Contraband: Seized at Sea (2024) s01e08 Episode Script

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KEY LARGO - FLORIDA KEYS
The Florida Keys.
As well as white sand beaches,
the Keys are home to mangrove
forests, rugged and isolated areas
that are difficult to get in and out of.
Ever since the cocaine boom of the '80s,
these mangrove forests
have been used by smugglers,
to bring narcotics into the U.S.
due to the many channels
and inlets where boats can drop off
drugs far away from prying eyes.
Today, Agent Centeno is on route
to a report of a suspicious package
that has been found near Key Largo.
We had a call reported
from the Sheriff's office
by an individual that found a package
that appears to be drugs.
Agent Centeno arrives on the scene
to conduct his investigation.
He said the gentleman
should still be here,
and so he can show me where he found it,
see if there's anything else around.
A local man was cleaning up the shoreline
when he stumbled upon a package.
So it was right down here.
I started at the end working this way
and saw like a buoy or a bottle
or something.
I kind of leaned out there to get it
and looked down and right adjacent to it
is a rectangular brick object.
It was right down here, this is my mark.
It's right down here, it's easier
to get in over here, yeah.
So at that time the tide was right up
and it was kind of like
sort of floating in the seaweed.
Right there.
Washed up up on the shoreline
is a brick of suspected narcotics.
Contraband Seized at Sea
Fort Lauderdale on Florida's East Coast.
FLORIDA
FORT LAUDERDALE
Known as the yachting capital
of the U.S.,
this area attracts wealthy
individuals from all over the world.
Recently, brazen criminals have been
stealing expensive boats from arenas
to traffic contraband into the U.S.
Today, a marine interdiction boat
is patrolling five miles offshore.
On board are agents Alex and Mike,
led by experienced vessel commander Fritz,
the unit's training instructor
who sees every mission as a
chance to improve their skills.
We go right as team member,
even though I'm their instructor
and it hurts way less
to get hammered by me
versus getting hammered by a bad guy.
That's a hospital trip
that's family that are destroyed.
With the assistance of air support,
they are looking for a high end cruiser
that was reported stolen a few days ago
and is believed to have been
spotted leaving the Bahamas
earlier this morning.
The source intel says
the boat left the island,
so that's what the plane is up there
looking for specifically.
If he spots it, then we'll be
the ones that are on it.
Location for that vessel is 260.9.
They don't have to wait long
for air support
to call in a possible target.
It's going to be a speed of 20 knots
and a course of two niner six.
See it, right there, new point.
If this is the boat they're looking for,
vessel commander Fritz
wants them to be ready for anything.
So instructs his agents
to get their shotguns out.
You might get your stuff ready
and if it's not, you can put it down.
See how quickly we approach the vessel,
that's not the time to go get your guns.
We can either walk to our success
or run to our death.
- Right, shotgun is on deck.
- All right, got you.
On the horizon, agents catch
their first glimpse of the target.
That might be him right there.
You guys ready?
- Good to go.
- It looks like a yacht, Fritz.
That's our guy though,
that's gotta be him.
As they approach the cruiser,
it fails to stop.
- Light them up.
- Yeah.
Eventually the target boat slows.
- Can you get closer for me Fritz?
- U.S. Customs.
How many people do you have on board?
- Five people on board.
- Keep everybody up there.
You go up there with them. We'll step
aboard and then I will talk to you.
- You gonna go across?
- Yeah, we're going across.
Boarding any vessel
exposes agents to great risk.
But on a large boat
with many areas out of sight,
they're especially vulnerable.
- You stay right there.
- We'll stay right there.
No, no, stay in there.
Go ahead, I'll check inside.
Agent Alex confines the five people
on board to the top deck
before beginning his inspection.
We'll conduct a document check
on your vessel
as you're coming from out of the country,
also going to do a border search.
There's nobody else downstairs?
And no weapons onboard, right?
Organized crime groups are
operating with increased frequency
in this area.
They steal these boats a lot
and then they bring them over
as if they own them
and they fill them full of migrants
and they leave them on the beach.
Agent Alex wants to see documentation
to prove that this vessel
is really theirs.
Do you have the registration
of the vessel and ID?
- I'll get it.
- He's searching, he'll be a while.
Yo, keep one ear on your mic.
While Agent Mike carries out a search.
- Fritz, do you copy?
- I got you.
If anything is hidden on this boat,
it will be below deck.
U.S. Customs.
