03x02 - Jungle Stash

[bunniefuu]

OFFICER GATICA:
Put it in park, please.

- What are y'all bringing from Mexico?
- WOMAN: Nothing.

GATICA: So nothing to declare?
WOMAN: No.

GATICA: Have a good day.
WOMAN: You too. Thank you.

OFFICER AKIMOVA: Hello.

Where are you going today?

[MAN SPEAKING]

AKIMOVA: What did you do in Mexico?

[MAN SPEAKING]

AKIMOVA: Okay.

When was the last time
you crossed the border?

[MAN SPEAKING]

AKIMOVA: Well, why don't you tell me?

[MAN SPEAKING]

AKIMOVA: You're busy?

[MAN SPEAKING]

AKIMOVA:
What are you talking about?

[MAN SPEAKING]

AKIMOVA: I'm not asking you
about your dad's name.

How often do you cross the border?

He avoided my questions.

He doesn't have many crossings,
and he's nervous.

Okay, what are you bringing with you?

[MAN SPEAKING]

AKIMOVA: Okay. All right.
Does the trunk open?

All right, just park your car and open it.

He said there's dirty clothes there,
but it's empty.

AKIMOVA: I don't like it,

so I'm about to send the individual
back for a secondary inspection.

We'll see if he has something
that I can't see here.

OFFICER DURAN:
Not every vehicle comes through like that

with all that mud on the bottom.

Sometimes they spray fake mud
under the vehicle

to maybe hide a non-factory compartment.

It's not that it's not normal.
It is, right?

'Cause there's a lot of mud
and dirt roads in Mexico.

However, it almost looks too perfect.

You're gonna open the hood, okay?

[MAN SPEAKING]

DURAN: Um, just leave them here.

[MAN SPEAKING]

DURAN: When did you get the vehicle?

[MAN SPEAKING]

DURAN: So you've had it
for less than a month now?

MAN: Yeah.
DURAN: Okay.

All right, do me a favor, just go ahead
stand on that table over there,

where the other officers are at.

Thank you.

He stated he just bought the car
on the 20th of last month.

He didn't even know how to open the hood.

A good indicator
that it may not be his vehicle,

maybe he's just driving it in.

We'll do a quick 7-point,
make sure there's no tampering

or any compartments that may be concealing
any ill*gal narcotics.

Looks good?

OFFICER 1: It's good.
DURAN: Yeah.

OFFICERS: Hands up!

[OFFICER 1 SPEAKING]

OFFICER 2: Do you have
any other weapons in the vehicle?

OFFICER 3: Any other weapons?

[OFFICER 4 SPEAKING]

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]

- Okay.
- [MAN SPEAKING]

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]

DURAN: The driver of the vehicle,
due to his nervous behavior,

we conducted an immediate pat down.

We found a pocketknife in his right pocket

and he also had a g*n
on the back of his waistband.

So, he was taken to a more secure area.

That way, we can check him thoroughly.

The weapon appears to be customized.

That's what we consider a ghost g*n.

That's where the serial number should be,

uh, when you purchase,
uh, a firearm legally.

Pretty much, the individual purchased
separate pieces of a firearm

and assembled it.

What's gonna happen
is we're gonna seize the weapon

and it's gonna be sent
to one of our vaults

for further processing,
possibly even destroyed.

Had he done this the right way,

purchased the g*n,
registering it, declaring it,

and having proper permits to cross it,

everything would've been fine.

We have to be safe, we have to be sure
that he does not attempt to do this again,

because next time it may be loaded.

Request to know any traffic
coming from the east

towards mainland Puerto Rico.

[AGENT OVER RADIO]

Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the US.

It's a United States territory,
and as beautiful as it is,

it's a high-use corridor
for maritime smuggling.

We are heading north.

SCHNEEBERGER: Air and Marine Operations
is a federal law enforcement agency,

a part of Customs and Border Protection.

The mission of this unit
is to secure the border of Puerto Rico

and the US Virgin Islands
from illicit trade,

or smuggling of narcotics
or smuggling of people.

