02x15 - Meth Lab Takedown

[bunniefuu]

MALE OFFICER: Hi, how you doing, sir?

Can you open the trunk for me
and the doors, please? Thank you.

Okay, sir, thank you very much.

[ANGULO SPEAKING]

[MALE OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]

- [ANGULO SPEAKING]
- MALE OFFICER 2: Yup.

[ANGULO SPEAKING]

[MALE OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]

[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]

[MALE OFFICERS 3 AND 2 SPEAKING]

[ANGULO SPEAKING]

SENTRI is a program that
is part of the trusted traveler network.

These people, we've done background
checks on them

and they're deemed trustworthy
and they can come across a lot faster.

But they're always subject to inspection.

MALE OFFICER 2: That's good, perfect.

[FEMALE OFFICER SPEAKING]

ANGULO: This is a pretty substantial one.

Magnet notes are becoming
a very common trend

because with the pandemic,

the normal drug mules they use,

most of those people haven't been
able to cross for a whole year.

A person that more likely does not know
they're transporting the drugs.

You can see how
they tried to cover it in mud

so that it looks like it's part
of the undercarriage of the car

but, I mean, this car is pretty clean,

so they stick right out.

[GRUNTS] There we go.

From the look of the package,

I'd probably say fentanyl or coke.

That should be everything.

Now, we're going to cut open the packages
and test and see what it is.

What do they have?

It's fentanyl. Very dangerous.

They can k*ll you within minutes
just from inhaling a bit of it.

[FEMALE OFFICER SPEAKING]

ANGULO: It's all gonna be fentanyl.

FEMALE OFFICER: Correct.
ANGULO: Very well.

[FEMALE OFFICER SPEAKING]

ANGULO: We have 6.24 kilos.

$156,000 worth of fentanyl.

That's a good amount.

At this time, the whole case
is turned over to HSI.

They will then be interviewing the lady

and determine if she knew
that she was carrying the drugs.

The drugs are gonna be held as evidence
until the case goes through trial.

Then the drugs,
they'll be sent to destruction.

It's a good start to the day.

I'm sure it's not going to be the only one
we get today.

ORTIZ: What do you have with you today?

[MAN SPEAKING]

ORTIZ: What do you know I want?

[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER P.A.]

MALE OFFICER: How you doing, ma'am?
You by yourself?

WOMAN: Yes.

MALE OFFICER: People are starting to get
a little more comfortable traveling now

than they were when COVID first started

and passenger count
is starting to increase slowly.

We have to filter out those people
who are traveling for legitimate reasons

versus the ones who try to take advantage

of the fact that
there are more people traveling.

And COVID has taken out
quite a few officers,

so there's more of them and less of us.

So we have to bounce around
all over the place trying to multitask.

Coming in right now is a flight
from Kingston, Jamaica.

MALE OFFICER: Question for you,
what food products do you have here?

[MAN SPEAKING]

ORTIZ: Plants, seeds, meat, anything
like that is regulated through us.

- Hello, ma'am, good afternoon.
- WOMAN: Hi.

ORTIZ: We're gonna do
a quick inspection, okay?

- [WOMAN SPEAKING]
- ORTIZ: Are you traveling by yourself?

ORTIZ: Okay.

We just had a passenger that was
an agriculture K9 alert.

- So the dog liked this bag, right?
- [WOMAN SPEAKING]

- ORTIZ: That one? Okay.
- [WOMAN SPEAKING]

ORTIZ: So we're gonna check and see
if it is admissible or not admissible.

So these are all your bags ma'am?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

- ORTIZ: Hibiscus tea?
- [WOMAN SPEAKING]

ORTIZ: Okay.

You got all the nice treats here.

Onion powder, sardines.

Agriculture is how
the U.S. makes its money.

We're trying to protect our agriculture,
protect American jobs

by finding these pests and eliminating
the risk of them coming into the U.S.

Is it lemongrass?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

ORTIZ: Yes, I'm gonna
look for diseases on that one.

I saw a black speck.

It may have just been debris,
but I'm gonna see if I find some more.

Yup, so we found an insect on there.

It's pretty small.
You can maybe see a small speck.

So now I'm gonna try to
extract the insect and put it in our vial.