Step-by-step, Agent Mike slowly
descends into the living spaces
on board the boat
unsure of what he will find.
U.S. Customs.
Puerto Rico.
PUERTO RICO
A U.S. Territory
in the Caribbean Sea.
It's the job of customs importer
protection agents
to patrol U.S. Territorial waters
which extend 12 miles out to sea.
- You good?
- Check.
- Yeah, clear.
- Check.
Tonight, they are being dispatched
to track an unusually large vessel
that's been spotted on radar
just outside U.S. waters,
heading in a southbound
direction at ten knots.
On board is vessel commander LeBron.
It's gone into one of our assets
calling out
a possible vessel coming up
to the southside of the Yukos,
so we're gonna see what it is.
- You guys good?
- Yep.
Mighty good.
The international waters
around Puerto Rico
are sometimes navigated by naval vessels
hostile to U.S. interests
because of its proximity to Cuba.
We have lights in our bow,
that's going to be our target right?
Affirmative, approximately three
miles on the bow.
They're a long way from shore
and any potential backup.
It's a huge ship.
That's the one been on radar forever.
Can you reach out
to the United States Coast Guard
and see if they have a cutter out here?
Roger, I'll let you know.
As they approach the unidentified
boat, agents are in disbelief.
- I don't think that's a cutter, man.
- No.
Be advised that
there's no one else in that area.
Agents are still in the dark,
as the unknown vessel is confirmed
as not being
a U.S. Coastguard Cutter.
What is that, Jeff? Look at that.
Is that a helicopter on the back?
No, it looks like a cannon
on the back of it.
- Yah, dude, that looks like a--
- Doesn't that look like a cannon?
- Yes.
- That's a warship.
If this is a warship,
agents need to find out
what it's doing here
and what it's intentions are.
KEY LARGO - FLORIDA KEYS
In a mangrove forest, near Key Largo.
It was just barely in the water, yeah.
Agent Centeno is examining
a brick of suspected narcotics
that washed up on the shoreline.
It's got like a postcard
or a sticker of a dog,
with the name, Pinky, on it.
The brick has a picture
of a Doberman on it
and was discovered by a person
who was cleaning up trash.
Getting the trash out of here's great,
but getting something like that
out here is even better.
The brick could contain dangerous
narcotics that are extremely toxic.
If it's wet, water's leaking out,
it'll be tainted with the drugs.
So you don't want to get that on you.
Good to know,
sometimes I don't wear gloves.
Yeah, you should always wear gloves.
Tell your friends, if you find this
stuff, make sure you wear gloves.
- Thank you for reporting it, Sir.
- Thanks. Sure.
Just yesterday,
a brick of cocaine with identical
markings was found nearby.
So, either it fell off here, where
they may have done the exchange,
or maybe it fell out in the ocean
where they went from boat to boat.
And then it washed out here
eventually. It's really hard to say.
These two packages, found
in close proximity to each other,
are likely from the same shipment.
From here, we take it back to the station.
The only thing we have to go on
is whatever sticker the drug dealers
put on the packages to identify them.
And that would tell
whoever picked them up,
which smuggling organization
they belong to.
So dependent on which stash house
they would go to.
Back at the station, Agent Centeno's
priority is to test the narcotic.
So we're just gonna test it.
- Unsure of what it contains
- Just in case.
Agent Centeno takes
all the necessary precautions.
'Cause sometimes,
when you open it up, the powder
comes out.
Then you'll smell it.
See what Pinky is.
I'm gonna pour some of the sample
into this kit right here.
If the clear liquid from the test kit
turns blue, it's cocaine.
Okay, blue.
This package is confirmed as cocaine.
This one kilo brick
has a street value of $34,000.
Agent Centeno was glad
that the man who found it
turned it in
and wasn't tempted to sell it.
It's always good
when the public comes forward
and gives us information
about stuff they found,
than them trying to get rid of it
on their own,
through criminal circles, that, you
know, it usually doesn't end well.
Now, with the two linked packages
in their possession,
agents can start to build their
investigation into the organization
that is smuggling these packages
into the Keys.
FORT LAUDERDALE - FLORIDA
Five miles out to sea,
near Fort Lauderdale.
- Are you a U.S. citizen?
- Canadian.
- You got the passports?
- Yes.
Agents have boarded a luxury
Canadian registered boat,
coming inbound from the Bahamas,
that matches the description
of a recently stolen cruiser.
U.S. Customs.
Agent Mike is searching the boat,
because their intel indicated this vessel
is possibly being used for smuggling.
