Drug Bust: Hidden Coke on Ships (Full Episode) | To Catch a Smuggler

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[@dondrap513]

Those 9 bricks were the ones they were supposed to find. The other 1000 slipped right through.

[@j-pargefournier3114]

Ya was gonna say … find 9 bricks and call it a day??? Uhhh okayyyy

[@ShaggyRogers1]

She was probably called back to Juarez because she was never supposed to make it through. If they are too busy celebrating finding this amount, they aren't going to pay attention to the suv(s) behind her loaded to the gills. Which also means that they probably didn't need a spotter at the drop point to know she got pulled into secondary and boned from the border.

[@vinznes7792]

Hahaha , it's lame tactics

[@whatta7793]

@@vinznes7792 lame tactics? That's why you the one making all of the money yourself with the good tactics then, right?

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

cocaine is never shipped as cocaine hcl it's shipped as freebase because it's compacted into bricks that are actual rocks then you microwave it with some acid to turn it to hcl

[@mercerconsulting9728]

They weighed it WITH the magnets attached??? LOL 😂

[@nickgreen7312]

yeah they do that because it will be proccesed by a person whos job that is and the true weight will be on the court documents if they ever got that far. they leave it on for reasons to try to keep it intact for legitimacy reasons

[@gracereeves5790]

They estimate the weight of the magnets. Importing and exporting licenses and clearance estimate the weight of every nut and bolt into net weight before cargo is included. Cargo is weighed at the manufacturer, which means packing seals can NOT be broken, and weight must be consistent throughout.

[@TeyaeTv]

🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forever

[@user-qk9yh1zp4u]

First thing I thought

[@ethancunningham1859]

😂😂

[@th3akwardpotato488]

Duty guy really feels like he’s doing something in life lol

[@Lookatthosechimkens]

fr lol complete fgt probably reminded the teacher that homework was due in high school ah.

[@Lad_Duck]

I doubt it's his favorite thing, most officers (even and especially federal officers) do not find fulfillment in their jobs. Nobody likes cutting checks for Uncle Sam, I can tell you that much.

[@Marty20886]

He really seemed like a dhead

[@edwardj1549]

Facts he going hard!!! Smh

[@bigworm9868]

@15:20....messed up a perfectly good banana...🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@clintdaniel9260]

why dont u people stop the immagrants key to ur job security

[@ArmyStrongGangflu]

.....why is that so funny to you?...

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

that banana called him fat, bruv was not going to take that lying down.

[@TheEminemfan10]

Duty tax? That’s crazy

[@TeyaeTv]

🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forever

[@762x39..]

@@TeyaeTv what

[@ZayjayZizle]

Paying dutty over an item I bought on vacation in another country makes me feel like the government owns me and I can’t even buy a watch in France .. us Americans really lost our mind we just let the government put this absurd rules and we just bow to em

[@Delblazin]

Anything over 800 dollars, our government really is out of hand.

[@TheBestAroundd]

Ship it back to yourself. Buy the watch and have the jeweler mail it to your house.

[@ZayjayZizle]

@@TheBestAroundd if the jeweler cover shipping fees is a great idea !

[@LLthereistome2024]

Government has to get there piece.

[@Dame102988]

America isn’t the only country that does this but we by far have the lowest rates. Ask me how I know 😅

[@Built_it_by-alex]

I'm sure the drug cartels are watching this and gaining valuable knowledge

[@deepseakraken89]

a bunch off drugs still make it through USa anyway they have a way, the ones that get caught are just small time

[@dalermehndi4663]

Yes, I am. Thanks

[@user-ed9jv2hx5b]

​@@dalermehndi4663😂😂😂

[@dondrap513]

You think a multi billion dollar industry needs publically available videos to know what they're up against? They have people working in the agencies.

[@mikewirz670]

I think they know everything mentioned here amd way more 😂

[@RaEl-xh3pl]

Duty Tax as if we're not taxed enough wth

[@elainescott6791]

@@yourmommasuqsdik918 same with Canada this open border going on in the US is really awful feel for the citizens with these sick demented no minds walking right thru and have more rights then regular honest tax paying non criminal citizens ….. Biden has ruined the US He should be held accountable evil corrupt family!’