We got it.

When we find an insect, we record
the country it's coming from, the flight,

the commodity that we found it on.

Then we will ship it to a USCA facility

where they'll have an identifier
tell us what it is.

Okay. So I found some insects in the
lemongrass, so I'm gonna keep it, okay?

- Since I can't tell what bug it is.
- [WOMAN SPEAKING]

ORTIZ: But you've been wonderful,
thank you for declaring everything.

You've been good, okay?

[JEFF SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

- [AIRSHIP SPEAKING OVER RADIO]
- DENNIS: Copy.

Today, we're following a vehicle

that entered through
the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

We have intel that the vehicle

was loaded with
an unknown quantity of methamphetamine.

[AIRSHIP SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

DENNIS: Yeah, roger that, just caught it.
The third one ahead of us right now.

[JEFF SPEAKING]

[DENNIS SPEAKING]

The white pickup truck.

We're following this driver to determine
where the narcotics were headed

and get as high in the organization
as we possibly can.

[JEFF SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

DENNIS: The individuals that are recruited
to drive the narcotics

are generally the lowest level members,

but as the controlled substances
make it further into the United States,

the members of the organization
that come in contact with that

are higher level members.

Those individuals have more connections
and that can be the starting point

for an in-depth investigation
into the organization.

[AIRSHIP SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[JEFF SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[DENNIS SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[JEFF SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

We have a pretty heavy team today.
We have air surveillance up.

So hopefully we can manage
this well and keep everybody safe.

DENNIS: We're heading generally north,
going Los Angeles or Orange County.

But we don't know
how it's gonna be transferred

to the next level of the organization.

That could be seeing this driver
hand keys off to someone else

or seeing this individual
drive to a stash house.

[AIRSHIP SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[DENNIS SPEAKING]

[AIRSHIP SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

JEFF: Sounds like she's gonna follow

this vehicle that just
made contact with her.

We're assuming it's the person that
she's receiving instructions from.

[AIRSHIP SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[JEFF SPEAKING]

[AIRSHIP SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

JEFF: They're right up here
on the right, it looks like.

[DENNIS SPEAKING]

[JEFF SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

They've got to offload the contraband,
so we'll wait for them to make their move.

[DENNIS SPEAKING]

These subjects are right here up
on the right it looks like.

Stopped off at some cafe.

We can't just drive in there.
We don't wanna burn the surveillance.

Luckily, we do have air support today
to keep an eye on them.

[JEFF SPEAKING]

JEFF: The male that met up with her
is now in the truck.

[JEFF SPEAKING]

JEFF: Truck is away.

[DENNIS SPEAKING]

[JEFF SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

JEFF: At this point, we've come
into the next county north.

Operationally, we transfer
responsibility to the LA office.

We're all on the same page,
so the decisions are the same,

it's just they're the ones making the
call, then we drop into a support role.

We still don't know exactly where we're
headed, but it could be a stash house,

and then they will
offload the contraband there.

In stash houses,
we come across a lot of weapons.

This isn't just messing around,
it's not a game.

JEFF: So they just got off right here.
We'll see where it goes.

JEFF: We have a very rural area here.

[JEFF SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

Somewhere they can pull this
vehicle in and extract the contraband.

DENNIS: Copy.

[JEFF SPEAKING]

JEFF: This is like an episode
from Breaking Bad.

This is what this is turning into.

JEFF: Whoa. There we go.

[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER P.A.]

[PACHECO SPEAKING]

Usually right when someone
gets caught in another port,

we spread the information
as fast as we can

so we can try to hit those flights hard.

It was inside of her checked bag,
so we'll go through,

try and get through
as many passengers as we can.

As usual, if you see anything suspicious,

open it up,
do what we got to do, all right?

WHITE: All right.

We still have several flights of interest
from different source countries

that'll be coming in pretty much
all at the same time.

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

WHITE: Four days? And for what purpose?

PACHECO: I mean, spring break, of course,
you have a lot of college kids

that are off from school,
high school kids are off from school.

WHITE: Do you have your passport?

PACHECO: So we have to
filter out those people

who are traveling for legitimate reasons,

going on vacation versus
the ones who are trying to

take advantage of the fact that
there are more people traveling

and trying to squeeze in to act
like they're on a spring break trip.

