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A tense situation unfolds as Border Force officers confront a suspicious individual carrying a significant amount of undeclared cash, raising immediate red flags. Meanwhile, a flight from Nigeria brings an unexpected discovery, challenging the vigilance of the customs team.
The episode also features a concerning find during a routine baggage scan at Terminal 3, highlighting the diverse methods employed by individuals attempting to circumvent security. Elsewhere, a proactive search leads to a substantial seizure, underscoring the dedication of the officers involved.
Join the frontline team as they navigate complex challenges and secure the border against evolving threats. This installment of Borderforce USA showcases the intricate work performed daily to maintain national security.
#BorderforceUSA #CustomsAndBorder #USImmigration
The episode also features a concerning find during a routine baggage scan at Terminal 3, highlighting the diverse methods employed by individuals attempting to circumvent security. Elsewhere, a proactive search leads to a substantial seizure, underscoring the dedication of the officers involved.
Join the frontline team as they navigate complex challenges and secure the border against evolving threats. This installment of Borderforce USA showcases the intricate work performed daily to maintain national security.
#BorderforceUSA #CustomsAndBorder #USImmigration
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00:08The Camino Real International Bridge in Texas.
00:14A prime route used by criminals to smuggle illicit goods.
00:27It's early evening.
00:30On a busy Easter Sunday, and Officer Handrahan has just flagged a suspicious pickup.
00:36It's carrying an extra fuel tank, commonly used to refuel industrial machinery.
00:44This would typically be an oil worker, possibly a construction worker.
00:47It's usually an oil field that drives these fuel tanks.
00:50But the driver of this vehicle doesn't fit the norm.
00:54She looks strung out, didn't look like anybody that would be driving a vehicle like this.
01:00Concerned the woman could be working for a cartel, Officer Handrahan x-rays the truck.
01:08This is alarming.
01:10This large black square here.
01:11I should be able to look and see all the way through the fuel tank.
01:15I think it's probably a false bottom.
01:17There would be diesel fuel on top, and then there's going to be some kind of lead line false bottom.
01:23A closer inspection reveals another red flag.
01:27I noticed the crystallized substance on top of the tank.
01:33A white substance seems to be leaking from the container.
01:38The officers test it.
01:46And there you go.
01:49Positive result for meth.
01:5729, second ring.
01:59We found something.
02:00Mike, Mike.
02:01It's positive.
02:03Are we going to be put in jail?
02:04We have to do what we have to do.
02:05We have to do what we have to do.
02:23Upát
02:29We have a feed!
02:29Attention to the prime re-off.
02:30Every year, $400 billion of dirty money is laundered into Latin America.
02:37Much of it, the profits from drugs sold in the U.S.
02:50In the outbound lanes at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge,
02:54catching this cash in transit is a top priority.
02:58You got your bad guys that are bringing the illicit money back from whatever they took up north.
03:04They're taking it back down south.
03:05Could be $100,000, could be $50,000, could be, you know, $200,000.
03:09They'll try and hide it.
03:10It's a cannon mouse game, and that's how we play here.
03:16Today, a man traveling into Mexico has been stopped by Officer Sarmiento.
03:25As he searches the car, the driver seems nervous.
03:35And officers soon find out why.
03:40Stuffed down the side of the seat are several envelopes.
03:53Let's check this out, man.
03:56How many carats is that one?
03:58Three carats.
04:00The first packet contains a diamond.
04:04One this size could be worth upward of $50,000.
04:10Within the remaining envelopes are more precious stones.
04:14Cool, small cut diamonds.
04:18And other valuable jewelry.
04:21Here we have two bracelets.
04:23Oh, 14K white gold.
04:25Bracelets.
04:27Meanwhile, outside, officers discover more envelopes.
04:32Hidden in the footwell.
04:35Inside one, an emerald diamond cluster ring.
04:40Since any goods worth over $10,000 must be declared.
04:44Officers need to know more about the man's motives.