[GUTIERREZ SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

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[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

SCHNEEBERGER: We have planes
and helicopters that help protect the sky

and help the mariners search the water.

[FEMALE AGENT OVER RADIO]

SCHNEEBERGER: And we have the boats
to, uh, conduct the intercepts

and to put hands on the individuals
that are smuggling into the United States.

AGENT: Sounds good.

SCHNEEBERGER: The major trends here

is mostly cocaine being smuggled
into Puerto Rico.

And it comes from St. Thomas,
St. Croix, Venezuela,

and it comes from Dominican Republic
or St. Martin mostly.

So, there's really many different avenues
that the smugglers have

to bring narcotics into the United States,
specifically from Puerto Rico.

[GUTIERREZ SPEAKING SPANISH]

[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

And it could happen daytime or nighttime.

If we're not there,
they're gonna try to bring it in, so.

[GUTIERREZ SPEAKING SPANISH]

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[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

[GUTIERREZ SPEAKING SPANISH]

[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

[GUTIERREZ SPEAKING SPANISH]

- [MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
- GUTIERREZ: Okay.

[GUTIERREZ SPEAKING SPANISH]

[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

GUTIERREZ: Okay.

A lot of times,
in these oxygen tanks for scuba diving,

they have compartments in there.

They bring a lot of contraband
in those oxygen tanks, so.

We've seen this guy before,

so we know he's from the area,
he's a local,

but, uh, we have to look close

and make sure that, you know,
there's nothing else going on, so.

He was good to go.

[GUTIERREZ SPEAKING SPANISH]

[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

OFFICER MARTINEZ:
We're here in Laredo, Texas,

and this is a cargo facility.

OFFICER MEDRANO:
We process all the commercial trucks

that are coming in from Mexico.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

We inspect every truck.

You know, just looking out
for the narcotics,

looking out for the stuff
that's not supposed to be coming in.

We are talking about auto parts,
food items, vegetables.

Anything that is produced in Mexico,

and anything that triggers
any type of indicator

that something doesn't seem right,

from the driver's behavior,
from the truck they're bringing in,

we do refer them in
for a secondary inspection.

OFFICER GARZA: Baby shoes.

- So we need to check on the...
- OFFICER MENDEZ: The lead.

GARZA: On the lead for these right here.
MENDEZ: Mm-hmm.

They're gonna put this stuff
in their mouth.

There seems to be a plastic
on the leather sandal.

I'm compliance investigator for
US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

So, we work in conjunction with CBP

to eliminate any children's products
that are coming in with violations.

Our XRF analyzer is an equipment
in which we use to scan for lead paint.

The threshold for the lead limits
would be 90 parts per million.

It's positive for lead.

That's coming out
at 600 parts per million.

GARZA: The white plastic?
MENDEZ: Yeah.

GARZA: It will be seized.

And after, uh, seizure,
more than likely, they will be destroyed.

All right.
We have another shipment over here.

What I've been seeing lately is shipments
with trademarks and copyright issues,

coming in one or two boxes
through the UPS daily trucks.

Nothing that would entail
using a large trailer load.

This is a shipment of some dolls.

Checking for lead.

[PINGING]

MENDEZ: Failed,
and it's 560 parts per million of lead.

GARZA: So, it definitely has lead on them.

MENDEZ: Yes.

GARZA: This shipment is counterfeit dolls.

[PRODUCER SPEAKING]

My understanding, the lead gives
it more of a vibrant look to the color.

And I think it also lasts longer,
with lead.

At a certain age,
especially little children,

they're gonna start ingesting
that lead into the system,

which might cause some type of deformities
or, or brain dysfunction.

- The eyebrow paint also has lead on it.
- MENDEZ: Yes.

So, it's over the thresholds
for the parts per limits of lead.

GARZA: The dolls came out positive
on two or three areas.

They will be destroyed.

MENDEZ: Pack it up.

The fact that we can stop shipments
from coming in

that will be sold in flea markets

or given to children
by parents, relatives,

you know, we're making a difference

stopping it here at the border.

AGENT LEBRÓN: We're currently responding
to a callout for a vessel traveling south

towards, uh, one of our neighbor islands
here, Vieques.