OFFICER: All right, ma'am.
So, you go straight out of here,

follow that guy right there and
make a left, all right? Have a nice day.

That's a nice bag right there,
I like the graffiti bag.

I've never seen that.
So it got my attention. All right, so.

- [IN SPANISH]
- WOMAN: Okay.

OFFICER: [IN ENGLISH] We're gonna do
a baggage exam, all right?

Make sure you're not bringing
anything that don't belong, all right.

Are these your bags?

- [BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH]
- [WOMAN SPEAKING ENGLISH]

OFFICER: Are you bringing anything
for someone else?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

OFFICER: Brother?

I like this bag.
Did you just buy this bag or...

- [OFFICER SPEAKING SPANISH]
- [WOMAN SPEAKING ENGLISH]

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

Damn. I wouldn't spend that much money
on a bag, personally. But, hey.

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

OFFICER: You gotta have it, you know?

What's that? A big ol' teddy bear?

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

- [IN ENGLISH] We've seen it all, so.
- [WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

OFFICER: Don't be embarrassed.

Okay. So what is this?

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

- [IN ENGLISH] Coconut and beans?
- [WOMAN SPEAKING]

OFFICER: So it's mixed together?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

OFFICER: There we go. All right.

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

OFFICER: So this is beans?
WOMAN: Mmm-hmm.

OFFICER: Frozen though?
WOMAN: Mmm-hmm.

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

[BOTH SPEAKING SPANISH]

[WOMAN SPEAKING ENGLISH]

OFFICER: Try it? Nah,
we can't try it, we're at work.

Can't do none of that stuff.

Some passengers will be
just really nice to you

to get your to focus off certain things,
change your focal points.

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

OFFICER: Oh, yeah, I gotta definitely see
what a coconut looks like

from, especially from
the Dominican Republic.

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING ENGLISH]

[OFFICER 1 SPEAKING SPANISH]

[IN ENGLISH] There was no anomalies
there in that situation

and I don't have
any issues with that passenger.

We appreciate your time, ma'am,
get you on your way, all right?

Don't forget your teddy bear.

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

NADONGA: Hello, good afternoon.

Are you carrying over 10,000 US dollars

or in a different currency but the
equivalent is more than 10,000 US dollars?

[MAN SPEAKING]

TURNEY: Because it's an
international border, we want to know

how much money is going into and out of
the country at any given time.

NADONGA: How much money
are you carrying with you, sir?

[MAN SPEAKING]

NADONGA: 40 pesos? Have a good day.

TURNEY: You can bring in
any amount of currency you want.

All you have to do as
a legitimate traveler is just report it.

NADONGA: Morning, sir.
Where are you heading to?

San Diego? Do you have any fruits,
vegetables, any pets, or animals?

[MAN SPEAKING]

Are you carrying over 10,000 US dollars?

NADONGA: How much money
are you carrying with you, sir?

Six thousand?

I need to know exactly, so what exact
amount are you carrying with you?

Okay, yeah, do you have it with you?

So, this is how much you have US dollars?

Eight thousand,
one hundred eighty-one? Okay.

If you could turn on
your hazard lights, sir.

Your vehicle got selected to go to
secondary inspection, let's go forward.

TURNEY: The gentleman had a certain amount
of money that he declared out on primary

because the declaration taken out there
doesn't always 100 percent match.

We're gonna count the money
physically in front of him.

How are you, sir? You got all the money?

[MAN SPEAKING]

TURNEY: All right, come on this way, okay?

If it's close to or over 10,000,
we'll have to do a FinCEN,

which is a money declaration form.

[MAN SPEAKING]

TURNEY: All right.

All right, you can put your money away.

[OFFICER SPEAKING]

TURNEY: It's exactly how much he said,


Now, sir, if you want to
follow me back out to the car.

I matched his initial count
with my initial count. It was exact.

We still have to verify that there's
no other currency in the vehicle as well.

Would you do me a favor
and pop the hood really quick?

It doesn't matter what it is that brings
a vehicle into the secondary lot,

the vehicle itself always gets inspected.

Hey, sir, I found
extra money in your lunch box.

