03x01 - Smuggled and Muzzled

[bunniefuu]

Here.

Bearski.

He's checking the door seams.

Thank you, sir.

- [MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
- This one's clear.

OFFICER 2: Where are
you coming from right now?

MARTINEZ: All right, what
did you do in Mexico today?

Heel.

MARTINEZ: The car belongs to you?

OFFICER: Good boy.

He's hit him underneath.

[MARTINEZ SPEAKING]

As we were getting to that bumper,
he got a whiff of something,

so we wanna see what, what's going on,

on that side of the vehicle.

OFFICER 2: All right,
you gonna lift it up?

STOLIKER: Yup.

We'll lift the vehicle,
to see if there's any anomalies.

[BANGING]

[BANGING]

This is fresh paint.

You can still smell it.

- Can you take a look at this for me?
- OFFICER: Sure.

STOLIKER: Yeah, all that paint.
OFFICER: Yeah.

STOLIKER: All this has been
reworked here a little bit.

- [STOLIKER SPEAKING]
- OFFICER: Gotcha.

- [STOLIKER SPEAKING]
- OFFICER: Okay.

- You got that side, bro?
- STOLIKER: Yeah.

CEVALLOS: We got something in there.

STOLIKER: Oh yeah.

Boom.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

OFFICER: Our suspicions
tell us that there's

quite a few packages of, uh,
narcotics in the vehicle.

- [OFFICER SPEAKING]
- STOLIKER: Yeah.

OFFICER: The bondo smells fresh.

CEVALLOS: Yeah, that's non-factory.

OFFICER: And there's non-factory screws
right under the bondo.

Got something in there, in their bumper.

[STOLIKER SPEAKING]

CEVALLOS: That's a large quantity.

OFFICER: We encountered 10 packages.

We're gonna go back
in the testing site and weigh it, test it,

and see what it is exactly.

GRAHAM: Ma'am?
WOMAN: Yeah?

Can you open up your bag real quick
so I can just take a quick peak?

WOMAN: Yeah, sure.

[DOG WHIMPERING]

GRAHAM: Okay, thank you.

More than 90% travel legitimately

with their dogs,
coming into the United States.

They understand the rules,
the regulations.

Good boy.

But not everybody does that.

PACHECO: What kind of dog do you have?
MAN: Oh, it's a French Bulldog.

PACHECO: Americans have
a big appetite for pets.

It's a lucrative business.

I mean, there's breeders
in these foreign countries

who breed these dogs, and by
the time they come over here,

that dog that you paid
a couple hundred dollars for in Mexico,

is thousands of dollars.

[DOG BARKING]

GRAHAM: Trying to import puppies
for sale is legal,

but only if they have
the proper paperwork,

the proper permits to bring them in.

If not, we run into issues where
we have to notify certain agencies here

in the United State.

As a father to two dogs that I love,
I take this personally.

It's something that touches my heart.

That's my buddy last night,
that's my boy Trooper.

You can see how small he is.

He's my trooper because
he helps me deal with things

from being in the military

and being in... In a certain country
and doing certain things.

That is true.

And don't get me teared up.

It, uh, it's one of those things
where it was meant to be.

You wanna make sure
they're going to a right home,

they're going with a rightful owner.

And they are not being
used for breeding purposes

to make monetary gain.

Hola, chica!

Look how beautiful!

All right, go ahead and get your bags.

Okay, I'm gonna need your paperwork
and I need to take a look at the puppy.

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

[GRAHAM SPEAKING]

We here in the United States
have eradicated rabies

except for your wild animals.

However, we can't let our guard down,
especially from the high-risk countries,

Brazil and Colombia.

And you said it was a Shih Tzu, correct?

[WOMAN SPEAKS]

GRAHAM: Yeah, I'm
gonna have CDC and come back

- and take a look at her real quick.
- WOMAN: Mmm-hmm.

GRAHAM: And just make
everything is good, okay?

WOMAN: That's fine.

GRAHAM: When entering the United States,

all dogs must be at
least four months of age.

And let me just pull up
her information here.

Veterinarian in Brazil.

The other thing that we're looking
at right now is that the imported dog

should be in good health.