AGENT 1: Ready?

LEBRÓN: We just acquired the target
on our radar,

and we're gonna conduct
an intercept right now.

AGENT 2: I'm gonna stay
in the 12-nautical-miles area.

AGENT 1: Yeah.

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

AGENT 1: If we see anything coming out,

it's gonna be...
it's gonna be good traffic.

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

AGENT 3: Maybe something right here.

AGENT 2: Oh, it's coming this way!

AGENT 1: I don't see it.

AGENT 2: You don't see it?
AGENT 1: No.

AGENT 2: He turned off the lights.

AGENT 3: Do you guys see any lights?
Do you guys see any lights in the boat?

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

[AGENT 3 SPEAKING]

AGENT 1: Okay. I got lights now, I think.

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

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[AGENT 3 SPEAKING]

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[SIRENS BLARING]

[SIRENS BLARING]

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

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LEBRÓN: They don't have
any type of electronics on their boat,

they don't have any navigational lights.

So, uh, that tend to give us
some suspicion.

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

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LEBRÓN: We've seen these guys before
and we stop them quite often in this area.

We guide them on the right path
and we send them home.

OFFICER RIVAS:
Here at the border of Laredo,

we're looking for drugs,
agriculture items.

Anything that is considered contraband
coming to the US,

we're looking for them.

GONZALEZ: A day, I'm gonna say

that we'll probably do between 45 and 60
inspections of different commodities.

They've offloaded other boxes here.

These are roses coming from Mexico City.

We're looking
for any actionable pests or any disease

that might be found on the flowers.

Usually, the larva that we find
on roses is pretty big,

so we'll be able to see it
behind the white background.

GONZALEZ: On cut flowers,

we're basically looking
for any type of insect

that may be chewing
on the leaves of the flowers.

We're looking for snails,
we're looking for slugs.

Any insect, any, uh, mollusk
that is not known to be in the US.

Hmm.

Did you check the floor of the trailer?

RAMIREZ:
Oh, okay. Uh, I found something.

This is a moth.

I'm not sure yet what larva this is from.

GONZALEZ: Oh.

RAMIREZ:
I don't know if it's alive or not.

GONZALEZ: Okay. If it's alive,

this truck needs to make its way
back to Mexico immediately.

All right. Let me go check on this.

When a tentative invasive species
of a pest comes in,

these insects can begin to reproduce
and they will cause havoc on the industry.

These flowers are going
all over the country.

So, there is high risk
in the cargo environment

as opposed to Grandma
bringing a couple of mangoes

or apples in her bags from Mexico.

Okay.

And so, we're gonna put it on this scope
to see if we can actually see it move.

All right. So, it's an adult moth.

Um, this was found
on the floor of the trailer.

It looks like it's dead.

The specimen needs to be alive

in order for us
to take enforcement action.

So, we will go ahead
and, and release that truck.

[AGENT 1 OVER RADIO]

SCHNEEBERGER:
There's quite a lot of boat traffic here

on the east side of Puerto Rico.

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

SCHNEEBERGER: While out on a patrol,
we're looking for certain traffic patterns

of where the vessel departs from
and where the vessel is going.

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING]

SCHNEEBERGER: It's a sailboat.

Most of the time we're looking
for smuggling narcotics.

However, there are still times that
human beings are actually being smuggled.

AGENT 2:
Yeah, we'll keep on going that way.

AGENT 3: Right there.

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

AGENT 3: Get us closer.

[MAN SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

AGENT 3: They're good. They're good.
They're stationary.

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[BOATER SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[BOATER SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

AGENT 1: Let me see how close I can get
to that boat.

[AGENT 3 SPEAKING]

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

- AGENT 3: Okay. Okay. Okay.
- [AGENT 1 SPEAKING SPANISH]

AGENT 3: It's a sailboat.

AGENT 2: Yeah, he's on the rocks hard.

AGENT 2: Position is as follows.



[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[SAILOR SPEAKING]

AGENT 3: It's too shallow for us.

We're gonna do...
We're gonna cause two accidents.

