HSI agents follow a controlled delivery of meth to multiple residences in an attempt to catch an international drug smuggler. A passenger in Miami makes things difficult for himself when he refuses to answer a CBP officer’s routine questions about his travel. CBP officers in JFK tear through a warehouse searching for small amounts of narcotics hidden across different shipments of prepared food.
HSI agents follow a possible meetup between one of their undercover agents and a smuggler delivering large quantities of meth in Atlanta. CBP officers in New York find a female passenger with several balloons of cocaine dangerously on and inside her body. In Miami, CBP officers have to push for answers from passengers that clearly aren’t telling the truth.
Millions of people enter the U.S. through JFK, MIA and ATL airports each year. Hidden among the nonstop human tidal wave is an endless stream of contraband and ill intentions. Defending our borders are the vigilant men and women of the Department of Homeland Security, whose agencies make up a three-tiered defense of America’s airports. Using every tool available, DHS will stop at nothing to catch a smuggler.
CBP Atlanta discovers a suitcase left in the airport by its owner, which contains cocaine concealed in coffee bags. Suspecting a trend, officers begin blitzing flights from the source country and make a second arrest. CBP Miami investigates a series of wildlife trafficking crimes, including an elderly man suspected of smuggling birds to the U.S. in his pants.
After CBP officers at JFK discover a false-bottomed suitcase filled with cocaine, HSI heads to Brooklyn with their cooperating passenger to catch the person expecting the load. In Miami, HSI questions a Venezuelan man who swallowed 85 pellets of cocaine. In Atlanta, Agriculture Specialists search items from Africa for invasive pests.
HSI Atlanta disrupt a transnational meth trafficking ring, resulting in multiple arrests, the seizure of 2 handguns, $67,000 in cash and 21 kilos of meth. CBP Miami seize one of the largest illegal shipments of shark fins in the port’s history - roughly 1,400 pounds of shark fins worth nearly $1 million. CBP New York bust a young woman for smuggling roughly 1 kilo of cocaine in her purse lining.
Jerry Decker
Producer