AGENT AGRICULTURE_SPECIALIST_AFROZE AGRICULTURE_SPECIALIST_KHANDAKER AGRICULTURE_SPECIALIST_SHAHRIAR AGRICULTURE_SPECIALIST_TARAFDER AGRICULTURE_SPECIALIST_VASILYUK OFFICER OFFICER_BARRON OFFICER_GARZA OFFICER_IGLESIAS OFFICER_PEREZ OFFICER_PINKERTON OFFICER_RODRIGUEZ OFFICER_THOMAS SPECIAL_AGENT_JUSTIN SPECIAL_AGENT_MIKE SUPERVISORY_AGRICULTURE_SPECIALIST_NANDA SUPERVISORY_AGRICULTURE_SPECIALIST_PERRONE SUPERVISORY_OFFICER_GUERRERO SUPERVISORY_OFFICER_RODRIGUEZ TRAVELER UNDERCOVER_AGENT AGENT Check, check. AGENT Check, check, check. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Today, we're doing a methamphetamine surge where we're gonna be targeting traffickers of bulk methamphetamine. We have a few undercover buy-busts already set up. A drug trafficker is being rused to meet with our undercover. Our undercover is looking to purchase narcotics from him. We're heading to a parking lot. This drug trafficker is in the area and ready to meet with our undercover. Throwing on a cover shirt over my vest. That way if anybody looks into my car, it'll help me blend in with the public in this parking lot. All right, the undercover is pulling up now. UNDERCOVER AGENT I'm gonna turn on the recording devices. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE So I'm gonna be listening in to his wire. All right, the undercover advised the drug trafficker is in a black Honda. We're about ninety to a hundred miles , uh, north of the Mexican border. More often than not, these narcotics, such as methamphetamine or fentanyl, are freshly smuggled in from Mexico. So we try to intercept those narcotics before they make it to major hubs where they can be distributed throughout the country. UNDERCOVER AGENT Black Honda Accord pulling up. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE There's the target. UNDERCOVER AGENT He's pulling up to him right now. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Here we go. The undercover is now approaching the target vehicle. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Just made contact with the drug trafficker. We're concerned because we have a few civilians standing right around where the, uh, undercover operation is occurring. We have the drug trafficker now in his trunk. UNDERCOVER AGENT Go. Go. Go. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE All right, we got the bust word. AGENT Police. Get out of the car. AGENT I'm good, I got him. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We just took the subject in custody. This is the bag that the suspect delivered to our undercover, so we're gonna be checking that out. We're also gonna search his vehicle, see if we can recover any additional evidence. AGENT There you go. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE So we just recovered multiple packages of what we believe to be crystal methamphetamine. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Anything in the car? AGENT No. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We're not seeing any additional contraband or anything else in the vehicle. So we're gonna clear out of here and head to a second location. AGENT Can I help you? AGENT No, it's heavy though. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We've been seeing a lot of crystal methamphetamine in this area. It's not a new issue. Uh, we do come across it quite a bit and it's pretty dangerous to the community, so we try to get that off the streets. AGENT Being undercover. AGENT You gotta think fast. AGENT You gotta think on your feet. AGENT I grew up in a pretty bad neighborhood. AGENT And I had a lot of friends that. AGENT Went to jail, ended up dying. AGENT For me, it was easier to talk to these people. AGENT To get them to like me. AGENT To get them to trust me. AGENT Just because I grew up in that environment. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We're gonna try to take numerous drug traffickers into custody today. Our next suspect is in the area. Uh, hopefully he meets with the undercover and we're able to make an arrest. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Hello. How are you? AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK These are your bags, right? TRAVELER Yes. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Any kind of food that you have to declare? TRAVELER No. OFFICER He said no food, but I have food. TRAVELER Beans. Beans. TRAVELER Beans. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Fresh leaves. That's not allowed. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK I am a JFK Agriculture Specialist. What is the name of this? Do, do you know? TRAVELER In Spanish, Laurel. TRAVELER I don't know in English. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Laurel? TRAVELER Laurel. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Laurel? TRAVELER Yup. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Okay. And you use for pasta? Some passengers know what's not allowed and others are just not familiar. OFFICER All right, next time don't bring those fresh leaves. OFFICER Take care. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Have a nice day. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR The main focus is not issuing penalties. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR The main focus is trying to educate and to seize the food items to save our agriculture, to save our natural resources. OFFICER Hello. Where are you coming from? TRAVELER Dominica. OFFICER Any food? [speaking Spanish] TRAVELER Yes. OFFICER Number twenty-two. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR I have to check which flavor you have. OFFICER This is fresh. No fresh vegetables. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST AFROZE Most of the time, they say, "No," they don't have anything to declare, but whenever we feel suspect, we bring them and we check them. Sometimes all the pests and germs were not killed properly. So we need to destroy proper way. OFFICER Take a look at this. It's pork. From Singapore. It's not allowed in. TRAVELER Okay. Cool. OFFICER You're good to go. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST TARAFDER After seizing, we put this contraband in the bin and then take it to the grinding room for destruction. OFFICER From Kazakhstan? TRAVELER No. Kyrgyzstan. OFFICER Kyrgy? TRAVELER Kyrgyzstan. OFFICER Kyrgyzstan. Okay. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR Passenger is coming from Kyrgyzstan. They are randomly roved for agriculture inspection. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR Do you have any fresh fruit, vegetables, meat? TRAVELER No, no. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR Ma'am, I asked you, "Do you have any fresh fruit?" AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR This is fruit. We found some fruit in their bag. Do you have any meat items? No meat? TRAVELER No meat. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR What is this? AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR This is meat. TRAVELER Yes. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR Meat items is not good. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR This is meat items. Okay? AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR This is not good. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR You have lots of meat items. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR Beef, chicken, lamb. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR This is not good. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR I'm seizing these items. Okay, ma'am? After completing physical examination, we found apples and meat items. Most of them are beef and beef from Kyrgyzstan is not allowed. And some are horse meat. The horse meat is good. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR But the cover is made from the beef intestine. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR So, this is not allowed. OFFICER Fresh fruits or vegetables? No. Meat, fresh meat, raw meat? No. Okay? Because next time you get a three hundred dollar fine. You don't wanna get any fine. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR Most of the passengers, they don't know about the regulations. So we try to educate them. This is our main policy, to try to educate about the laws. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR So now, it will go to the grinder. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR At the end of the day, we grind everything. OFFICER Okay, this way, boy. OFFICER Hello. TRAVELER Yes, sir. OFFICER How are you doing? OFFICER [speaking Spanish] Are you bringing anything to declare? OFFICER [speaking Spanish] Fruits, vegetables, alcohol or tobacco? OFFICER [speaking Spanish] Open the trunk. TRAVELER [speaking Spanish] It's open. SUPERVISORY OFFICER RODRIGUEZ So this is the Rio Grande Valley. Along the Texas border is the Rio Grande River. That river is the natural border between Mexico and the United States. OFFICER [speaking Spanish] Where are you headed? TRAVELER Mercedes. OFFICER [speaking Spanish] Have a good day. SUPERVISORY OFFICER RODRIGUEZ It is a big corridor. SUPERVISORY OFFICER RODRIGUEZ There's a lot of main highways that, that will distribute to the big cities. There's San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston. You have to travel through this port of entry. OFFICER BARRON Are you guys bringing anything back from Mexico? TRAVELER No, no. OFFICER BARRON No? Okay. Thank you. TRAVELER Thank you. SUPERVISORY OFFICER RODRIGUEZ This is a big gateway to the Valley, so a lot of narcotics does come through. OFFICER What are you carrying in this bag here? TRAVELER My bible and personal things. SUPERVISORY OFFICER RODRIGUEZ The biggest hitter right now has been cocaine, followed second by methamphetamine. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ [speaking Spanish] To the left towards the x-ray. [speaking English] Trying to catch narcotics, it's a cat and mouse game. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ The cartels, they have drones, they have scouts. They see what we're doing and then they adjust accordingly to whatever inspections we're doing. Sometimes you catch gas tanks and then when we start catching gas tanks, they throw us a curveball and they start putting it on tires, and then we start looking at tires, and they put it on dashboards. They're, predominantly, the same trends. They just go around in circles. OFFICER So what you got? OFFICER It's a red Camaro. OFFICER You seen a gel battery before? OFFICER It should be for a bigger car than a Camaro. OFFICER Yeah, no, he said it was for the, for the amplifier or something like that. OFFICER It looks like it's been tampered and scratched. OFFICER Yeah. OFFICER GARZA We're the Contraband Enforcement team. OFFICER GARZA We're called out on moment's notice to do in-depth inspections on things that might be loaded. OFFICER PINKERTON Feels kind of light to me. OFFICER GARZA So we're gonna find out if this battery has been tampered with or it has not been tampered with. And find out, most importantly, what's inside. OFFICER GARZA Possible glue right here. OFFICER Yeah, it looks like it. OFFICER GARZA There's no date of manufacture either. OFFICER Yeah, it's like just a generic, plain jane battery. OFFICER GARZA But it would still have a date of manufacture date on it, right? OFFICER Yeah. OFFICER GARZA So we've got a little crystallization in there. [COMMERCIAL BREAK] OFFICER GARZA Based on the crystallization, the way it's hardened and the way it's crystallized, it could be anything from crystal methamphetamine to, perhaps, maybe hard narcotics, like cocaine. You want to test that out? OFFICER