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

AGENT 2: I have one person aboard,
uh, it's too shallow for us.

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[AGENT 3 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[SAILOR SPEAKING]

[LEBRÓN SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

- [AGENT 3 SPEAKING]
- AGENT 4: Yeah.

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[SAILOR SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

AGENT 3: Right there on the kayak.
AGENT 4: Yeah.

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[IN ENGLISH]

[AGENT 4 SPEAKING]

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING]

Turn to the left.

AGENT 2: Turning, turning, turning.

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

AGENT 4: Start... Start moving out.

AGENT 2: Moving forward, moving forward.

AGENT 4: Okay, here, hand me your kayak,
hand me your kayak. I got it, I got it.

AGENT 4: I'll get the kayak.
AGENT 3: I got it, I got it, I got it.

Hold on. Just watch the engines.

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[AGENT SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

AGENT 3: Hey, any more people?

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

[SAILOR SPEAKING SPANISH]

AGENT 4: He's the only one?
The other two went to shore?

AGENT 2: [OVER RADIO]
There won't be a [INDISTINCT]. Over.

SCHNEEBERGER: All right?

SCHNEEBERGER: Good?
Any hurt, any injuries? Any injuries?

- SAILOR: Just my knee. That's all.
- SCHNEEBERGER: Just knee? Okay.

SCHNEEBERGER: Okay.
You're good. You speak English?

SAILOR: I hit it real bad, that's all.
SCHNEEBERGER: On the, on the reef?

SAILOR: Other than that, I'm good.
SCHNEEBERGER: Okay.

All right here, come, get up here.

Sit down on the bench here.

So, we got one person on board,
he ran aground, he dropped sail.

He lives on the boat as well.
Kayaked out to our boat.

SAILOR: I was sailing,
I was trying to sail.

- I was fishing.
- SCHNEEBERGER: Yeah.

SCHNEEBERGER: Yeah. The breakers
just kept on pushing you in?

We're bringing him back to Villa Marina,

we're gonna have EMS check out his knee.

AGENT 3: You're good on the bow.

SCHNEEBERGER: Puerto del Rey
is the largest marina in the Caribbean,

so there's quite a lot of people
that come in distress and need assistance,

and if we're out there, we're obviously
gonna go and help save a life

or help someone in distress if needed.

You're good.

So, at this point, we're gonna go patrol
the eastern part of Puerto Rico

for any signs of smuggling activity
going on.

OFFICER PAGAN:
The dogs are specifically trained

to detect concealed people.

People that are hiding
in the trunk of a vehicle,

or in a non-factory compartment,
something like that.

OFFICER 1: Good boy.

PAGAN:
Those dogs are also scent associated

to detect the odors of marijuana,
fentanyl, methamphetamine,

cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy.

[MAN SPEAKING]

OFFICER 1: Yeah?

PAGAN:
These animals are capable of detecting,

sniffing out even one molecule
of that substance.

So, it could be a large stash,
a big bundle,

of whatever that controlled substance is,

all the way down to something
that's microscopic that we can't see.

OFFICER 1: Oh, that's a good girl.

OFFICER ANGULO: She's hitting underneath.

OFFICER 1: Oh, that's a good girl. Whoo!

OFFICER 2:
We can go take a look at the car.

ANGULO: Go ahead, let's take it in.

The vehicle is gonna get taken
into vehicle secondary,

and the driver, they're gonna be detained
while we inspect the vehicle.

OFFICER 2: Just see where it's at.

OFFICER 3: See it?

Right here.

ANGULO: There's something in here.

The whole bumper has got
a special compartment.

Normally, this has foam inside.

Go ahead and take it,
and we'll follow you.

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

The officer will take it
into the secure controlled area,

search the whole vehicle,

and try to see
if it's gonna have any drugs in there.

OFFICER PEREZ:
This is where the dog alerted,

so it looks like we have
an access panel here.

And there it is.

PEREZ:
It's probably some sort of narcotics.

[PEREZ SPEAKING]

ANGULO:
We still need to inspect the vehicle

just in case they have it concealed
everywhere else.