[@superelectric8834]

Duty tax another stealing method. How about I charge the government for the whole trip expenses than? They should pay the flights+hotels+ meals for the whole trip

[@MakerInMotion]

@@yourmommasuqsdik918 Yet everyone is trying to get here. Weird.

[@mercerconsulting9728]

They'll charge you a special tax just for saying that. 😂

[@arewefree]

@@yourmommasuqsdik918 , the problems are they have dumbed us all down. Look at what our FOR FATHERS DID? THE TEA TAX? IMAGINE IF THEY TRIED TO TAX YOUR INCOME BACK THEN? WE ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE TAXED ON INCOME, JUST PROFITS. THEY DUMBED EVERYBODY DOWN. THEY TAX EVERYTHING THEY CAN THINK OF, YET THE PEOPLE COMPLY. STOP COMPLYING DUMMIES.

[@oliverclosehoff8036]

Now we know why the price of banana's is so high😂😂😂

[@nighthawk0077]

These are the true heroes, checking bananas so vigorously!

[@Notbethdutton]

The “Good Booooooy” during the container search made my day ❤

[@Edward-vo5pr]

Fish and chips salad and shite! 😂

[@thepoppoet]

omg that was so awkward

[@ILUVGOLF]

I'm happy that Fluffy didn't have any contraband on him @ 12:47.

[@arielhorseman1104]

😂 I was thinking the same thing!!

[@xavigc5642]

He was definitely a decoy, you can just tell

[@catchjoe1]

I was waiting for him to get busted.. buddy was definitely nervous lol

[@TaterNoggin]

Why the heck do I have to pay tax on stuff I buy outside of the US

[@dripskee6443]

welcome to the US

[@FlyteTVEnt]

I’m still trying to figure that out🤔

[@LucyDropp]

unc sam is a dope fien and takes any penny he can

[@notsocrates9529]

You also have to pay income taxes on money you made overseas while not residing in the US.

[@godsmission5845]

They are tariffs... when the US impose tariffs on countries you pay for it. Or what is known as take bans

[@jamaljames2578]

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@Edward-vo5pr]

Where the USA government experimented on your peoples 😢

[@peterbyun4642]

Why is it unfortunate when you dont find anything? Shouldnt it be fortunate they arent bringing anything in? their mindset sheeeesh

[@andrewfields8556]

Shows you their deviant mindset, the cops are supposed to promote law and order. They are not supposed to get excited when they find product.

[@maxgadd]

it is because they know the statistics, which suggest that most of the time the drugs ARE there. Its more likely that finding no drugs means they FAILED to find the drugs, so no drugs is typically the underisable outcome as an officer.

[@elainescott6791]

The us customs guy is so relaxed about receipts during the inspection!!

[@XPrezObamaX]

He seems like a loser

[@DeMaster1985]

@@XPrezObamaX Well, i bet you are...

[@ArmyStrongGangflu]

BURN ​@@DeMaster1985

[@secularmama]

Indian Guy "Chaudary" in US Customs !

[@troublewarranted3240]

They send someone with Jesus malverde chain or statue and waste their time while loads are getting by 😅

[@samuelpankonien4084]

Lol they know that . While it was being inspected 3 loads went through

[@sladeprendergast5312]

Yes that's what I just said.... I hadn't read your comment yet

[@superelectric8834]

If they send 100 cars with Jesus Malverde stickers in every row of checkpoint?! Imagine the lines of the traffic

[@Blessingdrop]

@@samuelpankonien4084they know that how else they gonna collect that bag from the cartel? Hey you guys a big sticker pull em over that means our boys are bouta roll thru cmon now

[@Ausomee]

I came for that comment.

[@midnashadow8439]

How did the lady even conclude that the office was saying not to go back to her country when all he was saying was to pay her taxes? 🤣 that’s a MASSIVE leap

[@wolfy336]

The guy looked so genuinely happy the couple declared all their high end merchandise. I love that he didn't charge them the duty either...what a wholesome interaction !

[@johnnysechrist6313]

The drug war is a waste of taxpayers $. Legalize and then tax it.

[@mtmadigan82]

Portland did something close to that. It absolutely wrecked the city, made it even worse and the just repealed it a few weeks ago.

[@ryanblanchard2508]

Have you seen Kensington or San Francisco? Do you want the entire country to look like these cities?

