01x08 - Decoys, Diversions and Drug Busts

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OFFICER: Come on, buddy.

Just these two crates and then
the other ones further down.

OFFICER: Thank you.

RHOADES: We had information
that there was a shipment

arriving today on a
flight from Colombia.

OFFICER: Boom.
It's that one.

RHOADES: We utilized
canines to help this search.

The canine alerted to the box,

so let's bring it in
and see what's going on.

Well, here's the package.

As you can see it's already
got this tape on, right.

OFFICER: Customs
tape from Colombia.

RHOADES: Yeah.

OFFICER: Saying the package
has already been opened.

RHOADES: Which means
absolutely nothing 'cause,

you know,
we're gonna search it.

OFFICER: Right.

RHOADES: So, let's
see what we got.

Well, that's nice.
Hope that's cocaine.

So, let's see...

Just a small amount.

Negative.

Cornmeal and
dextrin from corn.

OFFICER: What we have here
is, is not ill*gal, it's just,

uh, it's corn,
ground corn.

So, we'll, we'll release
it and send it on its way.

RHOADES: Could
just be a test run.

Maybe there was some
drug residue they had
placed on the box

to see if it got
intercepted or not.

So, we have to continue to
remain vigilant, even though
this time it was nothing.

WALTER: Good
morning, everyone.

In the past year, we've been
working hand in hand with CBP

to address the
current opioid crisis.

We are now going to take those
strategies and some of that
experience we've gained and

apply it to the
passenger terminal arena.

Operation Blue Blend is an
effort to identify and combat
international drug trafficking

organizations that are
currently importing drugs via
commercial flights into JFK.

Simply put, we're
gonna catch the bad guys.

Today is a HSI-CBP
joint operation.

CBP is leading the charge in the
detection of these couriers.

I wanna introduce you guys
to CBP Deputy Chief Joe Finn.

He'll be spearheading
the operation today
at the terminals.

I'm gonna turn it over
to Joe to talk a little
bit about the breakdown

of how these teams
are gonna function.

FINN: So, nothing revolutionary
here, guys, right,

we're just looking to get
some extra eyes in the terminal.

HSI, you guys are gonna be
blending in with the crowds,

looking for people
acting suspicious,

waiting for their luggage,
making stops, doing bag exams,

assisting with pat-downs.

The ultimate goal here is put
some weight on the table,

find some narcotics and
get some arrests out of it.

WALTER: HSI and CBP
working together as one unit.

We've done smaller
operations of this nature,
but not something,

uh, of this magnitude
that we're doing today.

We're gonna have
three team leaders.

Team leader one will be
Bajenso, team leader
two will be Jonathan,

and team leader
three will be Pat.

Be patient, be flexible,
you know, let's be safe.

All right, let's
get out there.

FINN: There's a lot of people.

WALTER: We've got a
little army today.

FINN: One of you guys go up
and one just stay down here.

JONATHAN: CBP, traditionally,
is looking at passengers,
they're looking at cargo.

HSI is more of an
investigative branch.

WALTER: I need
two more agents.

You two, go.

JONATHAN: Bringing us together
and sharing information,

we're taking the expertise of
CBP, the expertise of HSI.

LEON: If you see some of the
ribbons don't match, that's
something I wanna look at.

JONATHAN: It really helps
everybody and it's gonna
make for a good working

relationship going forward.

WALTER: Gonna be a fun day.

MATLIN: There's three major
countries that produce cocaine:

Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia.

Colombia being the most
prolific, uh, producer
of cocaine in the world.

GALARZA: A lot of South
American flights and source
countries fly through here

to get to other
destinations within the US.

OFFICER: He says
it's protein powder.

Trust by verifying, right?

Okay, so it's negative.

GALARZA: There's outstanding
officers everywhere you
look around here.

They go above and beyond to
try to find these narcotics.

They're gonna keep them
from hitting our streets.

OFFICER: If it's liquid
cocaine, this would
eventually crystalize.

MATLIN: Heading to
Gate D11, we got a flight
coming from Colombia.

GALARZA: A passenger may be
of interest on this plane.