04:49The gentleman was crossing through here with diamonds undeclared.
04:53So we need to take a stance on it and find out, okay, what do we got?
04:56Where's it coming from?
04:57Where's it going?
04:58So we can find out whether he's doing something legal or not.
05:02The man claims he's just a courier, hired to deliver the goods to an address in Mexico.
05:17The officers think he could be a mule for a cartel, using the diamonds as the perfect money laundering currency.
05:26Diamonds would be a good way to laundering money because diamonds are worth a lot and they're smaller to transport.
05:34And they'll sell them over there and get their money in Mexico.
05:38Until the officers get answers, this man is going nowhere.
06:07A hundred thirty miles away, at the Camino Real Bridge, officers are Zamora is going nowhere.
06:13found a white, crystalline substance
06:14on the back of a pickup truck.
06:17So positive result for meth.
06:20While her vehicle is taken to a secure area for inspection,
06:25the driver's condition has taken a turn for the worse.
06:32The woman claims to have forgotten her insulin.
06:36In danger of collapsing from high blood sugar,
06:39she's rushed to the hospital.
06:43They're going to take her to the emergency room
06:45to get her blood sugar glucose back down where it needs to be.
06:51It's a strange thing, you know.
06:52You remember to fill your tank full of liquid meth,
06:55but you forget to throw your insulin pills in your purse.
07:00Undeterred, the officers begin their inspection of the fuel
07:03tank.
07:04We're going to open this.
07:05Whatever it takes, we're going to open it.
07:07Hoping to discover exactly how the meth is hidden
07:11and how much of it there is, a broken fuel pump immediately
07:17grabs their attention.
07:19It's weird how that pump doesn't work.
07:25That's just there.
07:26It's fake.
07:27That's got to have a pipe that goes all over the bottom
07:29so they can suck it out.
07:30So you can see the welds here where it's been either replaced,
07:35repaired, or something.
07:37Listen, this is factory.
07:39That's not factory.
07:41Even if it did turn on, it won't suck no fuel
07:43because it doesn't have a pipe that goes inside.
07:47The tank is full to the brim with diesel,
07:50but with no working pump to get it out.
07:54Officers had assumed the meth would be hidden under some kind
07:57of false bottom.
07:58They now suspect otherwise.
08:07So right there, methamphetamines.
08:13It seems the drug smugglers have simply dumped the meth
08:16drive directly into the fuel, meaning the drug will be
08:20permanently contaminated.
08:23It is dangerous to use any type of drugs, but especially
08:27this concealment method where they mix it with fuel,
08:30that's where they put it into the body.
08:33Possibly not knowing about it, but it is a sad reality.
08:36If it makes a truck run, what will it do to a body?
08:59At the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge.
09:08Officers are questioning a man caught trying to smuggle
09:10diamonds into Mexico.
09:13They believe he could be a mule for a drug cartel,
09:16using the jewels for money laundering.
09:19The subject gave a negative declaration for money
09:23and anything else over $10,000.
09:26So far, what we have, it is over $10,000,
09:28so it should have been something that should have been declared.
09:31These are monetary items that when somebody comes and goes,
09:35they're using them, and it's as good as cash.
09:38The man claims he's just a courier for hire,
09:41and has provided the address of a warehouse where he says he
09:44was asked to deliver the diamonds.
09:47But it can't explain why he didn't declare them,
09:50or why they were hidden.
09:59The gentleman was saying that he was paid by somebody in Mexico
10:03to come to the U.S., pick it up.
10:05Him himself carrying them over there is not a big thing with us.
10:08The problem is, where he tried to deceive us,
10:11he knew what he was doing.
10:12He knew that he had to hide them.
10:17To determine what penalty the man should face,
10:20officers inspect the jewels more closely
10:23and assess their approximate worth.
10:43The total value of the 15 diamonds
10:46and other jewelry comes to more than $70,000.
10:50We'll get you out of here shortly, OK?
10:52We're still working on it.