The vaccine for rabies,
distemperment, uh, hepatitis,

parvovirus, parainfluenza virus.

Shih Tzu.

Shih.

Tzu.

Hey.

We contacted CDC to have them take a look
at all of the documentation

and the CDC veterinarian
take a look at the gum line

with the teeth to determine
the approximate age.

[PHONE RINGING]

Graham.



All right, ma'am, you're clear to go.

WOMAN: Okay, thank you.

The vet for CDC
has cleared the dog for entry.

Here, I can get this for you.
Take it over here for you.

WOMAN: Thank you!

GRAHAM: It seems
as though our little Shih Tzu

will be entering the United States.

All right, Penelope, you
have a great day, sweetheart.

She is so good, look at her.

[WOMAN LAUGHS]

[BEEPING]

STOLIKER: There's
multiple layers of cellophane

and black carbon paper.

Looks like they used dryer sheets.

Cartel, they wrap it with dryer sheets.

It's a technique that they use
to throw our K9 officers, um,

off in detecting if the vehicle or person
is loaded with narcotics.

[BEEPING]

STOLIKER: Yeah, positive for cocaine.

[STOLIKER SPEAKING]

OFFICER: We have to seal it back up
for, uh, safety reasons.

And we're gonna go weigh it.

It's weighing at 11 and a half
kilos of cocaine.

Now it is seized property.

Hopefully the person will be prosecuted
for their actions today.

It's an excellent day for all of us here.

I will sleep very well
tonight knowing I was able to

be part of the seizure here.

SCHIANO: Good morning, sir,
where are you going today?

Going to work?

Put it in park real quick,
I'm just gonna check underneath.

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

This is the largest port of entry.

Day to day, three shifts,

we're out there trying to stay
on top of the current trends

but things are rapidly evolving.

OFFICER: [OVER RADIO] Line, 10:30.

SCHIANO: Anything is a concealment method
here at the border.

But the drug trafficking organizations are

already looking for some way that we're...

We're not getting and that's what
they're gonna try to use.

All right, man, have a good one.

OFFICER: [OVER RADIO]
Supervisor, to lane five.

OFFICER 2: [OVER RADIO] 10-4.

Just said on the radio
that there was an alert to a vehicle

and an officer walked it in
for further inspection.

So, we're gonna go see where
it's located, what it is.

RAMOS: This driver right here,

was referred back
due to her nervous behavior.

We're gonna go ahead and clear the car.

SCHIANO: Okay.
OFFICER: All right, go ahead.

OFFICER 2: [OVER RADIO]
Get down, get down.

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

- OFFICER: Okay.
- All right.

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

[RAMOS SPEAKING]

[BEEPING]

SCHIANO: There was a
modification to this area.

They have been getting
smarter with hiding drugs

to the point where...

All right, let's see.

SCHIANO: Narcotics within a gas tank,

within the seats, within the doors,

uh, we're prepared for that,
but the past few months,

the drug trafficking organizations used
special built compartments.

That's the current trend we wanna be on.

[RAMOS SPEAKING]

SCHIANO: Okay.
RAMOS: But she's tense.

Normally when we have people waiting,

they're just leaning on the table,

gazing at the car, but she's looking away.

Definitely a sign.

[RAMOS SPEAKING SPANISH]

- [WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]
- Uh-huh.

RAMOS: [IN ENGLISH] Okay.
WOMAN: Uh-huh.

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

Uh-huh.

Okay.

[RAMOS SPEAKING SPANISH]

[WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

Si?

[RAMOS SPEAKING SPANISH]

[WOMAN SPEAKS SPANISH]

- [RAMOS SPEAKS SPANISH]
- Si.

When I talked to her,
she relaxed a little bit.

She changed her body language.

She was very compliant.

We checked her vehicle thoroughly,
just a regular traveler.

We are safe to say she's good to go.

You purchased the pet there
out of the country or you bring it?

WHITE: Oh, okay, that's what I'm saying.
They, they, so they asked you about this.

So, you got the papers
and all that stuff, right?

I'm... I'm satisfied.

STYLES: There's breeders
all over the world

and people typically don't care
where they're coming from.