[@Neypho]

@@ryanblanchard2508 have you looked into why the cities are actually like that? pro tip: it's not the drugs

[@ryanblanchard2508]

@Neypho is it because they’re run by democrats then? Why do they look like 3rd world countries?

[@Unbreakable2070]

​@@Neyphoit is. Well, a mix of it. We need to regulate it a bit more but absolutely not completely legalize it forsure. It's a waste to putt all the money on preventing it instead of teaching people how to deal with it

[@Jagdeepsingh-bz9fb]

They destroyed the banana 🍌 😂 that's disrespecting mam

[@ALiM4Do4SelfMusic]

🕓 Should have to leave a dollar 4 each banana ruined.

[@Orrin-zp5kl]

Nothing better than respectful officer and respectful passengers. It is always safe to KNOW what you are bringing for other persons. Even if they tell you what it is, check it for yourselves...even if it is from your own family members. I've seen ppl's family do some messed up stuff, so stay safe out there while traveling ppl

[@iSHOOTmeth]

12:48 This guy was 100000% a distraction look how much time they wasted on him searching him and X ray the car and dog sniffing while all those Kilos got through and all it took was a sticker on the back of the car that smugglers use for goodluck 😂🇲🇽

[@A6Legit]

They know which car to not put it in, that's for sure.

[@kuebby]

Officer Choudary is truly an exemplary officer. He took such a lovely empathetic approach to the interaction that you can't help but like him. That's how every cop should be, helping people to comply with the law, not just trying to create a "gotcha" moment.

[@mayankverma6940]

Indian buddy 🇮🇳

[@TeyaeTv]

🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forever

[@bestinnj5803]

@@mayankverma6940Bengali

[@darylfortney8081]

This is like an instructional video for the smugglers on how not to get caught

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

You have to be a m0ron to think they expose everything 😂

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

And actually they likely put false information out on purpose

[@user-ed9jv2hx5b]

Do we gotta search every crate of these bananas, cause that's bananas

[@samuelpankonien4084]

5600$ penalty is a steep learning moment

[@ryanblanchard2508]

Plus an additional $500, so about $6100 total. She deserved it and I bet she won’t try it again. 👌🤣

[@A6Legit]

Having your luggage searched for anything that isnt a weapon seems like a violation to me

[@NEW_LEVEL_BULLIES]

That saint is Saint Jude not Malverde 🤣

[@notboutit6090]

Lmaoooooooo

[@jojofreelancer1210]

US is already conpleted flooded. At this point these guys job is making a film. They definitely are not doing any damage to supply of drugs.

[@knollisthompson9479]

😊

[@Sniperboy5551]

The War on Drugs is a massive waste of money

[@LLthereistome2024]

Not with bidonions open border policy, build that wall Trump started,and keep going but at least they catch some of them.

[@LLthereistome2024]

I wonder if they ever see those tarantula

[@youngharris4730]

What do they do with the drugs they confiscated

[@daddychill852]

marking someone as suspicious for having religious items in and on their car is crazy

[@philly1559]

I can tell your 12

[@caseylayton4898]

​@@philly1559you're *

[@b14922]

ikr? they should just let them through, a little bit of drugs dont hurt anyone

[@dondrap513]

Cartels should send 100 decoys with those things and a single car without that's loaded all at the same time.

[@verdebusterAP]

You would have been surprise little things can be tell tale signs

[@nomastersnogods9303]

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZbin by National Geographic is truly a gift 👍👍👍 By the way, may I also remind you the fact that our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions. Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering TWO BILLION! A shocking sad truth. In my humble opinion, it's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people. Notorious global cardinal crimes the Christian West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask? 😔

[@PaulaDautremont]

I love Nat Geo.

[@scorpjess84]

Least the government can do tf

[@erchhina2105]

😊

[@rottenrobbie8466]

My jaw dropped as I learnt Native American population in their motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions. Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering TWO BILLION.. It is a shockingly sad truth.

[@rottenrobbie8466]

Here in California alone there were an estimated half a million (500,000) indigenous Native people inhabited there before Spanish arrived. Less than 5 % were hunter gatherers while overwhelming majority settled down and along oceans, rivers, creeks, lakes, waterways and grew agricultural stuff for food. After Spanish and Anglo conquest, after placing them in Rancheria/Reservation, less than 20,000 survived.