10:54It's going to be a very costly day for the man.
10:59The diamonds are going to be seized for failure to declare them.
11:04The estimator worth was $74,000.
11:09It's about the threshold over $10,000.
11:12He failed to declare his visa will be cancelled,
11:16and subject will be returned to Mexico.
11:18Diamonds are forever, yes, sir.
11:21Make sure you declare them if you've taken diamonds to Mexico.
11:46Night falls at the Camino Real International Bridge.
11:51Officer Hernandez leads the investigation
11:54into a vehicle carrying meth hidden inside a tank full of diesel.
12:00So right there, methamphetamines.
12:03The cartel's plan would have been to siphon off the contents
12:07when it reached its destination,
12:09before separating the drug from the fuel.
12:14This right here is meth.
12:17Once all this fuel dries out,
12:19it's going to be crystallized like that.
12:20So give it a few minutes until this dries out.
12:22But it's a clear indication that it's going to have to be chemically extracted
12:26if it would have made it to their hands.
12:29Now, officers must find their own way of extracting the liquid from the vehicle.
12:34A specialized mechanic arrives to assist.
12:44Almost half of all drug seizures in the U.S. involve meth.
12:48It is a highly profitable market worth $17 billion in the U.S. alone.
12:54We're going to need a lot more buckets, sir.
12:58Cartels will use any method to get meth across the border
13:02with little regard for the safety of the people using it.
13:06Removing this contaminated fuel is a long
13:09and potentially dangerous process requiring protective equipment.
13:14It's all getting in, like, a paste form
13:18and it's slowly sinking to the bottom.
13:21Little by little, it's going to the very bottom.
13:22So whenever an average person looks at this tank,
13:26they're going to see diesel on top.
13:28But the actual meth, it settles on the bottom.
13:33It's separating itself right there.
13:36After two hours of siphoning out the liquid,
13:39the tank is finally running dry.
13:41So 728, 829, 30 buckets of liquid meth.
13:46That is a lot of meth for 150 gallons of liquid meth
13:49in a diesel tank.
13:51Definitely a win for us.
13:54The buckets are weighed.
13:56So our total with plastic, 1240 pounds, 150 gallons.
14:03The total seizure amount is 150 gallons,
14:07meaning this meth could have a street value
14:10of around half a million dollars.
14:13I got here at 7 o'clock in the morning.
14:15So it was an awesome 16-hour day.
14:19For being Easter Sunday, I didn't find no Easter eggs.
14:22That's better than finding Easter eggs.
14:24Definitely a better feeling.
14:39One more time, radio check.
14:41Over.
14:42Something else to do.
14:45One more time, radio check.
14:47Operating 15 hours a day,
14:49the Eagle Pass International Bridge is used by thousands of travelers daily.
14:55Bravo, give us one mic.
14:59Officers here rely on years of experience
15:01to sniff out any wrongdoing.
15:09Today, the contents of one traveler's car
15:13are causing a stink.
15:16You got a knife?
15:16You want to chop the one in half?
15:18Just to see what's inside.
15:21The cooler is loaded with Mexican cheese.
15:26They're coming from Guadalajara.
15:28That's a long way to stay frozen.
15:31Agricultural specialist Villarreal is assigned to investigate.
15:36The amount of cheese that he's got here is not normal
15:38for what would be two people coming back from Mexico.
15:41We're looking at right here, maybe about 20 kilos.
15:46While most of these goods can be crossed in small amounts,
15:50this quantity is likely for a business,
15:52which requires a permit and is liable for import duty.
15:58Officers suspect these men are making the 2,000-mile trip
16:02to try to sneak the goods through
16:03without paying the correct taxes.
16:07That screams like it's a business.
16:09So I wanted to see the crossings,
16:11see if they've ever been hit with anything,
16:13either of those two guys.
16:15No.
16:16But as officers carry out background checks on the men,
16:22they think they may have stumbled onto something
16:25far more serious than a commercial import of cheese.