Yeah. OFFICER GARZA Okay. This is our mobile x-ray van. OFFICER GARZA So we take it from site to site, from port to port, as needed. To be able to scan the items that travelers are either bringing inbound into the United States or going outbound out of the United States, into another country. The image was not a great image. The image didn't show us any compartments or anything like that, or any isolated cells. It's just. OFFICER THOMAS One big, dark block. OFFICER GARZA Right. So, we'll field test it and we'll see if we can get anything out of that. Can you grab for me there? Grab from here. Two, there you go. Good. Awesome, man. That'd be a negative reading for cocaine. So we'll get the, the, the, the crystal meth test. Let's try that out. So it should be immediate, okay? OFFICER Should be immediate, yeah. OFFICER GARZA Yeah, so, nothing at all? OFFICER Negative. OFFICER GARZA So, negative? That crystal substance, it had to be some battery substance. We checked all the angles. Not only did we do the non-intrusive inspection, but we field tested it and the outcome was negative. So this battery will be placed back into the traveler's property. And he'll be down the road. Unfortunately, sometimes we have to inconvenience law abiding travelers to be able to unveil the individuals who are bringing in contraband. So, no, it was not a surprise. Ninety percent are individuals that are law abiding citizens. It's just that small few that are attempting to get by. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Hello. Where are you coming from? TRAVELER We are coming from Zimbabwe in Africa. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Do you bring any fruits or vegetables? TRAVELER Uh, no. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK No seeds? No meat? No meat product? TRAVELER No meat products. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Not any plant? TRAVELER Um, what kind of plant you are saying? AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Dry or fresh plant? Any plant. TRAVELER Beans. TRAVELER You know beans? AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Dry? Dry? Okay. TRAVELER Yeah. Dried beans. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Okay. Let's see it. And where are you going now? TRAVELER Denver. TRAVELER Denver. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Denver. Okay. So these are the beans that you mentioned, right? TRAVELER Yeah, those are the beans. TRAVELER Yeah. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Okay. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Look like second layer here. Beans. And you have, um, chicken flavor. TRAVELER Yeah [inaudible] AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK That's not allowed. Other products are allowed, but this product, chicken product, because of chicken disease, we are not allowed in the U.S. So you can pack this, uh, please. And I will start through this, okay? You have a second layer here also, right? What is in the second layer here? TRAVELER Cookies. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Cookies? AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK All second layers of all bags contains products, um, that they probably try to hide. You have a tea. You have a gravy. TRAVELER Uh-hmm. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK You have a spice. We have to check this bag precisely in order to find hidden product. And last bag. In the second layer, what haven't I seen? Spices. What is here? TRAVELER [inaudible] AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK This is pepper. So this product, we're going to seize and destroy also because it's not dry, okay? TRAVELER I don't want it. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK This is a small chili pepper. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK When it's dried or processed, you destroy pests or diseases. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK But if fresh, diseases still survive. Okay, done. You can pack this. TRAVELER Yeah. Okay. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK These two passenger are from Zimbabwe. They probably don't know the rules and brought this product that is not allowed. So no fresh fruits and vegetables. And when I go to ask you please always, uh, respond, uh, truly. TRAVELER Okay. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Because next time will be three hundred dollars fee. Okay? TRAVELER Thank you. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Have a good day. TRAVELER You too. Thank you. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK These product, we will put on a special container here and then we will destroy it. UNDERCOVER AGENT All right, he's already here. UNDERCOVER AGENT I'm gonna park. UNDERCOVER AGENT And then turn on the recording devices. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Apparently, the target is already in the parking lot. We typically like to get there first to get situated. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE So we have to be a little bit more alert when they are already there. Uh, because they're gonna be looking at who is coming into the parking lot, looking for any signs of law enforcement driving in. Target's gonna be in a blue Toyota. UNDERCOVER AGENT Copy. Blue Toyota. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE U.C. is right there in the white truck in the corner. Target pulling up. Trafficker's parking right next to him now. UNDERCOVER AGENT Car's occupied by three maybe. UNDERCOVER AGENT Yup. Three people. UNDERCOVER AGENT All right, trunk's open. UNDERCOVER AGENT Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Go, go, go. AGENT Police. Hands up. AGENT Step towards me. AGENT Do it now. [COMMERCIAL BREAK] AGENT Don't move. Don't move. AGENT Don't move. Put your hands on the car. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We have some subjects in custody. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We're gonna bring them back and identify them. And we will interview them to try to figure out if we can get any further information about who sent them here or how that methamphetamine made its way to the United States. AGENT Same bag as the last one? SPECIAL AGENT MIKE It's exactly the same. You seeing anything in the car? AGENT A dog. AGENT [inaudible] puppies. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Looks like the drug traffickers brought their, their pet dog with them. We're gonna call animal control and the dog will go with them so the dog will have a safe place to stay, uh, until the suspects can ultimately retrieve them later. They're gonna run a K9? AGENT Yeah. AGENT Ready? AGENT Find it. AGENT He hit around this bag. AGENT I'm gonna bring him around that way. AGENT Just so he avoids the dog. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE The trafficker brought this large duffle bag full of what appears to be crystal methamphetamine. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Appears to be quite a bit. Now the agents and the officers are gonna do a quick search of the vehicle, see if there's any additional evidence that might be inside the vehicle. Such as more narcotics, weapons, or any digital devices, such as cellphones. Are we clear? AGENT Yeah. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE All right. We just completed two drug trafficking arrest operations and we were able to successfully seize bulk narcotics. We're about to rush now to a third one where we're hoping to seize what we believe to be crystal methamphetamine. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST SHAHRIAR Anyone has any food items? AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Hello. How are you? Where are you coming from? TRAVELER Bangladesh. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Can I have your passport, please? There is a special operation today. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK We're checking flights from Bangladesh and they usually bring their own products. Do you bring any agricultural products? TRAVELER No. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Fresh fruits, vegetables? TRAVELER No. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Meat or meat product? TRAVELER No. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Thank you so much. We're concerned about disease that can bring in a food or plant or seeds. We try to find out which passenger most likely hide these products. How about this man in the gray jacket with box? I would like to check this guy. Good morning, sir. How are you? TRAVELER Fine. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Where are you coming from? TRAVELER Bangladesh. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Bangladesh. Oh, okay. Do you bring any agricultural products? TRAVELER No, no. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Okay. Let's check a little quick, okay? Could you come here, please? Thank you. With all baggages. Usually they say, "No," and when we open their baggage, they amend their declaration. Ma'am, any fruits or vegetables here? TRAVELER No, no. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Meats or meat products? TRAVELER No, no. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Any crops, rice? TRAVELER No. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Seeds? TRAVELER No, no. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK No, all right. What is here, ma'am? What is inside? TRAVELER [inaudible] TRAVELER It's medicine. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Medicine. What is this? Is it seeds? TRAVELER Seeds. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK I asked you about seeds, sir. Seeds are not allowed in the country, please. No more seeds inside, ma'am? TRAVELER No, no, no, no, no. TRAVELER No, no. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK We found some seeds that are not allowed to this, uh, country. TRAVELER This is coriander. TRAVELER This is tamarind. TRAVELER And this one is okra. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Okay, this is done. You can pack. For the future, fresh fruits, vegetables, meat or meat products. TRAVELER Yes, yes, yes. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Seeds not allowed, okay? TRAVELER Okay, okay. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK No plant. Nothing like this. Thank you for your cooperation. Have a good day. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK They probably, they don't know, but these seeds and all seeds. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Are not allowed to bring in the, in the country. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Because of cultural things, they probably want to. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Grow up these products in their garden. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK And, and they didn't know about the regulations. OFFICER [speaking Spanish] Can you open the trunk, please? OFFICER [speaking Spanish] Move forward. Have a good afternoon. OFFICER There's tampering here. OFFICER Refer to secondary. OFFICER PEREZ [speaking Spanish] Okay, go over to number two please. OFFICER IGLESIAS This vehicle came from primary and right now we're gonna do an inspection on the vehicle. The passenger is coming from Reynosa where he lives. He's going to work. The subject right now is claiming that he's in a hurry. That's usually a red flag on us. Trying to pressure our inspection. So we're gonna see what is in the vehicle. We usually start from the front and work ourselves around. There's nothing here. We usually tap to see if there's any, uh, if there's a solid feeling or something like that. That might be an indicator that something might be in there. We'll check the back seats. See if there's anything here. We see for any, any tampering, anything like that. Tampering means they removed something and usually those are, uh, indicators of there being something in the vehicle. And you can see there's tampering here. There's bolts here. Those are factory but they have been removed. That's an indicator there's probably something in the vehicle. We're gonna continue checking on the vehicle, if there's any additional tampering on the car. That's already a red flag on the vehicle. There's probably gonna be something in there. The bolts have been scuffed, like, they had been hit with a ratchet or something like that. That's usually a red flag, the, the seat has been removed. That's not normal on a vehicle to have a seat removed. But right now we're gonna call our, uh, K9 officer. OFFICER That's a good alert. Good boy. Good boy. You've got a positive alert. Secure the subject. OFFICER Ten-four. [COMMERCIAL BREAK] OFFICER RODRIGUEZ This is kind of a newish car. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ Not many people would remove their rear seat just for no reason. Especially on an SUV. They usually lead line it or anything to try and throw it off from the x-ray machine. OFFICER Well, there's, uh, anomalies in the rear seat and, or it seems to be the third row seat, floor area. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ So, on the back seat area? OFFICER Yes. Right here. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ Okay. OFFICER In the, right here. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ All right. It looks like a big sized compartment. The images there shows really dark, almost the whole back seat. So it could be a lot of drugs, it could be a package or two. Sometimes these guys do test runs. Just gotta actually open it up and see. Right off the bat, these bolts are hand tight. Go from there. This will pop off. Yeah, like the bolts aren't even, so usually this bolt would probably go here. See where they've added this piece? This shouldn't be here. Uh, and the weld's been tampered. It's, it's lifted a little bit. Uh, can you see underneath the seat thing? Are those bolts there? OFFICER The bolts are off. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ They're off? OFFICER Yeah. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ Yeah? Oh, it lifts? That's what you're lifting? Can you see anything? OFFICER Yup. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ Yeah? OFFICER Yup. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ Yeah? OFFICER Packages. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ Packages? OFFICER I can see, like, seven of them. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER These are the items we seized today. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER From this flight. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER Seeds. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER And this is gooseberry. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER Meat and a lot of rices. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER There are a lot of diseases in other countries. They may spread in this country by these things. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER This is a Bangladeshi fruit. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER It's called shatkora. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER It's a kind of citrus. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER They carry canker disease. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER Which may spread in this country. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER For this reason this is a prohibited item. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER We seized it. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER And this is gooseberry. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER This is the diseases. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER It is already decomposed. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST KHANDAKER It may spread in this country, but this is not in this country now. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK We try to protect our country and not destroying our agriculture. So we will destroy this product. OFFICER This it? OFFICER Yup. OFFICER It's a pretty big load. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ Just by feeling it, it could be cocaine or meth. We'll have to open it up and see. This is the material that they use sometimes. Lead, to throw the x-ray machine off. So that way we don't see the actual bundles under it. They built it up. They added more lead lining here. And then they just used a wire to hold it all down. That way it won't fall off. We'll continue looking and we'll make sure that we're not missing anything. Eight, nine, ten. We're gonna transport it to a more secure location. That's where we're gonna weigh and we're gonna field test it. Thank you. Thank you. That's just an enclosure just in case there's any fentanyl or any other drugs that could cause harm to us. It's just a safer way of testing. So we don't inhale it or anything or it doesn't get in our eyes. OFFICER It's positive for cocaine. [COMMERCIAL BREAK] OFFICER The trend has been single narcotic loads, but we have in the past had more than one narcotic in the same load. So we test every bundle just to make sure it's all the same. Cocaine. Two, four, six, eight, ten. Ten bricks. They all tested positive for cocaine. SUPERVISORY OFFICER GUERRERO So my next step is to see if we can collect any prints out of that narcotic. We already have the violator, right? Who had brought the vehicle through our border with narcotics. So the next step is who wrapped this