Especially French Bulldogs.

Hello, pumpkins. Hello.

Because that dog is in such high demand.

You live here in the States?

[MAN SPEAKING ENGLISH]

STYLES: So...

STYLES: So, why are you bringing
these puppies for a tourist?

I don't understand.

STYLES: Okay, listen, listen,
listen, listen, listen.

Help me to help you.

I... I just feel like you're bringing
these dogs for a different reason.

[MAN SPEAKING]

STYLES: This is a $10,000 dog.

- One of them.
- [SPEAKING SPANISH]

STYLES: He claims he was going
to visit family and friends,

and he was bringing the
dogs along on his vacation.

[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

CARRASQUILLO: Our family loves this breed.
MAN: [IN ENGLISH] Yeah.

- [LESLIE SPEAKING]
- STYLES: Yes.

Here in the United States,

some puppies can sell anywhere
from 2, to $25,000 per puppy.

It can be seen as
another form of smuggling.

So, I believe that a lot of people
are bringing those puppies in

so that they can make
large amounts of money quickly.

They are...

[LESLIE SPEAKING]

STYLES: Yes.

CONNOR: We're
setting up surveillance today.

Uh, we received some information
from another law enforcement agency

about a traffic stop that involved a car
that's already in the United States.

From our information, it's, uh,
loaded with narcotics.

And we're going to get up on the highway
and see where they go today.

OFFICER: [OVER RADIO]
Radio check, radio check.

CONNOR: This is what my team does.

We are a field force that
specializes in surveillance.

We have bona fide cartels
that move products through the area.

On the rise, it seems to
be passenger vehicles

that can have 50 to 55 kilograms
inside of them.

Fentanyl, cocaine, heroin.

We're hoping this driver
can lead us to people

who know more about the distribution

in hopes to dismantle their
hub of operations in the United States.

We're part of a multi-agency task force.

Once one of us
has successfully targeted that vehicle,

the rest of us will collapse
on that target, and then,

work together to land that vehicle.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: Here we go.

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: I have the ground eye.

He's committed 905 west.

Dark black coupe.

OFFICER: [OVER RADIO] I got him.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING ON RADIO]

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: He's pulled off.

Load drivers have different
levels of sophistication to

try to see if someone is following them.

When they take a particular street
or a particular dead end,

we don't know if that's just a trap
to detect law enforcement.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: It's not uncommon for smugglers
doing nefarious activities

to try to blend in.

Going to work,
or you say you're going to work,

keeping up with a normal pattern of life,
as best they can.

But there can be four hour shifts
and six hour shifts,

and we may be sitting here
later than we think.

It... It could be the original driver
that comes back to it,

it could be a different driver.

Whomever may drive that away,
we're gonna stick with that vehicle.

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

- GARCIA: Is this your vehicle?
- [MAN SPEAKS]

GARCIA: Okay, so, everything inside,
it belongs to you?

GARCIA: Being able to talk to people
helps me do my job.

I mean, you can look at a
car all day if you want to,

but that person is really
going to tell you what is there.

All right, you don't have any fruits,
plants, seeds, vegetables?

Money over $10,000?

How much money are you carrying with you?

[MAN SPEAKING]

GARCIA: Based on my height
and also the fact I am a female

and I look like I'm 16 without a mask on,

there is definitely a lot
of people that do try and see

what they can get away with,
what they can't get away with.

All right, you're good to go.

GARCIA: I actually have to dig in
a little bit deeper on them.

And that's okay with me
because I actually like a challenge.

What were you doing in Mexico?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

GARCIA: Okay, how long
were you there, in Mexico?

Do you smoke?

Single female.

Just went to go get her nails done.

She was referred back because
the car smells so strong like weed.

GARCIA: When was the last time you smoked?

In the morning?

[GARCIA SPEAKING]

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

GARCIA: There is no paraphernalia
in the car or anything like that?

GARCIA: All right, so, you're gonna
open up the trunk and the hood,

and then you're gonna go
ahead and step down, okay?

GARCIA: You, like, walk by, you're...
You'll smell it.