16:29In that here, found some dogs in the car.
16:31Does the baby look like it's almost a year?
16:35Yeah, it does, but what I'm seeing is the hair color's different.
16:39The men are making their road trip with a young baby,
16:43whose appearance doesn't seem to match their entry documents.
16:48Oh, they might be using another baby.
16:51Concerned they may have come across a child trafficking attempt,
16:55officers must act fast.
17:10Yeah, it's your bravo, I-94.
17:20Purpose of your trip to Canada?
17:22Post trip.
17:23All right, where the rest of the girls?
17:25It's a busy day at the U.S.-Canada border,
17:29and Officer Novak is dealing with a traveler stopped
17:32after being spotted driving in the wrong lane.
17:36This car got sent in for further inspection.
17:38He's going to secondary.
17:39So we got a couple officers who just searched the car,
17:41make sure nothing is coming in.
17:43He used the Trusted Traveler Lane
17:45without having the Nexus card, so that's a no-no.
17:48The Trusted Traveler Lane requires specific pre-approved paperwork,
17:53which this man doesn't have.
17:56And the search of his car uncovers something else concerning.
18:01Ford driver's licenses.
18:03It's the same photo, same name.
18:06They're all valid until the same date,
18:08but they're all issued on different days.
18:10So it's just, it's a little weird.
18:12So I definitely want to find out what's going on with this.
18:15I'm going to go in there and talk to him,
18:16just kind of figure out his story, why he has these,
18:18because this isn't even him.
18:19It's just a little fishy.
18:24All right, man, we're looking through your car.
18:26What's going on with these IDs?
18:27Four of the same ones, same name, same person.
18:30They're in the wallet in the center there.
18:33This is my friend's brother.
18:34Your friend's brother.
18:36So why do you have his IDs?
18:39You don't know.
18:42It's his car?
18:43This is the brother of the friend that you're picking up from the airport?
18:46Yeah.
18:49You know why he has four of the same exact IDs?
18:52No idea.
18:53So you just know the guy you're picking up.
18:55You don't know this guy?
18:55No.
18:57Fake driver's licenses make up almost 10% of all forged IDs.
19:03And Officer Novak is unconvinced by the man's story.
19:07All right, man, just have a seat.
19:08I'll call you back up in a bit.
19:10And is concerned the man may be trading in false identifications.
19:15We just want to make sure these aren't, like, fake IDs,
19:17like handing them out or selling them to people that, you know,
19:20might want to be trying to hide something if they try to come to the U.S.,
19:23you know, hide their identity and get across.
19:25I just got to do some more digging around to find out.
19:46At the Eagle Pass International Bridge.
19:49In that here, found some dogs in the car.
19:52There's a baby, luckily.
19:53Like, it's almost a year.
19:55Yeah, it does.
19:56But what I'm seeing is the hair color is different.
20:00Agricultural specialist Villarreal has stopped two men traveling with a baby.
20:06In the process of investigating them for carrying excess food,
20:10he believes he may have stumbled upon a child trafficking attempt.
20:14We're going to have whoever's claiming to be the father take them inside,
20:19and we're going to do a little more investigation on the baby.
20:21Hair color seems to be a little different.
20:24Age isn't matching up all that perfectly.
20:27With 28% of the victims of people trafficking being children,
20:32it's vital officers ascertain whether the man is really the baby's father
20:38or if he's using his actual daughter's paperwork
20:40to smuggle a different child across the border.
20:52The man is led away to be questioned,
20:55but officers immediately notice some strange behavior.
20:59The way they're transporting the baby,
21:02walking with the carriage backwards and stuff like that,
21:04that just doesn't seem normal for a fatherly behavior.
21:08I know as a father myself, I want the baby in front of me
21:11because I want to see what's happening to the baby.
21:13So walking with them like it's luggage,
21:15he's not doing himself any favors.
21:25The case is passed to Officer Pawn,
21:28who will carry out an interview.
21:32They've been avoiding the baby.