It's a female, mid-30s, and
we'll take a look to see if

she's smuggling any
narcotics or anything.

OFFICER: Senorita.

WOMAN: Thank you.

OFFICER: Oh, right here.
Right here.

Do me a favor, just
wait right here for me.

I'll be right with you.

OFFICER: Usually when we're
working flights at the gate,
we like selecting multiple

passengers off
the same flight.

So that way the passengers
don't feel threatened in
any way that they're

being picked on
or being targeted.

GALARZA: How many
bags do you have?

WOMAN: Just one bag.

GALARZA: One checked bag?
WOMAN: One checked bag.

GALARZA: Okay.
This shouldn't take long.

We're just gonna go down,
go check the carousel.

You know, you can
identify and collect your bag.

WOMAN: Okay.

GALARZA: We'll search
the bag real quick.

WOMAN: Okay.

GALARZA: I think we
only have to go two stops.

WOMAN (over PA): Do not
exit train. Boarding only.

Doors are closing.
Please stand clear.

WOMAN (over PA): Do not
exit train. Boarding only.

WOMAN (over PA):
Doors are closing.

VINNY: Right now,
we're gonna go hit, uh, a
Dominican Republic flight.

It's a transit country.

We see a lot of
narcotics coming in from
the Dominican Republic.

We're gonna have
agents at the gate.

We also have some
agents down plane side.

We're gonna do some
random checks and,
uh, see what happens.

OFFICER: Were these
three already x-rayed?

OFFICER: Yeah,
they're already x-rayed.

OFFICER: Okay.

PATRICK: Right now, we're
getting the first few bags
that are coming off the

Dominican flight.

These are ones you
wanna crack open.

PATRICK: Whenever
we have a flight that
comes in through JFK,

bags get searched at
random, just to make sure
that everything that's

coming off the flight is,
uh, you know, good to go.

This already went
through the x-ray, right?

PATRICK: Okay.

'Cause this has like wear
on it but he had it in bags.

Maybe he'd bagged
these for germaphobia,
I understand that.

Is it a styrofoam?

No, that's powder.

It's like right in the
bottom along the lining.

That area that it is
in the bag is known
for a hidden location,

where smugglers will put any
kind of holistic substance,
contraband, cocaine.

It's chunky, it looks
like the consistency.

It's crumbly.

It's, I didn't find anything
containing powdered sugar.

*

PATRICK: That's powder.

The area that it is in
the bag is where smugglers
will put any kind of

holistic substance,
contraband, cocaine.

It's chunky, it looks
like the consistency.

PATRICK: Yeah.
OFFICER: All right.

PATRICK: Even though
the dog didn't hit on it,
I'm not comfortable with it,

the officer's not
comfortable with it.

So, I think I'm gonna have
someone inside take an extra
look at the passenger.

There's just too many red flags
for me to just let this go

without being more thorough.

(phone dings).

VINNY: I just got word from
Patrick, CBP identified a
suspicious piece of luggage.

We are now going to attempt
to identify the owner of the
luggage coming off the plane.

Hey, we just put a, a
BOLO out for this female.

We got some sort of bag right
now that they're looking into.

OFFICER: All right. Cool.

VINNY: All right.
So, everybody be ready.

OFFICER: Sir, can I
see your passport?

OFFICER: Passports out, folks.

OFFICER: Have your
passport out, guys.

Thank you.

OFFICER: Next.

WOMAN: Oh. Oops.

VINNY: That's her.
That's her, right there.

She is traveling with
two additional females.

So we're gonna wanna
talk to all three.

OFFICER: Yeah, on the way out.

MATLIN: Found somebody that,
uh, piqued our curiosity.

OFFICER: Thanks.

MATLIN: One of the things
we noticed right away was

that her shoes are
very thick-soled.

The way she's walking, feet
to the side, is not typical.

Uh, thick-soled shoes
have been a long-standing
way to smuggle narcotics.

So, we escorted her down,
we're going to wait for
her checked-in luggage to

come up and then complete the
next phase of the examination.

GALARZA: That's it?

GALARZA: Okay. Excellent.
Right this way.

GALARZA: Oh, yeah.