[@yairrodriguez1870]

Imagine you go through extensive training and schooling just so you can be put on the banana detail😅

[@iNtRoVeRsIoNaLiSm]

11:30 perfect decoy therefor the 2 before and after get through with kilos lol

[@TwoTecs76]

the REAL question is, what EXACTLY do they do with the seized PRODUCTS? RE-SELL it? 😂😂

[@tonymante8759]

duty free

[@buddyratliff6535]

Why would ya go to that much trouble when you can just walk across the border uninterrupted and sometimes assisted by BP.

[@ryanblanchard2508]

Biden’s America

[@user-ld8gb6wd5t]

I think that car is the front car that they used to throw you off while you're searching him another car who you wouldn't suspect is getting through

[@riffraff9070]

Don’t worry guys that Duty Tax already been spent by Uncle Sam

[@bestinnj5803]

To go to israel 😂

[@user-qk9yh1zp4u]

“You’re gonna have to pay $16K for jewelery duty, buuuut if you agree to be on this TV show….

[@Edward-vo5pr]

I feel the workers on these programs don’t know the truth about who really sells the coke on a massive, humongous, gigantic, megalithic scale 😂😂😂 Wet behind the ears bless ‘em

[@publicgamer28]

These is better than any Movie I watched.

[@stackbundles4689]

He's the bait and ya'll bit😂

[@thepoppoet]

choundary seems super cool, dude could literally have his own show if he wanted.

[@stevesmith6236]

Those round magnets with the holes in the middle are exactly like the type used in household microwaves.

[@TheManWhoSawTomorrow]

18:12 He must really love his niece lol

[@lethimcook_420]

I see often people that watch this show comment "they catch 1 shipment but the other 100 were through" LOL people don't realize this is a tv show and they can't show everything because of the NDA agreement. I don't want to dox myself but working for around 4-5 years at the port we seize way more than what you see on this show. Obviously we have better machines and methods to detect everything but people still think the cartel is smarter 😂😂 now on my way to start my shift, stay safe yall

[@xXFRESH510Xx]

Lol what you're seizing is a fraction, the US is flooded with drugs.

[@NAB91]

Some bananas were harmed in the making of this video 🍌💀

[@edengates66]

Love how they weigh it with the magnets and all the rapper

[@nickwinn]

The government has to get it's cut of duty fees... it's embarassing

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

As does literally EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY 😂. Learn the purpose of the duty tax

[@thepoppoet]

16:02 "we're going to be releasing the bananas, they could be on the street later today.".

[@de3phaldar]

Having to pay duty taxes on jewelery that was bought abroad to be used for an event is insane....duty taxes seem like a scam

[@roobexcube99]

he said were keeping up the fight hahaha

[@jordanstapleton3180]

The amount of time, resources and tax payer money used to have zero impact on the availability of drugs on the streets is amazing.

[@pulsedream]

9 Kilos with the magnet! Someone about to get ripped off.

[@TommyGFPV]

LOL yeah, weigh the bricks WITH all the magnets "yup, 9 kilos".

[@mudooladaniel1303]

These guys have à job to do. Imagine inspecting all those boxes one by one

[@falseflagpsy-op]

A nickle bag is sold in the park, I WANT MY CUT! -Duty Tax king of NY

[@Landmeinz]

Wow what a shake down

[@Jesus.Christ106]

13:20 while that "suspicious" guy was thoroughly checked, his mates with the stuff went in without problems

[@simoboskovic8132]

Bravo 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@bruteparrot]

I´m just glad the bananas are being released.

[@breezymcbride361]

i know homie mad that the banana turned out being real lol he waited his whole for the moment and failed

[@user-id8bh1zm4u]

How interesting that they get real mean when they get caught out doing the wrong thing.

[@user-ed9jv2hx5b]

If someone says trust me they're about to lie to you

[@johnson5725]

Yea first dudes were lying this cop is bad can’t understand. 15 years, lol ahah they weren’t even a couple. He was nervous... so bad job by the police

[@Jack-zs2yd]

@@johnson5725 I know right !!!! That Rolex was totally a new purchase.