21:33They're not really paying attention to the baby.
21:36There's a possibility that the baby might be,
21:39that David might be falsely claiming that that's the same baby
21:42and it's someone else's baby.
21:45Officer Pawn will check all of the man's paperwork
21:48and even examine his phone.
21:50The dad is presenting a birth certificate for the baby.
21:53He's stating that he's the father of the baby
21:57and we're questioning, okay, well, history,
22:01like when was the last time he traveled with the baby,
22:03where do they live,
22:05the purpose of their travel to Mexico.
22:07If any further discrepancies are uncovered,
22:10the man could be in big trouble.
22:23Oh, traffic, primary, primary, oh, traffic.
22:28At the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
22:32What's going on with these IDs?
22:33He's four of the same ones, same name, same person.
22:36This is my bank, my brother.
22:40A man traveling into the U.S.
22:42has raised suspicions after being found
22:44with multiple driver's licenses,
22:46all in someone else's name.
22:49He doesn't need these with him.
22:51He's just left them in the car.
22:53He's in India right now.
22:55The man claims he is picking up a friend from the airport,
22:58and the car and ID cards belong to the friend's brother.
23:04One fake driver's license like this
23:07could sell for a minimum of $100.
23:10So officers need to be certain he's not selling fake IDs.
23:14Why does he have so many?
23:16Yeah, why does he know why he has four?
23:31Despite the man's explanation,
23:33Officer Novak still needs to verify the details.
23:36All right, man, just have a seat for now.
23:38I'll call you back up in a second, all right?
23:41He runs the IDs through the system
23:43to ensure they are authentic
23:45and carries out background checks on both men.
23:49See if this guy has any issues.
23:51And then if it turns into anything,
23:52we could also do, like, a phone search.
23:54And the driver appears to be telling the truth.
23:58The check comes back clean,
24:00and the different cards are indeed
24:02for different Canadian vehicle licenses.
24:05The G1 is kind of like a learner's permit.
24:07You can drive on any type of G vehicle.
24:09That's Canadian's classification.
24:11And then this one, the Z, is for trucks.
24:15It makes sense why he's got multiple now,
24:17the different classifications.
24:19I'm good with it.
24:20All right, man, come on up.
24:21I'll give the orange paper to the officers outside.
24:24Have a go.
24:25Satisfied the man is doing nothing wrong,
24:27he is free to go.
24:29I was comfortable knowing that he wasn't using it
24:31for malicious intent.
24:33He wasn't going to be handing them out to his buddies
24:34for fake IDs or using them for somebody else
24:36to get into the U.S.
24:37That's what I love about this job,
24:38is the deep dive.
24:40When you get stuff like that,
24:41where you get to dive deeper and, you know,
24:43do some research, it's fun.
24:44It makes the day interesting.
24:46My last hour, too.
24:47I get to go home now.
24:48I get to go home now.
25:002020, Chevy Trailblazer.
25:04In Eagle Pass,
25:08officers are investigating a man
25:11who they suspect of using his actual daughter's papers
25:14to smuggle a different child across the border.
25:18There's a possibility that the baby might be,
25:20that the baby might be falsely claiming
25:22that that's the same baby and it's someone else's baby.
25:26Officer Ponn has now carried out a detailed interview
25:29and checked the man's documents.
25:32He was willing to show us more documentation on it
25:36and we went forward with that.
25:37So he was released with the baby.
25:41With officers satisfied that the baby girl is, in fact, his,
25:45the man faces no further questions.
25:50It's very dangerous out there.
25:52We see it a lot.
25:53That's why it's very important for us to make sure that this baby
25:58that's traveling with this adult,
26:01there's some type of relation between them for the child's safety.
26:05With child smuggling ruled out,
26:08officers still have to deal with the excessive quantities of food
26:11the men have tried to bring over from Mexico.
26:42This time, the men escape with just a warning.
26:45But at the border,
26:47officers must remain on high alert for every possibility.