Can you tell me what it's for?

Hey, sir, I found extra money
in your lunch box.

Can you tell me what it's for?

[MAN SPEAKING]

- You forgot about it?
- [MAN SPEAKING]

What is it for? It's for you or...

TURNEY: Okay.

I'm gonna just count it
in front of you, okay?

People don't fully understand
the $10,000 requirement

is solely an IRS reporting requirement.

All you have to do
as a legitimate traveler

is tell us that you have the money.

Yeah, it is. Take a seat, okay?

Because we found extra money and you
didn't tell us about it, we're gonna...

No worries, but we're going to have you
fill out that FinCEN paperwork

and write down bank accounts, the address
and all that kind of stuff, okay?

TURNEY: We did end up finding more money,
but it's still under the $10,000,

so we had him amend his declaration,
fill out the form and he was clear to go.

All right, man, you're good to go okay?
Have a good day, sir.

MAN OVER P.A.: Please pick up
your luggage in the carousel.

Please do not leave your luggage here.

OFFICER: How about any egusi?

[MAN SPEAKING]

Is it grounded or is it whole seeds?

Oh, good, smart.

ORTIZ: Sir! Hi, let me see your passport.

- Is this all your stuff?
- [MAN SPEAKING]

- What you got?
- [MAN SPEAKING]

Food? So we're gonna do
a quick inspection, okay?

For us in agriculture,
we try to learn trends.

Typically, just from seeing

the country of origin
of where the passenger is coming from.

This is a good one.

The bags that they're traveling with
and the amount of bags

is typically a signal for us,
"Hey, I gotta check this person."

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

[MAN SPEAKING]

Seven. Any goat?

Goat meat? Any other beef?

ORTIZ: Lagos is important to us.
It's high-risk for a lot of things.

Sometimes they'll bring some animal skins,

also some fruits that may have some
larva inside that we're looking for.

So is all of this for you?

Do you have a store?

No?

Is this all hair?

Who's it for?

Oh, okay.

So you definitely are carrying stuff
for people.

No?

Why is it all wrapped different?

So why did you say it was all yours?

Usually a normal traveler will not have
seven pieces of luggage that are full.

In the case with this gentleman,
he was carrying stuff for someone else.

So that was a red flag to me.

You brought a whole ocean.

We got some mold, some moldy fish.

We look in the fish because

there are times were they'll
what we call "commingle."

They'll hide things in the fish thinking
that we're not going to look and find it,

but we usually do.

There's more fish.

So usually with fish from Nigeria,

a standard practice that they do
is they leave the fish out to dry,

so while the fish is drying and there's
mosquitoes or flies are around,

they lay the larva in the fish.

When we see the larva coming off the fish

and there's no other commodity
in the bag with them,

those insects are not a threat to us.

We're done.

All right, you're not going to want to
carry stuff for anybody again, right?

Oh, no!

- [MAN SPEAKING]
- You're welcome.

JEFF: Our target vehicle is not moving
anymore and it's stationary here.

From the intel that we're getting,
this address where the truck landed,

it's got prior hits for narcotic smuggling
so sounds like a winner for us.

All right, guys, so it looks like

the vehicle is possibly going to be
getting offloaded here soon.

[AGENT SPEAKING]

Since it's on the fly, we have to
gear up pretty quickly here

because anything could happen
in the next few seconds here.

[BEN SPEAKING]

and around the bend and drop you
right into the residence.

There's a chance they're going to
be able to go mobile,

so if they hop in the truck,
get ready to go. Questions? Cool.

All right, we're rolling.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

[JEFF SPEAKING]

BEN: [OVER RADIO]
All right, we're rolling.

[JEFF SPEAKING]

[BEN SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[AGENT SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

JEFF: If we see any contraband
being extracted out of our target vehicle,

we're making our approach.

[AGENT SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

JEFF: There's a lot of unknowns.

We have no idea who the people
we're encountering are,

and then yeah, very rural area here.

So it's a very difficult
safety concern for all of us.

[AGENT SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

JEFF: Oh, whoa! There you go.

They're siphoning the gas tank, which we
suspect is where the contraband is.