That seat is completely loose.

This floor, it's too high.

There's a distance of about that much
between the two floors.

The seats have, uh, a lot of markings
on the screws that holds the seat,

so more than likely
he's got a floor compartment there.

OFFICER: Watch your hand.
It should come out.

PEREZ: Looks like this is cut,
this carpet here.

It's glued down, also not normal.

Yup, there's an access panel there.

I can already see a package there.

They're pretty tight in here
and very greasy.

More than likely,
they tried to mask some smell

by adding something on the packages.

Phew! This stuff is hard to get out.

OFFICER 2: Yeah.

PEREZ: This goes all the way to the front.

This is definitely one of the better ones.

It used to be where you can
just pop a trunk and find something.

However, more times than often,

they're smuggling through
deep concealment like this.

Luckily, we have
some of the best K-9s in the world,

and also officers.

[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

ANGULO: Why don't you cut
one of those ones and one of these ones?

PEREZ: Yeah.

Since these packages
are different color-wise,

it might be two different products.

So, I'm gonna test one of each of these.

So, it's looking like
a crystal-like substance.

We're gonna go ahead and scan.

Yeah. Positive for methamphetamine.

Meth is probably the most common
than any other narcotic coming through,

probably because it's cheaper
than, say, cocaine or heroin,

so they're not afraid to lose it.

So, this feels like the same thing
but we wanna be sure.

Same thing, cut in a corner.

ANGULO: There we go.

PEREZ: Yeah, so just like we thought,

positive for the properties
of methamphetamine.

ANGULO: We'll go ahead and weigh it.

PEREZ: So, 25 packages.

Looks like we've got just over 12 kilos,

about $60,000 in street value.

Here, at San Ysidro,
this is a small seizure

compared to some of the ones we've had,

but if you look at it on the big scale,
it's saving a lot of lives.

The drugs are gonna be seized.

Eventually,
they're gonna go to a burn site,

which will dispose of them,

and the subject
is gonna be placed under arrest

for the importation of narcotics
into the United States.

ANGULO: Another one bites the dust.

OFFICER LEZA: This one?

Laredo, Texas, is located
on the southern part of Texas.

This is a major drug corridor.

All the narcos like it
'cause it goes straight from 35-North,

and after that, it connects 10, you know,
so it's the perfect, ideal location.

It goes all over the US.

This one manifested as a bakery machine.

I mean, you gotta think about it,

it's got compressors, you know, they,
they could hide it behind the metal,

like a metal shielding.

It's got no cylinders there,

I mean, anywhere, you got the brackets,
where they can load it up, it's endless.

But these look pretty good,
and the inspection is negative.

[MEDRANO SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

Something doesn't seem right.

I noticed
that he wasn't a frequent crosser

through this port of entry

and that the vehicle hadn't crossed
at least in the last six months.

[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]

So, that's what triggered me,

for me to refer the driver
for an X-ray examination.

Thank you, sir. All right.

Once the vehicle was examined
at the X-ray, it did show an anomaly

and he was referred in
for further inspection here

at the, at the set dock.

[VEHICLE BEEPING]

MARTINEZ: We offloaded the merchandise.

It's, uh, heavy.
It's actually, it's three tables.

But mostly the use is for grilling.

We've never seen that merchandise
cross through here, those type of tables.

Knock it down, just flip.

No, we're gonna
have to hit it by, by hand.

Where's the... the drill?

[WHIRRING]

There we go.

MARTINEZ: It's a green, leafy substance.

You have the test kit?

There you go.

That is positive for marijuana.

MARTINEZ:
There's gonna be a trap door somewhere.

But where is it?

[OFFICER SPEAKING]

MARTINEZ: We're gonna actually go in there
and pry the thing open.

It's gonna be hard.

Let's take 'em out.

[OFFICER SPEAKING]

MARTINEZ: Watch out.

There we go.

Insulation and everything.

Well, it's gonna be a long night.

[AGENT 1 OVER RADIO]

SCHNEEBERGER: My 2,800 Fajardo agents
are about a half hour from the scene.