26:53Human trafficking, especially with, you know,
26:55young children like that,
26:57these kinds of things are happening in the United States.
26:59Most people don't believe that that it's happening,
27:02but we need to stop every possibility,
27:05never count out the fact that someone else
27:07could be doing something so terrible.
27:33What do y'all go to Mexico for?
27:35For the dentist.
27:36For the dentist?
27:37Yeah.
27:37All right.
27:39Every year,
27:401.2 million Americans travel to Mexico
27:43to undergo heavily discounted medical procedures.
27:48What are y'all bringing back?
27:50Nothing.
27:50Okay.
27:51No kind of medications, alcohol, tobacco?
27:54No.
27:54Travelers who have treatment
27:56often require prescription medication,
27:59but like all medicines,
28:01failing to declare it upon re-entry is a crime.
28:04Do you have any medication?
28:06No, Mama.
28:07People need to understand that
28:09whenever anybody fails to declare medication,
28:12you're already breaking the rules.
28:14Why?
28:15Because it's a port of entry.
28:16You're coming from a foreign country,
28:18entering back into the United States,
28:19therefore you need to declare.
28:21If you don't declare,
28:22at that moment they're smuggling in.
28:26No problem.
28:27It's midday
28:28at the Progreso International Bridge.
28:33A brother and sister
28:34returning to the U.S. from Mexico
28:36have been taken for questioning
28:38after loose medication
28:40was found in their car.
28:43When was the last time you crossed from Mexico?
28:46It was like about a month ago.
28:49Officer Maureen leads the search.
28:52We have this car that was from San Antonio,
28:54went to Mexico for a pleasure,
28:59and during the inspection,
29:01officer found some undeclared medication.
29:04They also started admitting
29:05that they had some on their person,
29:07and they started pulling it out.
29:08So in that moment, we take them in
29:10so they could be a pat-down conducted
29:12on both individuals.
29:14After finding packets of Xanax and Valium
29:17in the couple's car,
29:19officers discovered two bottles of Tramadol
29:21on their person.
29:23Do you have anything else on you?
29:24No, sir.
29:25Nothing with that.
29:26No, sir.
29:26I don't want to go out of the way or nothing.
29:27No, sir.
29:28You can check me.
29:29Yes, sir.
29:30Okay.
29:31While his sister is searched,
29:33the man nervously waits.
29:36During the pat-down,
29:38there were two more additional pills
29:40within her left pocket of her shorts.
29:44All of the pills are controlled substances,
29:47which require prescriptions
29:49and should have been declared.
29:53So why is it that you didn't declare this
29:55to an officer, ma'am?
29:56Well, you should ask me if you don't have prescriptions
29:59on having a prescription.
30:00I just have medicine.
30:02No, I'm telling you.
30:03So it's smuggling all this other stuff
30:06they go right in.
30:07Well, I mean, I'm not smuggling.
30:09I'm going to declare.
30:11Yeah, but I don't know.
30:12I mean, okay.
30:15Officer Maureen wants to find out
30:16why the woman has tried to smuggle
30:18this medication in.
30:21So you went to Mexico
30:22with the purpose of purchasing this?
30:24Well, I had cosmetic surgery
30:27about six weeks ago.
30:28I had a mommy makeover.
30:29And so they have to extract the fluid
30:32from my incision.
30:33So I have to come down here
30:35literally every week.
30:36Have y'all ever had trouble with the law?
30:39Just petty thefts, but Texas,
30:41they turn them into felonies
30:42if you have three or more.
30:49Smuggling a controlled substance
30:50is a crime punishable
30:52with up to five years in prison.
30:55Sensing the trouble they are in,
30:57the sister attempts to cut a deal.
31:00I just don't want him to get in trouble.
31:02So if he's going to get in trouble,
31:04then I'm going to take it
31:05so that I can get in trouble.
31:06Or how about if y'all both get in trouble
31:07because then we're both bringing medication?
31:09No, me only.
31:10You don't make the decision.