She said she smoked this morning,
but it doesn't smell like that.

It smells like she
literally just smoked it.

So, we gotta check inside this vehicle.

But then, we'll see
what happens from there.

[BEEPING]

[GARCIA SPEAKING]

GARCIA: Everything's pretty dusty,
and if you see anything that looks, like,

brand new... Brand new,
or anything that's stripped,

you wanna take a closer look at that.

I'm good with that.

GARCIA: The normal trend since corona,
it was definitely body carrying.

The trend now is vehicles, spare tires,
quarter panels, rockers,

that was the trend.

[GARCIA SPEAKING]

GARCIA: We're gonna tap this tire,
make sure it sounds bouncy...

[THUDS]

Or hit the inside
and make sure it sounds hollow.

[CLINKS]

But that's good.

You get this back seat
and I'll get the front seat.

Interesting.

So, she has eye drops,

a lighter, and this?

A weed kit.

She has a wax pen with marijuana.

All right, pat her down.

GARCIA: All right, go ahead and follow us.

She already lied once
about not having the THC that she had.

My partner here is going to search you,
make sure you don't have anything else.

There's nothing else
that you have, correct?

- [WOMAN SPEAKS]
- GARCIA: Okay, 'cause now is your chance.

The fact that her car smells
entirely like weed, um, there...

There's more probable cause right there
that she might have something else on her.

Go ahead and take a seat.

GARCIA: All righty.
MALDONADO: That's it.

[MALDONADO SPEAKING]

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

GARCIA: Negative.
AGUIRRE: Negative?

GARCIA: What do you
want me to do with this?

Personal use.

GARCIA: They'll either issue a...
Her a penalty, make her go back with it,

dispose of it,
or it will get destroyed in testing.

So, I talked to the chief here.

He say, you're not allowed
to cross it federally.

- [WOMAN SPEAKS]
- GARCIA: Across an international border.

[AGUIRRE SPEAKING]

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

[AGUIRRE SPEAKING]

All right, so,
we're good to go pretty much.

GARCIA: From there,
you're good to go, okay?

[GARCIA SPEAKING]

She can be issued up to $10,000 for it.

Especially because she didn't declare it.

But, sometimes there's just like,
bigger fish to fry.

CONNOR: Waiting us out is in itself
a tactic.

We have to be willing
to handle the quick hits,

but also these ones that draw on

for several, several hours into the night.

So, it pays for us to be more patient
than the smugglers are willing to be.

And luckily, our team is very patient.

- [RADIO BEEPS]
- [OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING ON RADIO]

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: Yep, these could
be our guy's right here.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: We don't know,
we don't know their role.

We don't know if they're
coworkers of the plant

or co-conspirators
in the smuggling attempt.

- [OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]
- CONNOR: Here we go.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: We don't know which direction
they're gonna go,

and we don't know how
far they're gonna go.

But we're willing to take it as far as
we have to and find that distribution hub.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING ON RADIO]

- [RADIO BEEPS]
- CONNOR: All right.

I have the ground eye.

Then we'll see where this goes.

He's pulled off the 11.

He's committed to a U-turn.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

[CONNOR SPEAKING]

To try to see
if someone is following them.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: Copy.

It's possible he spotted us.

He's headed to the 905.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: They're headed back south.

We aren't far from the... The border

and we're gonna know here in a second
if he's headed back into Mexico.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: It looks like
in this last chance here,

we're not gonna let these drugs get back

into Mexico just for a
second attempt for them

to be smuggled back into the country.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: We have two units ahead of it.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: Here we go.

[OFFICER SPEAKING ON RADIO]

[SIRENS BLARING]

[OFFICER SPEAKING]

[OFFICER 2 SPEAKING ON RADIO]

CONNOR: CBP got the vehicle stopped.

Our driver's gonna be
interviewed separately.

The four additional individuals
will be interviewed

for their, uh, determination on whether
or not they're involved or not.

And we're bringing the car over
to the lift while we can elevate it and

get a better look at the undercarriage
and do a much more thorough inspection.

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

STYLES: When was the
last time you traveled?

[MAN SPEAKING]

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

STYLES: Did you bring animals
in with you on that day?