[AGENT 1 OVER RADIO]

SCHNEEBERGER: We got some intel

of some suspicious people
up on the beach in Loiza,

which is, uh, just east of San Juan.

Usually, this relates to drugs
coming in to Puerto Rico

and the smugglers are heading back
with possibly currency or, or weapons.

So, we see a lot of the action

coming from all over the, uh,
surrounding areas of, of Puerto Rico.

Can you scan farther out to see
if we come up with a vessel?

LEBRÓN: Yeah, 10-4. We're actually
approaching the area as we speak.

We'll be on the lookout
to check any vessels leaving the area.



[MAN OVER RADIO SPEAKING]

SCHNEEBERGER: 10-4.

So, we'll try to take the guys on land,

and we can go after
what's in the water as well.

[LEBRÓN SPEAKING]

SCHNEEBERGER:
They have not spotted anything yet,

but it's a heavily brushed area.

So, we'll see when we get there,
if we come up with anything.

Let's start heading down
to this beach here

and just go with it, you know?

[AGENT 1 OVER RADIO]

SCHNEEBERGER:
Usually, the people on the beach

are gonna be the ground pickup crew.

If they're hanging out up there,

a boat's gonna be coming
into Puerto Rico with cocaine

and they are gonna take that cocaine
and put it into vehicles

and bring it
to the continental United States.

[MAN SPEAKING]

[MAN OVER RADIO SPEAKING]

AGENT 2: Someone walked here.

And they came from this way,
it looks like.

[MAN OVER RADIO SPEAKING]

AGENT 2: They're running.

AGENT 3: They're moving in the brush.

SCHNEEBERGER:
So, we just arrived here on scene.

The suspects might be moving on foot
away from the actual location.

[MAN OVER RADIO SPEAKING]

SCHNEEBERGER: So, we're gonna try
to identify the location,

and then try to locate the suspects.

Possible contraband could be there.

[AIRSHIP WHIRRING]

[MAN SPEAKING]

[MAN OVER RADIO SPEAKING]

[MAN OVER RADIO SPEAKING]

[AGENT 1 SPEAKING]

[SCHNEEBERGER IN SPANISH]

[SIGHS DEEPLY]

AGENT 2: There's a marker right here.

SCHNEEBERGER: It could be
a guide marker for the land-based crew

just to know where they're at.

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

SCHNEEBERGER: Find it?

[WITH RELIEF] Oh...

Where is it? Back in here?

AGENT 2: Yeah, we've got
some gas cans here on the beach.

SCHNEEBERGER: These fuel canisters
are used to refuel vessels

that either come from Dominican Republic
or St. Martin

after they've brought in
a load of most likely cocaine.

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

SCHNEEBERGER: Once they hit the beach
with the cocaine, they unload the cocaine.

Pick up team will then refuel
and put these fuel drums onto the vessel,

and that vessel will then return
back home to either St. Martin

or back to Dominican Republic.

[MAN OVER RADIO SPEAKING]

SCHNEEBERGER: 10-4. Thank you.

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

Well, at least we found these.

So, at this point,
we're gonna leave the fuel canisters there

and we're gonna monitor the location.

And we're also gonna
let our air assets know

that this location could be a hot spot

for tomorrow night
or the following nights,

uh, so, we'll have them fly that

to see if we can pick up a vessel
coming in with cocaine.

OFFICER 2: There you go.

MARTINEZ: Dude, it's... it's ridiculous.

That table had so many layers on it.

It had the wood, it had the cement board,

some, uh, sheet metal, and also welded in.

So, whatever we could use, we did it.

[WHIRRING]

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]

MARTINEZ: It's one of the most
difficult compartments,

personally, that I had to open up
to extract the narcotics.

It's a good thing
that we have some good teammates here.

Guys, thank you!

Good job!

[LAUGHING]

I need a chiro-day tomorrow.

31.5 plus 26.40.

OFFICER 3: 258 bundles, 129.6 kilos.

MARTINEZ: We weighed it,
we marked the drugs.

They're gonna get sent to the main vault.

Don't drop the merch.

The subject was turned over to HSI
for further investigation.