[@robp3431]

Reminds of a Seinfeld episode "I like to shop at the duty-free shop"

[@Giancarlum]

Amazing video

[@elcaminosupersport]

How is 9 kilos $460 thousand dollars ???? thats $51 thousand a Kilo. That price is outrageous 🤬 person who came up with price must be high

[@davidmurray1897]

Why are we paying taxes for personal items bought in a foreign country …

[@ItsDevlcon]

I couldn't do this job. We woulda only found 5 boxes hahah.

[@malachi-]

What this teaches you is simple, no matter what, the gov wants their cut, that is their number one priority.

[@ob1coyote]

I was going to leave a longer comment, but I didn't want to owe taxes on it.

[@roderickflint1330]

Paying duty is ridiculous extortion lol

[@nathanwilliams1338]

imagine if the US government was held to the same accountability standards they hold the American people too.

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

I FOUND SOME HIDDEN PEPSI ON A SHIP ONCE. IT WAS IN THE BACK OF THE CAPTAINS FRIDGE BEHIND THE MILK.

[@jswillie1014]

You sure it wasn't Cola?!?

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

@@jswillie1014 MAYBE

[@jswillie1014]

@@TRICK-OR-TREAT236 😆 🤣 😂 They both burn the esophagus. So there's that!

[@Tre_Vor194]

Disgusting how badly the governments rules are, we are all living like slaves and most don't even realise it.

[@paidinpesos8864]

Its amazing they have the cartel officers working doing the inspections

[@roobexcube99]

pay your "duty to the us govt"

[@Williamsonandcompany]

Any time a person goes to visit a family member in India, especially weddings, then you know they have gold.

[@TheManWhoSawTomorrow]

The dog is going to get mad they didnt allow him to find the load...lol

[@timtim4664]

And this is why Bananas ripen faster, sometimes.....

[@RealTylerBell]

we fought a war to get away from taxes, and we still get stupid taxes

[@bobmarley-ml7wn]

That's because that war was never really about taxes. When was the last time a war was fought with honest intensions, look at the WMD's that were supposedly in Iraq that magically were never there.

[@wazhushkmuskrat9907]

Ah it just occurred to me listening to the agents. It’s a giant tax collection event. Holy moly, I’m not even surprised.

[@BradleySmith1985]

15:50 another reasion why cost gos up because of damage caused by drug inspection. this is one reason why buying anything illigal hurts everyone down the line.

[@scorpjess84]

Amen

[@ivandemko3360]

Cartels know everything won’t get through. But what does is still worth it

[@JaybMinistros-cn2sx]

Finally something new!

[@Edward-vo5pr]

Finally I’ve been able to poo 💩

[@bluet.892]

The fact that if you buy something in another country and pay their tax, and you have to come back to paying more tax, and have some squirrelly little Latino dude threatening to pay or "the government will take it" is insane

[@Blind_Eyez831]

Also, that guy with malverde. . . He’s the girl who walks out before the boxing round. . He’s the national anthem singer. . He’s the flag guy at the race track before the last lap. . Two steps ahead papi’s, good luck

[@alexj835]

Obviously these smugglers never played hide and seek as kids. I’m positive that I could hide anything on a boat that size and it would never be found 🤣

[@cr7neymar908]

so these the guys that seized my pandabuy haul

[@gtcollection6933]

I travel a whole lot and nowhere in this world I've been be that of a mafia-like money hungry "pay me" type thing. So scary this USA, omg...

[@roblounsbury5752]

this is why my bananas are always bruised

[@EricKremer]

Duty tax is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

[@jimmycharpentier5498]

the banana's how says... 🤣🤣🤣

[@12vshady]

Paying duty is ridiculous like it cost more to employ those agents than they take in on rings and watches

[@chrisoulalakkas7935]

MORNING AFFIRMATION: I am fully committed to achieving my goals.

[@BARBIE4THETUBE]

ROFL

[@Doomsons]

making that old lady pay 500 and 5k for clothes and jewlery what a robbery in plain sight

[@MrKeysersoze1981]

The politicians that resell this are going to make bank.

[@simplyrogue]

the decaled saint vehicle was probably a decoy

[@DaGrumpyTaco]

I bet the banana inspectors hate their job

[@laleche1554]

The duty guy think we owe him money....