He's down doing a search of the cabin,
looking for migrants and so far,
he hasn't found anything.
Agent Mike is searching
every potential hiding space
in the cabin cruiser, including
toilets, showers and wardrobes.
- Fritz, can you copy?
- Go, 3481.
Hey, yeah, buddy, initial inspection
for migrants is clear in bodies.
- They were looking good, we're okay.
- All right.
Agent Mike's search comes back negative.
Now, Agent Alex needs to determine
if the people onboard
actually own the boat.
Oh, actually I have vessel
registration if you want that too?
- Yeah.
- That's the--
- It's registered in Canada, right?
- Yes.
So that's the registration,
that's our cruising permit for--
- That's okay.
- Do you need--
- No, that's fine.
- That's good?
All the documents are in order.
- That's a nice boat.
- Thank you very much.
A real nice boat.
Mike, are you good?
- I'm good up here.
- Yeah, we're good.
- Thank you for your time.
- Yeah.
I'll get out of your way.
Have a good day.
- Thank you, folks.
- Guys, have a good day.
- Good?
- Yeah, got it.
Although this boat matched the
description of the target vessel,
it was not the one they were looking for.
Oh, it was a very nice yacht inside.
Oh, yeah.
Everything, including the vacuum,
was high end.
It turned out, it's not the boat.
I don't think that's the boat.
These people--
- I checked.
- Yeah, they're very nice people.
Vessel commander Fritz
contacts the spotter plane
to update the pilot.
Hey, we're clear
from that last inspection.
We don't have any further
vessels inbound at this time.
We are going to continue searching.
10-4, safe play.
He's been up for two or three hours now
and he's getting close to bingo fuel,
which means he'll be running out.
So he's not gonna be on station
for too much longer.
With no active targets for now,
Fritz and the crew discuss
their performances today.
I could see you operating together.
We didn't let 'em move,
we didn't let 'em reach anything.
Yeah, you didn't do anything wrong.
However, if you're that nervous about it,
"I wanna check this space,
I wanna see what's there."
And Mike's doing something,
"Hey, Mike, come up here.
Watch that guy." Get your pistol,
get in there, go to work.
You understand?
You guys got anything for me?
Your approach was good,
'cause there was a railing, so you
went forward so we could get on it.
Despite the fact that
they didn't find the stolen boat,
the team performed well under
pressure and continues to improve.
Even though I'm their instructor,
we all make mistakes
and if you get to live through one,
then you get to learn from it.
So, each one of us calls each other
out and that's how we get better.
Everybody here, we live or die
together, 100 percent.
One guy fails, we all fail. So, we
try to get better every single day.
MARATHON - FLORIDA KEYS
In the Florida Keys.
Okay, you wanna pull up a chair?
All right, come on over.
Two packages of cocaine
with identical markings
have been found on consecutive days
in the mangroves around Key Largo.
Agents believe the drugs
were transferred from a boat
and that some of them were dropped
overboard and taken by the tide.
Agents Centeno and Nick confer,
in order to pinpoint the precise location
of where this drop-off may have occurred.
So, that one was the one that I picked up.
- Okay, I got ya.
- It was over there by Ocean Point.
I got you, okay. So it was at the end
here on the Atlantic side.
Right. Okay.
Pretty close proximity to each other.
So, what I think is, they're a part
of the same transaction.
They believe they have now identified
the area in the mangroves
where the drugs were handed off
and they expect more to be found.
If it's the same organization
that was making that transaction,
I don't think there are just gonna be
two within one bundle.
So I think, within this close proximity,
that I could see more washing ashore
definitely, absolutely.
Agent Nick wastes no time.
He heads directly to the area of
the mangroves around Key Largo,
where they believe the drugs
were transferred from sea to land.
If he can find evidence left behind
by a pickup crew,
he may be able to prosecute
those involved.
Landings happen up here,
'cause it's advantageous,
as far as concealment's concerned,
with it being heavily vegetated,
a lot of spots for them to hide.
Pickup crews wait in the dead of night,
to transfer narcotics
from boats to vehicles.
They can unload millions of dollars
worth of drugs
in a matter of minutes.
We're in the middle of the vegetation
here, along that route.
Just looking for any potential
hiding spots, any indication
that it's been a layup spot
or a staging area.
It's real thick in here.
Gonna have a look over here.
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
A lot of water bottles left over,
also, there's a fuel can over here.
So, what we can see here
is signs that somebody was here,
signs of a staging area that they've
utilized before they get picked up.