We're trying to figure out if it's
a compartment in the gas tank,

but we suspect it's liquid meth.
Those jugs are gonna go to the lab.

MORALES: Today, we're gonna
conduct inspections on

the arriving flight
from Montego Bay, Jamaica.

This particular flight has been known
to have different narcotics coming,

so we're gonna run the K9.

OFFICER: He's hitting right there.

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING]

MORALES: I got it, I got it. I got it.

We just got an alert on one of the bags.

OFFICER: What is that?

MORALES: Got a hit there?

OFFICER: Here we go.

- MORALES: What do you got? A grinder?
- [OFFICER SPEAKING]

- [OFFICER SPEAKING]
- MORALES: From marijuana.

[OFFICER SPEAKING]

[MORALES SPEAKING]

- [OFFICER SPEAKING]
- [MORALES SPEAKING]

We got some rolling paper.

[OFFICER SPEAKING]

MORALES: We're gonna send
the bag through the belt

and we're gonna contact
the officers inside the airport,

so they can hopefully
identify the passenger.

Which belt is it?

[PACHECO SPEAKING]

[OFFICER SPEAKING]

PACHECO: We got a couple of flights
in the room,

so some of them might be
a little delayed coming out.

How are you doing, sir?
Can I see your passport?

- Traveling by yourself?
- Mmm-hmm.

MORALES: We're searching all day,
every day.

Going through a lot of people's bags.

- PACHECO: What's your final destination?
- [MAN SPEAKING]

PACHECO: Have a good day.

When you finally get that one load,
it's a boost of adrenaline.

And it pushes you
to get that next seizure.

How long were you in Colombia for?

WOMAN: Seventeen days.

PACHECO: Seventeen days?

WOMAN: Thank you.

MORALES: They left their bags behind.

PACHECO: For someone
to purposely leave a bag,

we had to have spooked them really bad.

Maybe they saw us out here,
they got scared and they left it behind.

MORALES: Our job doesn't end now.

We did some research
and we have identified the passenger.

The grinder, we're looking for probably
a $500 penalty.

[BEN SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[BEN SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

JEFF: This is gonna go down pretty quick.

[JEFF SPEAKING]

[DENNIS SPEAKING]

Let's go.

[SIRENS BLARING]

AGENT 1: Police!
AGENT 2: Hands! Hands!

AGENT 3: Let me see your hands! Do it now!

[BEN SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

JEFF: Let's go.

[AGENT SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[SIRENS BLARING]

AGENT: Police! Let's go, let's go!

AGENT 2: Hands! Hands! Put them up!

AGENT 3: Let me see your hands!
Come towards me! Do it now!

[AGENT 4 SPEAKING]

[BEN SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[AGENT 4 SPEAKING]

[AGENT 5 SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[AGENT 6 SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[AGENT 7 SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

So far, we have six in custody right now.

[AGENT 6 SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[JEFF SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

[AGENT 7 SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

JEFF: Still one guy outstanding right now,
so we gotta clear this entire compound.

This is a really tough property to clear.

There's multiple RVs,
multiple dwellings here.

And we don't know if there's any occupants
so it's a safety concern for all of us.

TURNEY: Open the hood
and open the back real quick,

we need to take a look inside your car.

[MAN SPEAKING]

TURNEY: Yeah, if you can, please,
and make sure the doors are unlocked.

The vast majority of people that
come across are legitimate travelers

that are coming across
for any number of reasons.

Thank you for your cooperation,
you have a good day, okay?

[MAN SPEAKING]

TURNEY: But you always
have to be on your toes,

because you never know
what is going to pull up to that line.

Hi, guys, how are you today?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

TURNEY: Good. If you can, would you
open the hood, open the back.

I need to take a look
inside your car today, okay? And...

Yeah.

All right.

If you can't find it, ma'am, I'll have you
step out and I'll open it for you, okay?

All right, guys, if I can have
everybody step out of the vehicle

and step over by the table, okay?

These guys were sent back
for a computer-generated alert.

They used a trusted traveler lane,
the SENTRI lane,

without actually having the SENTRI passes.

So the officers sent them
back here to be inspected.

It does not matter what happens,

any car that comes back,
we have to inspect it.

All right.

We're looking for
anything that's out of the ordinary.