I get nervous when
I go to a foreign
country and they stop me,

even though I have
nothing to hide.

Some of these people have
traveled so much they're

comfortable with
the inspections, um,

and they show no nervous
behavior until you're
actually right on top of it,

until you're actually
probing something and you're
coming out with white powder.

You're not transporting
in excess of $10,000?

GALARZA: How much
money do you have?

GALARZA: Okay. Anybody
give you anything to bring?

GALARZA: What,
what's it called?

GALARZA: Sony?
WOMAN: Yeah.

GALARZA: Oh, I got you.
I got you.

GALARZA: Okay.

She stated that the books were
actually a request from a
known narcotics smuggler.

VCRs? He asked for
manuals for a VCR?

WOMAN: Yeah.

GALARZA: A manual for
outdated technology.

I don't know why somebody
would be requesting that.

That doesn't make sense.

I haven't seen a
VCR in a long time.

GALARZA: Sometimes
they'll try to conceal the
narcotics within the spine

so we have to fine-tooth
comb that whole book.

I'm gonna have two
female officers.

WOMAN: Okay.

GALARZA: Pat you
down real quick.

If everything's good,
you're free to be on your way.

Everything there
seemed to be good.

Um, now that I've ruled all
that out, the last thing to
check is to see if the

passenger actually
has it on her body.

PATRICK: They're coming.

They're literally on the
conveyor belt with the dog
running over them now.

VINNY: Okay.

Right now, we're watching
these girls over there
waiting to get their bags.

Once they get them, CBP is
gonna make the initial stop.

OFFICER: There you go.

How are you?
Can I see your passports?

WOMAN: Yeah.

VINNY: Sometimes people put
stuff in other peoples' bags.

OFFICER: Hey, listen,
ladies, let's take a quick
look at your bags, okay?

VINNY: So, we're gonna
end up talking to all
three of them, separately.

See what they have to say.

VINCENTZ: How was your trip?

WOMAN: It was good.

VINCENTZ: Good? How long
did you stay out there for?

WOMAN: Five days.
VINCENTZ: That's it?

WOMAN: Yeah.

VINCENTZ: Where did you ladies
stay while you were there?

VINCENTZ: Uh-hmm.
What's this, cassava?

VINCENTZ: Nah, I'm
good, I'm good, I'm good.

VINCENTZ: Okay, go ahead.

Do you eat this? What is it?

VINCENTZ: Soap?

VINCENTZ: Oh, okay.

VINCENTZ: She's being
kind of flirtatious.

She wasn't really taking the
inspection all that serious.

Could be a sign of
nervous behavior.

VINCENTZ: Why do
they look upset?

VINCENTZ: Oh, it's our fault?

VINCENTZ: Well, how about
you ask them once you're done?

VINCENTZ: Okay?

WALTER: The subject that had
the residue in her luggage
is very quiet right now,

tense, not making
too much eye contact.

PATRICK: Did you
have any makeup or
anything on this side?

PATRICK: Okay.

PATRICK: I saw in one
of your clothes when
I moved it I just,

I'd show you, if I
could find it again.

There was like some, like,
little, like, white powdery,
I don't know what it was.

PATRICK: Oh, deodorant?

PATRICK: Oh, okay.

When I asked her about
it, she said that it
was probably deodorant,

but it was really grainy.

WALTER: All right.

PATRICK: The bag's
negative right now.

The white powdery substance,

she claimed it to be
a deodorant that was
stuck to her clothes.

There was no deodorant stick
or any sort of cosmetic that
comes close to that kind of

substance in her bag, so,
you know, I'm not really
inclined to believe her.

VINCENTZ: All right, listen.
The last process is we're
just gonna make sure

you don't have
anything in your body.

No, not here!
You're gonna have.

WOMAN: Oh.

VINCENTZ: To wait a second
'cause, uh, there's only,

'cause it's gonna
be a female, okay?

It's not gonna be, uh, a guy.

It's gonna be two females
who are going to take you

in a private search
room real quick.

PATRICK: The amount of
powder that we found
isn't enough to test.

I'm not gonna arrest someone
just based on a little bit
of residue in a bag.