[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

CARRASQUILLO: This is the first time.

STYLES: How many dogs do you have?

[MAN SPEAKING ENGLISH]

[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

CARRASQUILLO: I only have two,
but my family, my sister...

Uh, uh...

STYLES: What type of dogs do they have?

MAN: All French Bulldogs.

[CARRASQUILLO SPEAKING SPANISH]

[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH]

CARRASQUILLO: [IN ENGLISH] Um,
it's basically saying that his dogs

are support animals for his depression.

So, it's a therapeutic treatment, uh,

for the benefits of companionship.

It's like a well-being.

[STYLES SPEAKING]

He had a letter from his doctor

supporting that
those were in fact his dogs.

It seems like he's actually
bringing the dogs in to sell them.

Um, unfortunately, we
didn't have any proof that

that is what he is going to do.

And that just supported our decision
to let him to continue on with the dogs.

Okay, enjoy your vacation.

[MAN AND STYLES SPEAKING SPANISH]

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

CONNOR: Just based
on the information that we have so far,

we're confident that we'll
come up with some contraband.

OFFICER: We're definitely seeing something
that is not supposed to be there.

That's non-factory.

[CONNOR SPEAKING]

CONNOR: We can see black electrical tape
where there shouldn't be any.

That's giving them enough indicators
to remove the bumper

to expose more of their vehicle.

[ALEX SPEAKING]

[DENNIS SPEAKING]

There you go, got them.

[THUDDING]

[ALEX SPEAKING]

[DENNIS SPEAKING]

The compartments
are post-factory modifications

that's consistent
with narcotics smuggling.

- [ALEX SPEAKING]
- [DENNIS SPEAKING]

CONNOR: Here we go.

[DENNIS SPEAKING]

CONNOR: Unbelievable.
ALEX: Yeah, right?

CONNOR: It's just a block of wood.

Unbelievable.

It was packaged consistent to narcotics,
uh, packages that we normally see.

So, this was most likely a test run.

They were testing some
of our capabilities and limitations

and they didn't wanna risk
the actual narcotics coming through.

This is the first time
I've ever seen this.

Our initial information was good.

This vehicle was modified
to smuggle contraband and narcotics.

It just wasn't happening in fact, today.

DENNIS: Anything else?
CONNOR: No.

CONNOR: But we did take one
trap-compartment car off the street.

We've identified multiple people involved
and we will further that investigation

with interviews and intel

to start targeting other people
associated with this.

OFFICER: Come on.

GRAHAM: Hey, ma'am, question for you.

Can you open up your bag real quick?

The concealment of the dogs
is what we're running into a lot lately.

A lot of people are sticking them
in tote bags, sticking them in backpacks,

some with very small carriers.

Do you have your passport, ma'am?

WOMAN: Yeah.

GRAHAM: All right, and do you have
the paperwork for the dog, please?

WOMAN: Mmm-hmm.

GRAHAM: And where's your
final destination today?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

GRAHAM: And you have two dogs?

GRAHAM: Okay, go ahead and
bring everything with me.

Let's go this way right here.

Okay, hotdog.

GRAHAM: Dachshunds.

Aw!

Come on, buddy.

Hey, buddy.

WOMAN: Aw.
GRAHAM: Two boys?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

GRAHAM: Aw! Okay,
we're gonna do your picture, okay?

Okay, look at this, look how beautiful.

[GASPS]

Aw, look how beautiful.

We have two dogs that
are coming in from Brazil.

Approximately, how old are the puppies?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

GRAHAM: Four months and 10 days?
WOMAN: Yeah.

GRAHAM: When entering the United States,

all dogs must be vaccinated
and at least four months of age.

If trying to import puppies for sale,
proper authorization from CDC,

Centers of Disease Control,
and USDA are required.

Here we go, okay.

You're gonna go back in here.

All right.

You can take a seat
right over there, please.

Do you have any other paperwork
for the dogs?

- [WOMAN SPEAKS]
- GRAHAM: Okay.

The vet is now taking a look
at all the paperwork along with

the photos that they
shot of the dogs' gum line

to determine the age.

Okay.