Agent Nick is convinced
he has found the area
where the drugs were handed off.
Fairly large area that smugglers
can utilize for concealment.
And not only the concealment they have,
they also have the main US1 road
which leads into Miami.
So they can get from here
and once you get to US1,
about 30 minutes
we get into the Miami area.
Agent Nick now plans to focus
his investigation on this area,
so that the next time, he can catch
the traffickers red-handed.
En route to the station, a call over
the radio gets his attention.
- Dispatches, can I help you?
- Hey, how you doing?
I know one of the deputies
just put over the radio,
he needs border patrol assistance.
Do you know what it's about, specifically?
What I got is a report of a possible
brick of narcotic
found at the Circle K at the 106
up in Key Largo.
- Okay.
- I have a deputy en route to it.
He's just arriving now
to take a look at it.
Okay, we are en route right now.
Yet another brick of narcotics that
could be linked to his investigation
has washed ashore.
FAJARDO - PUERTO RICO
In Puerto Rico.
Dude, that's some sort of warship,
100 percent.
Life rafts, there's a bow cannon.
Twelve miles out at sea, just on
the edge of U.S. territory waters,
agents have encountered
an unidentified vessel,
that could be a Russian warship.
You turned off the backlight, right?
There have been recent reports
of Russian Naval assets in the area,
due to an international
military training exercise,
involving Cuban and Russian forces.
There's no reason for it to be here,
unless as an act of provocation.
- It's definitely a warship.
- Oh, my God, dude.
Agents have been attempting
to contact the vessel
on radio channel 16,
the international maritime channel
used for emergencies.
- Is 16 turned up?
- Yeah.
But have received no reply,
so they decide to engage.
I'm just gonna hit the blue lights.
- Sound good?
- Yeah.
Yeah, hit the blue lights.
Agents hope to steer the vessel away
from U.S. waters.
But a wrong move
or misinterpreted gesture at sea
could have dire consequences.
Back off and I'll spotlight it.
Don't spotlight it.
They still don't know
if this vessel is friend or foe.
- Richard.
- Yes.
Can you get a hold of the Coast Guard
and let them know what we have here.
Send them our position.
What it looks like, a warship.
Roger, that's a good copy.
- Is he turning?
- Yes.
Their presence seems
to have discouraged the vessel
from venturing any further
towards U.S. waters.
Actually, it looks like a tank,
on the back.
Let's get out of here, bro.
Let's get out of here.
- You guys good?
- Yeah.
Having exhausted all their options
and informed the Coast Guard
of their encounter,
cautiously, they return to base.
PORT NEWARK - NEW JERSEY
Port Newark in New Jersey
is one of the biggest docks
in the entire United States.
NEW JERSEY
PORT NEWARK
It is a critical hub
for international trade,
handling more than 1.5 million
units of cargo each year.
Among these shipments are huge
quantities of imported food.
It's the job of agriculture specialists
to decide what's allowed in.
This is potato chips, nothing wrong.
Today, agriculture specialist, Georgie,
is looking for undeclared meat products.
This shipment is coming from Europe.
Someone is moving to United States.
The issue is, he could be putting,
either intentionally,
or unintentionally, some items of food.
So we wanna make sure that nothing
of those items is in those boxes.
To speed things up, he has called
in Officer Jim and his canine, Pipe,
who has been trained
to locate specific foods.
I know that people
would like the dog more than us.
He's originally trained on apples,
oranges, mangoes, beef and pork.
Those were the five scents
he was trained on.
And then when he comes out
in the field, he learns more.
The dog's nose has a sense of smell
up to 40,000 times stronger
than that of a human.
If Pipe smells any food,
he will indicate by sitting down.
There you go. Good boy!
It's now down to agriculture
specialist, Georgie,
to inspect the contents
and see what is hiding inside.
So, let me see. So far, it's okay.
Oh, see this.
It's a false alarm.
Pipe has sniffed an old glove,
which may have food residue on it.
But he has managed to check an entire
pallet in a matter of minutes.
Around the corner, Pipe heads
directly to another pallet
and it soon becomes apparent why.
What is it, bud? Good boy.
The U.S. accounts for 75 percent
of global hunting trophy imports,
but it is strictly controlled.
Each trophy will be thoroughly checked,
to ensure that it has been hunted legally.
We examine the container from our side,
to see if any leaking in the like,
blood in the boxes or not.