OFFICER: Next.

WALTER: Female
pat down, negative.

Again, bags were negative.

We don't have enough right
now, so we'll just, uh, cut
them loose for today.

VINCENTZ: Okay. You
can start putting your
stuff back, all right?

VINCENTZ: You getting outta
here is, uh, the reward, you
know what I'm saying?

WALTER: I'll talk to my guys,
look over their travels

and see what we can
build from this.

May be something we can
target in the future.

VINCENTZ: I appreciate
your patience.

Thank you so much.

WOMAN: Yeah.

VARGAS: While you were
conducting the baggage exam,

I was observing the passenger
and she couldn't stay still.

She'd crisscross one way and
then no more than 10 seconds
later she'd go back to normal.

And what I've seen in the past
is that when there's a package
on the side of the shoes and

it's just sitting, her foot's
sitting the wrong way,

it's actually causing
pain while she's walking.

GALARZA: Right.

GALARZA: Thank you, thank you.

We'll remove the shoes and
actually try to probe the shoes

to see if there's any
narcotics hidden within there.

When you probe the, the
narcotics will actually get
stuck within the grooves here.

When you pull out,
you actually have
enough to, to test.

VARGAS: It's heavy.

*

GALARZA: She's one of
the 99%, on her way.

I appreciate your patience.

WOMAN: Thank you very much.

Everyone here has
been very professional.

GALARZA: Have a good day.

WOMAN: Thank you.

GALARZA: The vast
majority are bonafide
travelers, well over 99%,

but it's not like the
judicial system, we have to
have the reverse mentality

because you never know
who's bringing it.

It could be anybody.

We're looking for
the proverbial needle
in a haystack and

that small percentage that
are bringing stuff in.

So, we have to assume that
everybody's guilty until,

until they prove to
us that they're not.

Keep fishing.

That was a release.

Just throw it back in the
water and see what we catch.

DON: Drugs, g*ns,
they get the spotlight.

They're usually the
news at, at 6:00.

But counterfeit
goods is a huge problem.

Now, if you buy something here
that's counterfeit, where is
that money going to?

OFFICER: Let's see
what we find today.

DON: Is it going
back overseas?

Is it going to a potential
t*rror1st organization?

Is it going to a
transnational crime syndicate?

WILLIAMS: This look like
more counterfeit handbags.

DON: The handbag that you
might buy here that's
counterfeit could fund

illicit enterprises not only
nationwide but internationally.

WILLIAMS: Oh!
Counterfeit Kylie.

This is a hot commodity.

Everybody's trying to get the
Kylie makeup, Kylie lipstick.

DON: With Los Angeles
here being a gateway
to the Pacific Rim,

we get a lot of
products coming in from Asia.

OFFICER: More Gucci bags.

DON: And a lot of those
shipments are good to go,

but there are those shipments
that are indeed counterfeit.

WILLIAMS: This here is fake
because Louis Vuitton never
stitch over the LV, ever.

That, right there,
tell you off the bat
that it's counterfeit.

DON: Whether they're in the
cargo environment or here in
the passenger environment,

we see and CBP
sees counterfeit
items all the time.

MONTALVO: It says
Rolex, but they're not real.

These are counterfeit items.

DON: On passengers, in
their checked luggage,
their carry-on luggage,

day in and day out.

ALBRITTON: Whoa!

What'd you have to do?
Sit on this thing?

This you?

ALBRITTON: Matches your shirt.

ALBRITTON: What brand is that?

ALBRITTON: Vivienne Westwood?

ALBRITTON: And where do you
stay while you're in Japan?

ALBRITTON: Shibuya?

Do you go, do you
go pretty often?

ALBRITTON: Okay. Do you
work while you're there?

ALBRITTON: Supreme?
Oh, you sell clothes?

Like, wholesale, retail?

ALBRITTON: Was that one
of your main reasons
for going out there?

ALBRITTON: What do
you do for work?

ALBRITTON: Okay.

So, who, who, who
you shot videos for?

ALBRITTON: Yeah?
How'd you get into it?

You go to school for that?

PASSENGER: No, I just kind of.

ALBRITTON: Picked up
a camera one day and.