Yeah, those are underage.

The dogs appear to be anywhere
from six to 12 weeks old.

Shot records both, uh, Brazilian.

As you can see, all the writing
is exactly the same with the same pen.

Uh, the paperwork is fraudulent.

And it's an emergency
issued passport also,

which means this was
a quick flight going down for some reason.

Okay.

Okay, ma'am, could you go ahead and
put the dogs back in their kennel, please?

Thank you.

[HIBLER SPEAKING]

- [WOMAN SPEAKING]
- HIBLER: Mmm-hmm.

- Ten days?
- WOMAN: Uh-huh.

Mmm-hmm.

GRAHAM: And you just decided to pick up
two doggies and bring them back?

GRAHAM: Well, this is an
emergency issued passport.

This isn't a regular issued passport.

So, to me, it seems as though you were
going down in a, basically, a hurry.

And the purpose for that hurrying,

for what reason?

HIBLER: Do you have a puppy business?

HIBLER: Have you brought
puppies back previously?

HIBLER: Yeah? Oh, okay.

GRAHAM: But it's not a business?

GRAHAM: Or for extra money?

GRAHAM: How long have you
been in possession of the dogs,

in your physical...

GRAHAM: So where's your son live?

GRAHAM: So your house is in Brazil?

GRAHAM: So, how did
your son find the dogs?

WOMAN: Huh?
GRAHAM: How did your son find the dogs?

GRAHAM: Somebody just gave your son
two dogs?

And now you're bringing those
two dogs to the United States?

GRAHAM: They'll be for you?

WOMAN: Yes.

GRAHAM: Those dogs are underage right now.

Those dogs are not four months old.

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

GRAHAM: Those shots, the vaccinations.

Do you have a receipt?

GRAHAM: Do you have a receipt?

GRAHAM: So you had
the shots given for free?

GRAHAM: So who paid for it?

GRAHAM: Who paid for the vet bill?

GRAHAM: Let me see a receipt.

GRAHAM: Let me see the receipt
that you paid reals or US dollars with

for the documentation.

GRAHAM: You don't know?

GRAHAM: The card means nothing, ma'am.

The card right now is fraudulent.

The shot card is fraudulent.

REGAS: Have a seat.

[REGAS SPEAKING]

GRAHAM: Holy, one, two, three, four, five?

REGAS: Mmm-hmm.

[GRAHAM SIGHS]

GRAHAM: Well, as we were
looking through her phone,

which we have the authority
to do under border search authority,

we found videos of puppies
which she does have inside of her house.

REGAS: So, listen, we know what dogs
are in demand here in the States,

that are cheap in Brazil,
Mexico, Colombia.

WOMAN: Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.
REGAS: You've got pictures,

multiple pictures of
every litter on your phone.

WOMAN: Mmm-hmm.

REGAS: You're... You're raising these
dogs, you're breeding these dogs?

GRAHAM: What does your
friend do with the dogs?

REGAS: What does she do with
the dogs, she breeds them?

WOMAN: No.
GRAHAM: She sells them?

REGAS: How much do they pay you
to bring the dogs back for them?

REGAS: They paid you $2,000 to
bring the dog back for them?

REGAS: Graham.
GRAHAM: They paid for them?

GRAHAM: So money is exchanged?

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

GRAHAM: Yes, money is exchanged.

ANGULO: Here's a couple of officers
that have interest in a vehicle.

I think we should go check that out, um,
it might be a positive one.

What do we have?

IRIZAR: This vehicle was referred in
by the primary officer,

the X-ray images showed
anomalies on the vehicle.

ANGULO: Okay.

This is a very well-known vehicle,

so try to see if
there's any areas where it

could be, uh, loaded and, uh,
start the process.

IRIZAR: It's super loose.
WALKER: Oh, yeah.

ANGULO: The X-ray is telling us

that the whole floor of the vehicle
looks different.

[IRIZAR SPEAKING]

ANGULO: More than likely he's
got a floor compartment there.

Since the driver's detained
while we inspect the vehicle.

IRIZAR: Yeah, we'll just rip this.

Oh, yeah. I can see them.

It's right here.