31:33The Juarez-Lincoln Bridge
31:35in Laredo.
31:37V.S., lane four.
31:38Copy.
31:40Buenas tardes.
31:41¿Desde dónde vienen?
31:42No, no, no.
31:43Se quita la la la la, por favor.
31:45On a typical day,
31:47officers here carry out ID checks
31:49on over 70,000 travelers
31:51who are attempting to enter the U.S.
31:56This allows officers
31:57to quickly ascertain
31:58if any travelers are wanted criminals.
32:02We have, like, within a matter of minutes
32:05to make decisions
32:06and ask faster questions
32:07to get the response that we need
32:08just to confirm what our system shows.
32:11It's a fast pace here
32:12and it's fun.
32:13It's always interesting.
32:15Buen dia.
32:16It's early evening
32:18and a young man has been detained.
32:22Checks on his car license plate
32:24have flagged that the driver
32:25is wanted by police.
32:38Records show there is a warrant out for theft.
32:42Officer Beltran takes the man's fingerprints,
32:45which should confirm
32:46if he's the person they're looking for.
32:56But there's an unexpected issue.
32:59Arnold's saying one wrong.
33:02They have a picture of him?
33:03Who they're looking for?
33:05Although the detainee looks identical
33:07to the police mugshot of the wanted man,
33:11his fingerprints aren't a match.
33:14You don't have any other type of identification?
33:16No.
33:17No?
33:18The officers are perplexed.
33:21Since the man is not carrying any ID,
33:24they are reluctant to release him
33:26until they solve the mystery.
33:29Because he doesn't really have
33:30any sorts of identification.
33:32So I was trying to figure out
33:33if it is him or not.
33:35So we took his fingerprints and everything
33:37and it came out that he is not wanted,
33:39which is weird.
33:40And we were trying to figure out why.
34:05And this bag is just what,
34:06that medication you said?
34:07All right.
34:08One hundred ninety miles away
34:10at the Progresso Bridge,
34:12Officer Maureen is dealing
34:14with two siblings who attempted
34:15to smuggle prescription medication
34:17over the border.
34:20So why is it that you didn't declare
34:22this to me, Officer Maureen?
34:31Officers have found multiple prescription drugs,
34:34including Xanax, Valium, and Tramadol.
34:38The woman is now attempting to get her brother
34:40off any potential charges
34:42by claiming they all belong to her.
34:45I just don't want him to get in trouble.
34:47You don't make the decision.
34:48I have a criminal record.
34:49It's me.
34:50It's me.
34:51All right.
34:53I needed the medication
34:54because I'm in pain.
34:55I'm in a lot of pain.
34:57And I actually have prescriptions
34:58for these medications.
34:59Do you have a U.S. prescription?
35:01No, I do have a U.S. prescription
35:03because I didn't have much surgery
35:04in the United States.
35:05I had it in Mexico.
35:06Okay.
35:06So you had all this on your person?
35:09It was in the car.
35:10And you have the other ones
35:11in your shorts?
35:13Okay.
35:14Okay.
35:16Travelers can carry 90 days' worth
35:18of prescription medication,
35:20providing they have valid documentation.
35:24Attempting to transport pills undeclared
35:27can lead to heavy fines or even jail.
35:31The woman is desperate
35:33to see her brother avoid such a fate.
35:37There's something that you said
35:39that caught me where you're like,
35:41I'll take the blame.
35:42Yeah.
35:43All right.
35:44That's true love right there.
35:45Well, that's my brother.
35:46Man, that's some sister love right there.
35:48Are you older than him?
35:49Yes.
35:50Yeah.
35:50Okay.
35:51Satisfied with the woman's story,
35:53Officer Maureen accepts her plea
35:56to take the rap.
35:57So the only one who's getting in trouble
35:59this moment is going to be you.
36:01Did the officer tell you
36:02what might happen?
36:03No.
36:04Okay.
36:04I mean, she just said that they're prosecuting.