thing? It can be somebody with a visa, it can be somebody that is being priority deport, or somebody that's in the process to become a resident. So we're trying to get a second subject out of that. We went to the vehicle and I throw some dust, trying to collect some prints and I didn't find any. So my next step is gonna be collecting any evidence that we can and send it for our lab in Donna, Texas. Look at it. You can see there's layers and layers, right? I'm only gonna be sending this wrapping. Hopefully at the lab, they can throw some chemicals there, so the print can come out and hopefully we can get a positive. They use all types of mechanisms to throw our dogs and our machine off. Sometimes they put cayenne pepper on the wrapping, um, to throw our dog off. Grease. And look this one had like some type of sand or something. Like you can see, it's not working anyway. We're gonna be sending all the wrapping to the Donna L.S.S. to see if they can lift some prints out of there. And the next step we're gonna weigh it to see how much is the total weight. SUPERVISORY OFFICER GUERRERO Eleven kilos of cocaine. So right now, we have the subject in custody and we're gonna be sending all the information to HSI, so they can see if this guy is gonna be prosecuted for those charges or not. SUPERVISORY OFFICER GUERRERO Any load, any packages, is good to get out of the street. That's what we're here for. This is the way that we can defend our country. One package is good enough. Ten, that's way better. [SNAP-IN] OFFICER Just stay to your right, please. Thank you. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Hello, ma'am. How are you? TRAVELER Good. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Agriculture Specialist. Um, where you coming from? TRAVELER Jamaica. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Jamaica. Do you bring any food? TRAVELER Yes. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Okay. Um, is it possible we can, um, go and I will check really quick? Ma'am? Is it fruit or vegetables? TRAVELER Akee. Just akee. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Akee. Is this akee? TRAVELER Yes. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK Okay, ma'am. This is okay. Okay, sugarcane. Okay. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK This one is peeled. That is good. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK But there is, uh, some node, one node, and all is commingled. So we seize this. Sugarcane is supposed to be peeled very nicely. AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST VASILYUK We have some, um, nodes. And these nodes still consider it for propagation, because it still can be growing if they plant. Okay? Next time you can peel very carefully and there is no nodes. Because it's considered for propagation, okay? Thank you so much. Have a good day. We will destroy this and then we'll put the report on the system. And next time when she come again, she'll definitely come to us for inspection. [END] UNDERCOVER AGENT Got eyes on the UC. Just landed. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE So the undercover, uh, just pulled up here in the parking lot. He's in a white Dodge Ram. And he positioned himself in a good, safe area here in the parking lot. We have good positioning here and good eyes on him for his safety. The undercover told the trafficker where he's at and it sounded like the trafficker relayed that information. UNDERCOVER AGENT [inaudible] SPECIAL AGENT MIKE To someone else. Which indicates he may be with another individual. UNDERCOVER AGENT White car just, uh, turned north. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Stand by. UNDERCOVER AGENT On the east side off of Westlake Center. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We got a potential vehicle matching the suspect's description entering the area. UNDERCOVER AGENT He's gonna be coming up behind you right now. UNDERCOVER AGENT Good copy. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE So we got the target right now parking. UNDERCOVER AGENT It looks like he's parking next to him. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Right next to the undercover. Now we're waiting for the undercover, uh, to observe any narcotics. They're at the trunk. He's saying roll in, roll in, roll in. UNDERCOVER AGENT Go time. Go time. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We are going in. AGENT Police. Hands up. AGENT Turn around. Turn around. Don't move. Don't move. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We have two suspects in custody. We've got one male and one female. We're going to interview the suspects to determine if we can get any further information. And then, uh, we're gonna search the vehicle and see what kind of narcotics they may have brought to the scene. So we've got several bags in the trunk. We're gonna see what we got here. Yup, that'll do it. Looks like, uh, crystal meth in this bag here. AGENT There's a gun in the front. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE There's a gun? AGENT Yeah. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Where's the gun at? AGENT On the other side. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Okay, all right. This is the weapon we recovered from the vehicle. It was found right in the, uh, front passenger seat on the floor. We've also located a couple of loaded magazines in the vehicle. AGENT [inaudible] AGENT Yeah. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We're gonna, we're gonna, uh, take this weapon as evidence and, uh, run it through the system, see if it might be stolen. AGENT It's a ghost gun too, bro. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE It's a ghost gun? All right. AGENT Yup. AGENT Nice. AGENT Any other electronics? SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Any phones? AGENT Yeah. Phone right here. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We're also looking for digital devices in the vehicle, such as any cell phones. AGENT One more phone. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Because we can do forensic searches on those devices and potentially locate data on other traffickers that this trafficker's communicating with. Try to figure out exactly how these narcotics came across the border from Mexico to the United States. AGENT All clear. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE The agents interviewed the suspect. The suspect indicated that he had more narcotics and weapons inside of his residence. He gave the agents consent to search, so the agents are now going to head over there and see what they can find. [COMMERCIAL BREAK] SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST NANDA What you see in front of us is a sample of agriculture products that was seized over the 12-hour period. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST NANDA You know, we get flights coming from Dubai, India, Milan, you know, Dominican Republic. And this is some of the stuff that's not allowed. All the produce gets separated and the stuff that we can grind goes down the grinder. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST PERRONE So we can't grind meat, these will get incinerated. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST PERRONE We're looking to interdict commodities that could potentially have an adverse effect on the American agricultural system. Most commodities aren't regulated because of the, the fruit or the meat itself, but because of pests or diseases that the country of origin is known to be affected with. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST NANDA There's some crawling live bugs here. At this point when we find a bug, we usually safeguard it and send it in to the plant inspection station for ID. They can ID it down to the species and the genus. It could be, you know, a bug that we don't have here. If it's accidentally introduced to our plants here, it can cause damage. Scoop him up. Yeah. It costs us a lot of money to eradicate that one bug. If we can stop it now, you know, it's easier. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST PERRONE We've pretty much separated out the things that can't be ground for destruction and we're going to turn on the grinder. The water helps facilitate the actual grinding. Keeps the mechanism from binding up as much. Helps, sort of, flush it through and off to its destination. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST NANDA Looks like red chilies being tossed in. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST PERRONE It'll, it'll clear out your sinuses for sure. Once it goes through the grinding mechanism, it goes into the New York City waste treatment where it will go get processed like any other sewage. Cut the, uh, passion fruits. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST NANDA Yes. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST PERRONE They're not that ripe. The chemicals within that water treatment will render all of the pests and diseases, you know, neutralized and safe. That sort of treatment won't eradicate a lot of the animal diseases, which is why those have to be incinerated. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST NANDA I love looking at the items I see, so I can explain it and educate the passenger. The reason I'm taking your commodity is because of the infestation. Show them the proof that I'm not just taking it because I, I want to take their lunch. We don't eat it. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST PERRONE Nope, it gets destroyed. SUPERVISORY AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST NANDA This is what happens to them, it gets destroyed. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE So right now we're field testing the narcotics using a device called the TruNarc. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE It's a small device that has a laser on it and this laser can detect what kind of narcotic it is, even if it's through packaging. Came back as methamphetamine. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE We also recovered what appears to be a glock firearm from the suspect's vehicle. It appears to have a legitimate glock slide on it and the body might be a ghost gun. A ghost gun is essentially a counterfeit weapon. They're not legal to have. We've placed the firearm into an evidence box. Next, we're going to run the serial number that was on the slide of the firearm, try to figure out if it was stolen. How'd it go? AGENT Yeah. We got a few things. AGENT Pretty good. SPECIAL AGENT JUSTIN We just have various different, uh, firearms here. The individual let us know that there was an AR-Fifteen type rifle that would be in the house. The other firearms we discovered, uh, pursuant to that search. He also indicated that there was fentanyl in the residence. Uh, told us where it was located. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE Most of the fentanyl that we see, if not all the fentanyl, is being smuggled in through Mexico into the United States. Nice job, J.T. All in all, it was a pretty successful day. We had numerous successful undercover operations. Made some really good drug seizures of bulk narcotics to include crystal methamphetamine and powdered fentanyl. So now we will interview the drug traffickers to see where the investigation will take us next. SPECIAL AGENT MIKE The reason that we do these operations is because crystal methamphetamine, and also fentanyl, is on the rise. A lot of people are vulnerable to these kinds of narcotics, specifically younger people. So we're trying to get as much of these narcotics off the street as we can to save as many lives as possible.