44Find it.
34:45The next flight due to arrive is from Jamaica.
34:50His favorite scent is a banana, and this is one of his flights where he loves to find bananas.
35:01Before joining the canine unit, Mookie underwent a 12-week intensive training program and can now search up to 400
35:11passengers every 15 minutes.
35:15Hello, sir.
35:15Can you lower your book back for me?
35:17Sure.
35:17Oops.
35:19On any given day, we typically search to the thousands because this is the world's busiest airport.
35:26We'll work a flight, maybe 20, 30 minutes, give him a 15, 20-minute break.
35:32They're not robots, even though he wants to work all the time.
35:37Officer Collins might have swapped a career with the IRS for one as a dog handler more than a decade
35:42ago.
35:43Good job.
35:46But he can still count on Mookie to be right on the money.
35:51So since he gave me the final alert, we're going to verify to make sure that there is something in
35:56here.
35:57Good job.
35:58Let's see what you got.
36:00Each day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize around 4,500 prohibited agricultural products.
36:08And here we have sugar cane, which is peeled.
36:13This is allowed.
36:16This is what he was alerting to.
36:18Don't know what it is, but definitely the wood with bark is not allowed.
36:22So this does have to go in for an agricultural inspection.
36:27Bark is a habitat for vast numbers of bugs and pests.
36:32Good job, Mookie.
36:35Hello.
36:37So Officer Collins needs to locate the bag's owner.
36:41So now what we're going to do is we're going to wait for the passenger to come to collect their
36:45bags.
36:46Because of the wood-borne pests that could potentially be inside of the branches.
36:52Since records began, more than 6,000 invasive species have hitchhiked their way into the U.S.
36:58Where are you going?
37:00Let me see your passport.
37:02Oh, this is where I saw my mom.
37:04Where's your mom at?
37:05I'm afraid.
37:06You just going to leave her?
37:07You got to bring her over here with you.
37:08And I'm going to send you guys in for the inspection, okay?
37:11You can follow me.
37:13Officer Collins escorts the man and his family to secondary, where the plant matter will be confiscated and they'll be
37:20subject to a full bag search.
37:22Don't want mom getting mad at me because I'm making you leave her behind.
37:26And the team gets back to work.
37:30It's like a game of hide and seek.
37:32Good job finding it.
37:35Once they find it, they get their reward and it's like, okay, where's the next one coming from?
37:40It takes Mookie just five minutes to search the remaining 150 passengers on the flight.
37:47Well, this one doesn't bite.
37:50A walk in the park for Atlanta's finest.
37:54You searched them all.
37:55Good job.
38:04Who's Kay?
38:04Tell me about Kay.
38:05I want to know who this person is.
38:06In Newark.
38:08He's not a close friend.
38:10He's just a distant friend that I keep in contact once in a while.
38:15Officers are questioning a British man, who they suspect could be in the U.S. to pick up illegal work.
38:22Where does Kay live?
38:23He's in downtown.
38:24Atlanta, Georgia?
38:25Yeah.
38:26Despite having a family at home, he claims he's on vacation, but has revealed the details of a U.S.
38:33contact named Kay.
38:35Hi, this is Officer Faria. I'm at the airport here.
38:40Eager to prove he has no nefarious motives, the traveler allows Officer Faria to call his contact.
38:47Are you expecting somebody today?
38:48And discovers Kay is, in fact, a woman.
38:51You're not in trouble.
38:52I'm trying to clear his story up.
38:54He gave me this number, and I just had to call you real quick.
38:58Okay.
39:00I think there's been a miscommunication.
39:02As Officer Faria continues the conversation...
39:05So you're coming to...
39:06He's going to Atlanta, Georgia on the 12th.
39:09And then you're going to pick him up from there?
39:11The true reason for the man's visit quickly becomes clear.
39:14How'd you guys meet?
39:16Okay.
39:17Just a casual hangout.
39:18You two are going to spend some...
39:19A couple days...
39:20Okay.
39:21I really appreciate your honesty and your help with this.
39:24Don't be sorry.
39:25Stay safe, okay?
39:27Bye.
39:29All right.
39:31So I spoke to your, uh, your friend .
39:34I know why you came here.
39:37You've told me a lot today, but you haven't really told me the truth.
39:42You came here, to be honest, to cheat on your spouse.
39:46Sir, I'll be honest, I don't really care if you're cheating on your wife.
39:50That's not against the law.
39:51You could have been out hours ago, but you keep telling me falsehoods.
40:03Okay.
40:07So you came here, you want to meet a few girls?
40:08Is that why?
40:09Does your wife know you're here for those reasons?
40:12No.
40:13You're free to go.
40:17Satisfied, the man is now being honest about the reason for his visit.
40:20I'm not the moral police.
40:22I do not judge your life choices.
40:24I am just here to enforce the law.
40:27He can finally begin his solo vacation.
40:31I love my wife.
40:32I love my kids.
40:33I'm also looking forward to going back to them.
40:35I miss them already.
40:37Just my first stop of the day turned into a real long story.
40:41What he does on his own time is his own business.
40:44He did sound repentant, but it wasn't until the truth came out afterward.
40:50I will just take away from you.
40:50I will try to die.
41:02It really was bad for you.
41:18I am not the only one in the world.
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