- WALKER: Yeah.
- [IRIZAR SPEAKING]

[WALKER SPEAKING]

IRIZAR: There's a compartment
in the driver's side too.

They're pretty creative.

They always try to blend it in
with how the vehicle is supposed to look,

but you can tell that's
not manufactured, though.

IRIZAR: There it is.
WALKER: Oh, look at that!

IRIZAR: Big bricks.

There more on the driver's side.

[IRIZAR SPEAKS]

- [WALKER SPEAKS]
- [IRIZAR SPEAKS]

IRIZAR: Six, seven.

[GRUNTS]

Seven packages out of the passenger side.

Ten packages from the driver's side,

which brings a total of


- [WALKER SPEAKING]
- IRIZAR: Let's go.

Test it? Okay.

We're gonna start testing these packages
and see what... What do we have.

IRIZAR: Big bricks.

They feel like they're
about two kilos apiece.

The same type of packages
with the same type of markings.

Always, the... The smugglers
write on the packages for some reason.

It's either who in
the cartel on this side it's destined for,

or a code for heroin, cocaine,
methamphetamine, or fentanyl,

so we'll see right now
as soon as we test it.

They use many layers of plastic
to avoid detection,

mainly from the K9,

'cause they know they can
be detected by the dogs, so...

So it takes us a minute
to get to the drug,

but no matter what they use,
it really doesn't work.

I've seen fish as a masking agent,
and it...

It just didn't work.

And fish has a really strong smell.

Whoo, I got it, hang on.

Okay, so, this test positive for cocaine.

You can see the screen.

ANGULO: Okay.

That's cocaine.

You gonna weigh it?

WALKER: Yeah, let's weigh it.

[IRIZAR SPEAKS]

IRIZAR: Seventeen packages total.

WALKER: Okay.

Its 36.42 kilograms of cocaine.

$1.1 million in the street value.

It's a significant amount of cocaine
that we stopped today.

San Diego is right here,
so that can get dispersed

in San Diego onto LA, and...

And all throughout
the rest of the country.

IRIZAR: The vehicle is gonna get seized.

Then, I'll be putting
the driver under arrest.

I'll be contacting HSI.

They'll interview the subject

and determine what's gonna
happen to him, basically.

WALKER: It feels good.

It feels like you're doing something
worthy for this country, you know.

This is the reason why I do my job.

[REGAS SPEAKING]

GRAHAM: What'd you just find in her phone?

[OFFICER SPEAKING]

GRAHAM: Look at that.

CDC.

The dogs were not vaccinated,
not one vaccination.

That's when we contact CDC because
we don't want a small little puppy

that's possibly infected
entering the United States.

So, the dogs have not been
vaccinated at all, correct?

[WOMAN SPEAKS]

GRAHAM: Ma'am, I'm asking
you a direct question now.

Then why would the text messages
say that the dogs have no shots at all?

"You have to be
very careful with the dogs."

Does that ring a bell?

[WOMAN SPEAKS]

GRAHAM: Do you understand
the seriousness of this now?

And it upsets me, down in my heart,

that these two innocent dogs
are the victim right now.

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

GRAHAM: You don't think about their lives.

GRAHAM: Do you understand
you're in a lot of, poo right now?

WOMAN: Mmm-hmm.

GRAHAM: So, basically,
everything that you've told me

thus far, is not the truth, correct?

GRAHAM: There you go, full confession.

She was paid. The dogs were paid for.

She was paid to go down there,

to pick up the dogs,
bring 'em back to be resold.

This is the CDC guidelines.

[WOMAN SPEAKING]

GRAHAM: Pass that onto your friends, too.

GRAHAM: And all those other breeders
that you're talking to and dealing with,

if they come through Atlanta,
they're gonna run into me.

GRAHAM: They better
have everything in order.

The woman is a US citizen,

so we cannot bar her
from entering the United States,

but at this time, she is returning
with the dogs back to Brazil upon

the CDC's decision that the dogs for being
underage with fraudulent paperwork.

All right, thank you, guys.

It just goes to show you people
will do anything to make a dollar.

It's sad. It really is.

Hopefully, they get into the right hands.