ALBRITTON: Part of the
inspection process, at least
for me when I want the,

the full story is to
be running checks.

You want to make sure their
story makes sense to you.

Oh, this must be the kid.

So, it appears that
Gabe of U*i is a, uh,

well-known person that
makes music videos.

I guess the, uh,
flipping, uh, clothing
is a side hustle for him.

Yeah.

That answers that question.

I'm thinking this guy, uh,
he's just into the fashion.

ALBRITTON: And he was
there checking it out.

Nothing wrong with that.

Right up there, you'd make
a left, right at the end.

Cool. Bye-bye.

WALTER: All right, guys.

We got some information
from the inter-site tip line.

A male is coming off of
a flight from Colombia
with cocaine on him.

We passed the
information over to CBP.

ELIAS: This is our
subject right here.

JONATHAN: Got it.

ELIAS: We'll pull him off
the line and then we'll
do our thing over here.

WALTER: We'll team up,
one HSI with one CBP.

ELIAS: All right.
WALTER: Let's do this.

ELIAS: Go, team.

WALTER: The challenge
tonight is we're gonna
try to find this one person

in this river of people.

So, it's gonna be challenging.

Five planes just landed.

That's crazy.

And look, and, and then,
and they're still coming.

If anybody had any doubts
that JFK is not one of
the busiest airports, ever.

VINNY: You wanna
check this side first?

I mean.

WALTER: Hold on, he's
checking over here.

VINNY: All right.

WALTER: Is he over there?

JONATHAN: Got him?
VINNY: We got him.

WALTER: Right here
with the gray hat on.

Let him get his bag,
once he gets his bag,
and then we'll grab him.

VINNY: Yeah.

WOMAN (over PA):
Once again, for the
information of passengers,

your bags are on
carousel number two.

There are currently many
similar and even the same
bag on the carousel.

WALTER: I just wanna see
if he hits that phone.

All right, here we go.

Sending a message out.

VINNY: He's been rocking that
phone since he's on that line.

WALTER: Non-stop.
JONATHAN: Constant.

VINNY: There's no doubt
someone's waiting for
him for something.

JONATHAN: He's
doing a beeline.

WALTER: Straight through.

JONATHAN: Sorry, man.
WALTER: Excuse me.

JONATHAN: Tattoo machine.

JONATHAN: The
individual is a tattoo artist.

He had instruments on him
that were consistent with
him being a tattoo artist.

He was allowed to have those
needles and he was good to
have that on his person.

WALTER: The bags are negative
right now, but again,

we got a tip that
this guy is a courier.

WALTER: So we're gonna have
CBP pat him down, make
sure he doesn't have any

narcotics or any
contraband on his person.

For all we know, he could have
a key of coke on his legs.

(honking).

URIARTE: This is
coming from China?

ACOSTA: Yeah.
URIARTE: Yeah.

RODRIGUEZ: What we have here
is shipment coming from China,
approximately 154 pieces.

DON: With counterfeit goods,
you see a variety of
concealment methods.

And in cargo, it may be
mismanifested, hoping
that the authorities

actually don't
take a look at it.

OFFICER: Okay, we've
got some poultry here.

RODRIGUEZ: So, the
shipment was declared
as animal products,

but for shipments that
are coming in from these
high-risk countries,

we never know what
we're gonna get.

So that's why we have to
go delve deep and make sure
the shipment is compliant.

URIARTE: Nothing
wrong with it.

OFFICER: And we still have
153 boxes to go through.

Oh! This is counterfeit
Louis Vuitton.

We know it's counterfeit
because Louis Vuitton
wouldn't ship something

in a box that looks like this.

We have about three pallets
with merchandise on there.

Got a bunch of rings. Bracelets.

Chanel. Louis Vuitton.

RODRIGUEZ: This is
all bootleg stuff.

It's obviously, uh,
trademark infringements.

ACOSTA: Mostly all the
Air Jordans that we've
got in this shipment,

they're pretty
much the same, uh.

URIARTE: This
style, right here?

ACOSTA: Same style.

URIARTE: There's
a lot of stuff.