If there is leaking blood
from the hunting trophies,
it could be linked
to any number of diseases
that could be devastating to U.S.
agriculture and livestock.
Agriculture specialist, Georgie,
needs to make sure that each trophy
has been prepared correctly
by a certified taxidermist.
If it's going to be treated to
another certified establishment,
we make sure that
they have the right documents.
The paperwork is confirmed.
All the trophies have been
legally hunted and are disease free.
Mainly, we deal with food, but,
of course, we see sometimes,
you know, something containers
like what we see right now.
This container has passed inspection.
Good job, buddy.
But for agricultural specialist, Georgie,
Officer Jim and canine, Pipe,
it's onto the next.
FAJARDO - PUERTO RICO
In Puerto Rico,
Agent LeBron and his team have encountered
what could be a Russian warship,
twelve miles out to sea, at the
edge of U.S. territorial waters.
Oh, I'm destroyed.
After successfully encouraging
the vessel away,
they decided to cautiously return to base.
This is a surprise for us.
We encounter a lot of things,
but this is the first time I've seen
a ship like that out there.
Agent LeBron wants to find out more
information about the vessel.
We didn't know what it was.
We decided to return and now wait
for any other assets to respond,
because it was not getting safe
for us to be out there.
Agent LeBron gets in touch
with the Coast Guard.
Hey, how you doing, man?
What have you got?
What was it? The Trent.
Do you have a number for that?
I'll look it up on the computer.
P224 you said?
Yeah, it looks just like it.
Thanking you, I appreciate that.
Talk to you later.
HMS Trent is a British Royal Naval
patrol vessel,
used to defend British interests
and those of their allies.
- Hey, Jeff.
- Yeah.
They ID'd it as the Trent, the Royal Navy.
At least it was friendly.
It's an offshore patrol vessel.
But I mean, it has all the
characteristics of a warship.
Doing some research on that vessel,
it looks like it's equipped
with multiple machine guns.
It has cannons as well,
because of the nature of the job
they do and how far south they go
to enter and dig vessels.
On this deployment,
HMS Trent has been combating drug
smuggling from South America.
It's the first time I've seen it out here.
It's unusual for them to be
in this part of the Caribbean,
which is why agents
were taken by surprise.
These type of ships,
since they go that deep South,
they target the big ships
that bring the loads
to give them to the small vessels.
So they tend to get
very large amounts of cocaine.
Across five months of operations,
HMS Trent has seized half a billion
dollars worth of cocaine,
destined for the streets
of America and Europe.
It will give us better knowledge
for next time we encounter
something like this out there.
I'm definitely happy
that it was one of our counterparts.
FORT LAUDERDALE - FLORIDA
Fort Lauderdale on Florida's East Coast.
Gun!
Scan, systems check.
Today, agents are sharpening
their skills at the gun range.
The session is being run
by senior instructor, Fritz.
It's super important
that we're able to operate
and understand what we're shooting at
and when to shoot at it.
And you wont do that without
experience. You have to train.
To the body, one to the head.
Assisting him is experienced
vessel commander, Todd.
We're out here today, to give
our agents the skills they need
to hopefully, win that fight
that we pray never comes.
One, two, three. Gun!
This unit is one of the most
highly trained divisions
in all of customs and border protection.
System check. Check your six.
And recover.
In this unit, we shoot once a month.
It's important because we don't have
a whole lot of backup
that's coming out on the ocean
to help us out.
Go ahead lock, load and make ready
with your 30 round magazine.
Check your stocks, check your optics,
make sure everything is set
the way you want it.
Up!
It's a dangerous job.
Their training could be the
difference between life and death.
Every part of our job is important.
To learning to drive the boat, learn
to operate yourself in an aircraft,
to run your weapons,
those things are essential.
If you can't do one,
you can't do any of it.
- And ready, just clear!
- Lines closed.
To ensure that all agents maintain
the highest standards,
they are routinely tested
with all their service weapons.
The session concludes
with firearms training in the dark.
The majority of our operations
happen at night.
Because we do it at night,
we're almost always son night vision.
Night vision allows the agents
to operate effectively,
sometimes using lethal force in low light.
When the bad things happen
and we're gonna do a shooting,
we get into arresting people, we're
doing that utilizing night vision.
So we have to learn to operate
our tools in the dark.
When you're shooting,
look at the smallest part
of the center mass of the target.
I know you're getting the big picture
with the night vision on,
but look at the smallest part.
All right, going hot.
Range is now hot. Shooters ready.