36:08In total, the woman attempted to smuggle
36:11nearly 14 grams of Valium and Tramadol
36:13and over 15 grams of Xanax.
36:16While her brother is released,
36:18a decision on whether she will be prosecuted or fined
36:22rests with state police.
36:25It's not like I'm just doing, you know,
36:28illegal stuff out here.
36:29No, no, no, no, no.
36:30That's not how it is.
36:31Right.
36:31And in fact, I haven't been in any trouble
36:33in six, seven, eight years.
36:35That's good.
36:36So, yeah.
36:36Try to keep it like that, all right?
36:38Yeah, I won't ever do this again.
36:39This right here will not happen yet.
36:41Just declare whatever you do?
36:42Yeah, just declare it.
36:43It's easy.
36:44Just declare it.
36:44I mean, if they take it from you,
36:46they take it from you.
36:47And you come back next week.
36:48And you come next week,
36:49are you still going to do it?
36:51You're joking.
36:52I'll declare it.
36:53I'm going to declare it.
36:54You declare it.
36:55You see that little small?
36:56You say it out of a reason.
36:58I can see it straight through your eyes.
37:00I'm going to declare it.
37:01You see that?
37:01That's what I'm going to do.
37:04But for this woman,
37:05all future crossings are on hold.
37:08State police decide to prosecute,
37:10and state troopers soon arrive
37:12to take her to jail.
37:14We see this daily.
37:16We see this a lot.
37:18She was, you know, at first kind of like,
37:20oh, it's something minor.
37:21It's something small.
37:23It's something small compared to
37:24what I've done in the past.
37:25I'll just come next week.
37:27So what does that tell us?
37:28And you're taking it as a joke.
37:31These are serious charges
37:33because that's having possession
37:35of a controlled substance.
37:55in Laredo.
38:02Officer Beltran is investigating
38:04a man stopped at the border
38:06who they suspect is wanted for theft.
38:10Despite the detainee looking exactly
38:12like the police mugshot of the criminal,
38:15his fingerprints aren't a match.
38:17We took his fingerprints and everything,
38:19and it came out that he is not wanted,
38:22which is weird.
38:22and we were trying to figure out why.
38:27No.
38:36The officers dig a little deeper.
38:40This guy is probably a twin brother, bro.
38:43And finally unravel the mystery.
38:46He has a twin.
38:47He has a twin brother.
38:48So that's what we're looking for.
38:49So the guy that we've got right now,
38:51the twin brother,
38:52is that the one that we just have found.
39:03He doesn't.
39:06No.
39:10He doesn't.
39:10He's going to.
39:11He's going to.
39:11Okay.
39:11From the police file,
39:12there is only one difference
39:14between the set of twins.
39:17Do we have anything on his nose right now?
39:18Is that like a mole or something?
39:19Yeah.
39:20OK.
39:22The wanted brother has a small mole on his nose.
39:34With the smallest detail spotted on the police mugshot, there's no denying they have the
39:40wrong brother.
39:42Yeah, it's his twin.
39:43You're an investigator, my boy.
39:45The best of the best.
39:47We solved the mystery.
39:49He has a twin brother.
39:52Yeah.
39:53He has a twin brother.
39:54His brother is the one that is wanted, not him.
39:57It's not him.
39:58It's not him?
39:58It's his twin.
40:01We're going to put it all in the system just to make sure that for next time, in case
40:04he crosses again, they know that it's not him and it's his twin brother.
40:08We're just going to release him, let him go about his day, put everything in the system,
40:12and hopefully next time when his twin does cross, the one that we are looking for, we'll get
40:16the right one.
40:17That's pretty much it.
40:19Close it up.
40:21After an hour wait, and with the mystery solved, the innocent brother is free to leave.
40:31The twins are done, the mystery.
40:33So now, we'll see when the right one crosses.
40:35I guess he was the left one.
41:05I guess that he was going.
41:05Now, if we, it doesn't seem to wear it quite straightforward to come up with this one.
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