RODRIGUEZ: This was all
part of one big shipment,

so the shipment was declared
as animal products.

It was not.

ACOSTA: We're looking at
close to a half a million
dollars' worth of product.

OFFICER: This shipment
will be either destroyed or

re-exported to the
country of origin.

QUANO: Three Bulgari.

This volume, I see it
personally about once or twice
a year in this port, LAX.

DON: A lot of people think
it's not as if I'm importing
heroin or importing crates of

g*ns, but people produce
counterfeits because it
makes them money.

The handbag that you might buy
here that's counterfeit, that
money may go back overseas to

fund a transnational
criminal organization.

As cliché as it sounds,
we're protecting the
American public,

and we get a chance to
do that on a daily basis.

WALTER: So far, the
information on the
tipster has been negative.

CBP did a quick pat
down, that was negative.

I wanna make sure
that this guy did not
swallow any narcotics.

So, we're gonna talk to him
a little bit and see what
his true intentions are.

Give me a second.

Hey, tell me what you see
wrong with this letter.

Just read it, sounds
like a fugazi to me.

WALTER: The story
sounds good on paper, but
there's something missing.

ELIAS: I mean he's got
a seal and all that.

Like almost overdone?

WALTER: If there's smoke,
there's fire, and there's a
lot of smoke on this one.

OFFICER:
Spanish-American Institute?

ELIAS: It comes up?

OFFICER: Yeah, but that
don't mean he's going there.

VELASCO: He said his father
is gonna take care of him.

WALTER: His father
makes $6 million pesos,

which is an equivalent to only
$30,000 a year, U.S. dollars,

it's not a lot of money.

And they're sending him to the
United States to learn English.

New York City is one
of the most expensive
cities to live in,

there's something
missing in the math.

It's not adding up.

JONATHAN: All right.
Thanks, bro.

I appreciate it very much.

Bye.

School says they
have a record on him.

We've done our research
and the information
that he provided us

about this school adds up.

School actually exists.

It's a legitimate place.

So, we're gonna let him
enter the country and
move on with his travel.

WALTER: Today's tip
information turned
out to be negative,

but we have to treat all of
the information we get from

the inter-site tip
line independently.

Sometimes it's just a
poison pen where it's
an ex-lover or, uh,

someone that's upset but all
we know is that we got a tip
that someone is trying to

bring some contraband
into the United States
and it's our job with CBP

to make sure we don't
allow that to happen.

JONATHAN: What
are you gonna do?

WALTER: We, listen,
we found him, right?

ELIAS: Yeah.

WALTER: That was
half the battle, there.

VINNY: And you know
what, this guy will just
be in our watch list.

WALTER: Thanks, guys.

VINNY: Yeah no problem.

WALTER: Today was a long day.

It's still not over.

OFFICER: On your feet.
Nah, we're going all night.

We're going all night.

MARTINEZ: Can I
see your passport?

Where are you
coming from today?

Montego Bay?

Drugs can come at any time,
anyone can be carrying them.

No matter age, race,
where they're coming from.

Lot of products, huh?

PASSENGER: Yup.

MARTINEZ: So you
can't get that here?

MARTINEZ: No.

Right now we're just looking
for behaviors, uh, who's
traveling with who.

OFFICER: Family, together?

PASSENGER: No.
OFFICER: No? Solo?

MARTINEZ: You do have
to have all your senses
ready to go at any time.

All right, buddy, put
your bag up here for me.

This passenger was coming
from Amsterdam, one of
the countries we consider

high risk for narcotics.

As I'm going through the bags,
I notice that the passenger
had an unusual amount of

lotions and shampoos
for the amount of time
he was staying here.

The bottles were full,
they felt heavy and
seemed to be very pasty,

kind of grainy, and that's
when I felt we had something.

Here's what we're gonna
do, we're gonna go talk
in a private room, okay?

Just come with me, okay?

GALARZA: In the passenger
environment we're most
likely to find anywhere from

ounces of something that
is, like, personal use to
a few kilos of narcotics.

Whereas in the
cargo environment or
foreign mail facility,

you're looking for
bigger quantities.

It is looking for that
needle in the haystack.