Anything that may be tampered with.

We take a look at bolts
and things that will be removed

if the vehicle has been worked on
at any time before it came in here.

Always inspect the bags.

There's something new
that surprises me every day.

I've seen everything from
large amounts of shrimp come across,

to all different kinds
of drug paraphernalia.

We have g*ns that come across,
ammunition, knives.

We have money that comes across.

It's been everywhere
from inside doors to in the back.

- Ma'am, is this a rental car?
- [WOMAN SPEAKING]

TURNEY: It is a rental car?
WOMAN: Yeah.

TURNEY: Do you guys have
the paperwork for it?

- You do have an email?
- Yeah.

TURNEY: Where's the email at?
On your phone?

Yeah, can you get it for me real quick?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

TURNEY: Okay, all right.
Everything is good.

You guys are good to go, all right?

I didn't find anything in the vehicle.

At this point,
that concludes the inspection.

We'll get them out of here.

So they told you the warning about
using the lane without actually having it?

Yes.

TURNEY: They gave you the paper
and everything?

Try to be a little more careful.

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

TURNEY: Have a good day, guys.

OFFICER: Turn on your emergency flashers

and you're gonna go in the secondary.

Come on through.

[WATKINS SPEAKING]

PARILLA: I am scanning the vehicle
with the imaging system,

looking for anomalies,

anything that's not usually present
in certain models of the vehicles.

WATKINS: Good to go?

[PARILLA SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

WATKINS: All right.
It did go through the Z portal.

Just that one look of the X-ray
is bad luck for them.

This is why we have to be
on our toes at all times.

Knocking on the door,
looking for any tampering.

Sometimes it's hard to catch,
but if you knock the right way,

you'll feel around in there.

There's nothing in here. Trash.
It's a pretty empty car.

[OFFICERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Whoo, there's supposed to be a tire here.

[WATKINS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Whoo, there's supposed to be a tire here.

OFFICER: All right.

WATKINS: All the packages
seem to be the same.

Based off my experience,
I believe it's meth.

Just from how it feels,
it's crunchy, they don't have a smell.

You can see the meth here.

So, I got lucky this time.

All right. Next, I'm gonna move into our
SCC, which is our contraband center,

and get our drugs out.

Drugs. Count, one...

Twenty-seven, 28, 29, 30.

Thirty sounds like a healthy number,
so from this point,

I'm gonna take my drugs in
and I'm gonna get them tested.

[FEMALE OFFICER SPEAKING]

WATKINS: All right.

[FEMALE OFFICER SPEAKING]

WATKINS: And now, weigh it.

[FEMALE OFFICER SPEAKING]

WATKINS: Thank you.

So we got it all on there.

Thirty packages of methamphetamine,
approximately 14.4 kilograms.

Next, I'm gonna get an agent
from HSI to take over the case,

place the subject under arrest,

and then the drugs are ultimately
going to be destroyed

and burned at one of our facilities.

[DOGS BARKING]

[AGENT SPEAKING]

[AGENT 2 SPEAKING]

AGENT 1: Just by yourself? All right.

Turn around, turn around.

Just right over here.

We had suspects run to the rear
of the property that got detained there,

and then we encountered
other individuals within the premises.

Right now, we're getting
identification on everybody,

check for wants and warrants.
And basically, we're gonna go from there.

[ISMAEL SPEAKING OVER RADIO]

ISMAEL: So there's
the target vehicle over there.

This type of truck has two gas tanks,
tank one and tank two.

Tank one, the front tank here.

They siphoned whatever was in the gas tank
into five-gallon water jugs.

It appears to be liquid meth that
they extracted out of the fuel tank.

There's so many subjects encountered here
on the property,

that we have to figure out
who was involved,

but we'll figure it out
after the interviews.

ISMAEL: With the number of bodies
we have in custody,

none of our officers have been injured,
everyone is safe.

And now, it's just clean-up time
and get everything ready to go.

JEFF: We are calling in a lab team,

they're gonna come test it
and then order for it to be destroyed.

This was a complete success.

Thousands of pounds of meth
are coming across our border every day.

And we got some poison off the streets
and we took out a lab.

Today is a, is a win for all of us.
This is what we do.