Up!
They are often called on to operate
under extreme conditions.
I want you guys to try to move
a little bit faster, push yourselves.
Stand by. Up!
All agents have performed above and beyond
the standards required to handle
anything that comes their way.
My kids depend on them being
on their A game and vise versa,
all these folks have children
and families at home
and they're depending on me
to be on my A game.
So far, we're all fanning
the targets, that's good.
Good job, guys.
It's a continual process of improvement
that keeps everyone safe.
We're never done learning.
And I've been here for 15 years
and I'm still not done learning.
- Range cold.
- All right, guys, undo your gear.
Pick up your weapons.
Put all that stuff away,
we'll clear the range.
We'll clean this up,
we'll pack our gear up,
go clean some guns
and get back out on the water.
KEY LARGO - FLORIDA KEYS
In the Florida Keys,
agent Nick has been investigating
the connections
between two packages of cocaine,
marked with the same picture
that were found in mangroves
around Key Largo.
Just about there, about to follow up
and meet with the deputy
and see what he has.
He's en route to meet a local deputy,
to retrieve another package of narcotics
that was found in the same area.
- Oh, you came up in a marked car.
- Hey, how's it going?
How's it going?
Nice to see you, brother.
All righty, let's go see what we have.
Agent Nick takes possession of
the brick of suspected narcotics
from the Sheriff's Department
All righty, awesome.
who was handed the package
from a homeowner.
Did you find it, or someone did
a good Samaritan called in?
No, she actually brought it
to the station.
In public safety,
it was found in her backyard.
Where was her backyard at?
Is it here in Key Largo, or is it?
- Ocean Reef.
- Okay.
She said there was nothing
else. I was like,
next time, call us and we'll come out.
Okay, awesome.
- It's got a nice Doberman on it.
- Okay, all right.
It's probably gonna be cocaine
so we'll see.
- I'm sure it is. All right, guys.
- Appreciate it, brother. Thank you
All righty. Always good
when you're handling stuff,
'cause you don't know what's in it,
or it'll be residue on it.
So it's always good to wear gloves
on the side of caution.
Agent Nick opens the package.
Opening it up here.
And immediately notices, it has the
same markings as the other two.
So, right now, as you can see,
it's very similar on the package.
And it's the same size
as the previous packages.
This weighs, if I had to estimate,
probably about a kilo.
About two pounds, more or less
so we'll take this on back
and we'll take a little ride on back
to the station and process it.
The details of this package
will now further their investigation
and help build a case
against the organization
that has transported it to the U.S.
Back at the station.
We'll get our measurements for
what we'll need for processing it.
And then we'll also test it, to see
what it specifically is in here.
Agent Nick is assisted by
Agent Arroyo, gathering evidence.
What we do when we get these packages,
we photograph them and we keep
a library of the information.
If we ever apprehend somebody
that's using the same markings,
let's say, the DEA or another agency
comes into contact with this,
they already know where it's landing,
where it's coming from,
where it has reached.
Hopefully, it creates a better
picture of where all the drugs
are coming from and who's bringing them.
Agent Arroyo tests the package.
He's using their laser detector,
which can identify thousands
of different chemical compounds.
It'll break it down
and it'll explain to us
exactly what it is
that we're dealing with.
Just by placing the laser
you wanna make sure it's inside,
in the white cell.
It gives near instant results.
Scanned positive
for cocaine hydrochloride,
which is basically,
the properties of cocaine.
The package weighs
a little over one kilogram.
Even with this brick, it all looks
kind of relatively small,
but this is pretty high,
value at $34,000 per kilo.
Details on all the narcotic bundles
will be meticulously recorded.
The agents of Border Patrol
in the Florida Keys
continue to build a case
against the traffickers.
It is rewarding getting
the stuff up the street,
because if this gets into the wrong hands,
somebody is curious,
maybe wanting to experiment,
but also the violence that comes with it.
Money unfortunately can bring in violence
and it is important that we got this.
And it's rewarding
that we got this off the street.
A recent United Nations
world drug report concluded
that cocaine smuggling
by sea is increasing.
The global supply of cocaine
remains at record levels.
The Royal Navy Ship did not announce
its proximity to Puerto Rico.
A week earlier, Russian warships
had been in the same area.
Investigations continue to locate
the stolen motor cruiser.
Agents are pursuing many leads.
More packages of cocaine
with similar markings
were found in the Florida Keys.
Agents continue to investigate
the organization
that trafficked them into the U.S.