Typical concealment
methods have varied
over the years so much.

Nothing surprises me anymore.

We've seen
absolutely everything.

Absolutely everything.

KEARSE: Yeah,
something is off.

Let's, let's look at it.

Looks like it could be
suspected of carrying
some sort of narcotic.

When you see it on the image,
sometimes it's hard to tell
what you're looking at.

It takes the officer to go in
to do a detailed examination.

You can't take
it at face value.

They're in the hard
plastic just like you
can find the coffee at,

at the local grocery store.

It looks like it's something.

KEARSE: Looks like it's
something, and there you go.

KEARSE: It looks like
it could be cocaine.

We don't know exactly
what we have in front of us.

We'll test it first.

A positive result for cocaine.

Nothing beats a physical exam.

If you're not experienced,

you're gonna take
the top off and,

oh, everything looks good.

Nobody's tampered with it.

But based on experience of
what we've seen here, they
know the smugglers are gonna

seal it up nice and neat and
make it look like there's
never been any tampering.

You can't beat experience.

What we discovered here
is 651 grams of cocaine,

which is a little
over a half a key.

HSI will decide if they
wanna proceed with any
further investigation.

And if they don't, we seize
it and it gets destroyed.

That's it and we're on
to the next shipment.

A lot relies on the officers,

but we do a pretty good job
at finding a lot of stuff.

That's for sure.

MARTINEZ: So, we
found a passenger
coming from Amsterdam.

It's one of those flights
that can be bringing
drugs and narcotics.

During the bag exam,
I noticed the lotion
bottles he had with him.

One of the bottles
seemed to be, uh, very
pasty, kind of grainy.

That's something we've seen
before in other seizures.

MARTINEZ: Uh, combination.

MARTINEZ: And really the reason
I kept it was the powderiness.

OFFICER: Yeah.

MARTINEZ: We have the
passenger in the pat down
room and we're going to be

testing the bottles to see
exactly what it is and
we'll move on from there.

MATTHEW: All right.

Some of them are liquid.
Some of them are powder.

OFFICER: Okay.

MATTHEW: We're gonna
test it with Gemini.

It scans the contents of
hard objects or liquids.

Ketamine hydrochloride.

JONATHAN: Ketamine,
street name's Special K.

It's a big club drug.

Basically removes the
person from their body.

In the past it was
being stolen mostly
from veterinary offices.

Now, we're starting to see a
lot of it being smuggled in
from outside the country.

OFFICER: Now, we're
gonna get a gross weight.

MATTHEW: Those are all
of them, right there.

OFFICER: The gross weight
is 4.279 kilograms.

So, we're looking at a little
under $90,000 in street value.

To get four and a quarter keys
off the street, that's that's
a pretty good hit.

This is pretty significant.

OFFICER: So now,
the gentleman's gonna
be processed here.

OFFICER: The case was a
subject for prosecution.

OFFICER: A great
one for the team.

OFFICER: Thank you, guys.
All right. Take it easy.
Take it easy guys.

MARTINEZ: It's good to get
those drugs off the street.

Definitely makes a big
impact and it helps you
keep doing your job and

fueling you more
to try to catch it.

JONATHAN: Great job, man.
That's awesome.

MARTINEZ: Thanks.
We appreciate, I mean,
coming out, coming out.

JONATHAN: No.
You kidding me, dude?
You guys are awesome.

MARTINEZ: Taking
care of everything.

JONATHAN: Cold stop, right?
MARTINEZ: Yeah.

OFFICER: No, uh, no info
on this ahead of time?

MARTINEZ: No info. No info.
OFFICER: I love that.

MARTINEZ: It feels good.

It feels good to be able
to say I've completed a
mission and work as a team,

the HSI agents' response
in this case was excellent.

They were there ready to
go with everything they
needed so we could just

smoothly transition
everything to them.

FINN: I like it when
a plan comes together.

JONATHAN: Yeah, dude.

OFFICER: Teamwork
makes the dream work, man.

Good job.

WALTER: Operation Blue Blend.
One force. One team.

That's some ketamine that's
never gonna make it to the
streets of New York.

And that's what
we're here to do.