01x11 - Ghost Ship

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An estimated one million vehicles

are stolen in the United States each year,

worth a total of $8 billion.

At Port Newark, New Jersey,

Customs and Border Protection

Officers are always on the lookout

to prevent these stolen vehicles

from being smuggled out

of the country by criminal gangs.

Our targeting team has identified

two containers of interest

that we've now moved over

to the warehouse.

We're going to head over there

and see what's going on with them.

Intel suggests some shipments

are hiding stolen goods,

and Customs and Border Protection

Officer Paul

is on his way to investigate them.

We suspect that it holds vehicles.

The manifest shows it is personal

effects going to West Africa.

We're going to have the container scanned.

The container is x-rayed.

The paperwork shows it should be

full of household items.

But the scan reveals that is

definitely not what's inside.

This is an image that we just took

out in the yard.

Clearly, it has two vehicles.

One of them looks like an SUV.

The other one looks like a Sedan.

I suspect at least one of

these vehicles to be stolen.

That's my hope.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Just 50 miles of water separates it

from the Bahamas.

This morning, Vessel Commander Fritz,

backed up by Agents Alex and Mike,

are patrolling the waters.

Bay is clear.

They've received a tip-off that

a high-powered boat

will be leaving the Bahamas

with a stash of narcotics on board.

Air Support is providing them

with aerial information.

We got a plane up. It's calling out

targets for Miami now,

they'll come up and fight for us.

So when we both leave the Bahamas,

we'll get called.

It's not long before the aircraft

spots a suspicious boat

heading towards the Florida coast.

All right.

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- You got it, Mike?

- There it is.

That's a good copy.

They have a vessel coming in.

It's got two guys on a boat without a top

with a bunch of bags in the front.

Sounds like it's legit target.

Sometimes people ride that way,

and don't know that they look

like drug runners.

Drug runners often hide narcotics

and bags ready to throw overboard

if they're being pursued.

The Agents scan the horizon looking

for the suspect vessel.

We'll wait for them to enter

our customs waters,

and once he's well-established

within our jurisdiction,

we will attempt to perform

a US Customs Inspection on him.

- We'll see how that goes.

- That's gonna be them.

I see him right there off our

starboard, in front of you Alex.

Yeah, there's two guys out there.

It's at our one o'clock.

If this is a drug smuggler,

as they suspect,

it could try to speed off at any moment.

Hand my riffle has had it there.

They ready their weapons to prepare

for the worst.

They are right in front of us.

Hey, that's him right there. There he

is. Got him.

Right in front of us.

The team makes their move

and pulls up alongside the suspect's boat.

- Coming trough.

- Not yet. Not yet.

Not yet.

Weapon on deck.

The driver soon stops.

Gentlemen, how are you doing today?

- U.S. Customs.

- Sir.

- All right, where are we coming from?

- Bimini.

Keep it in gear, about 5 knots.

We're going to come on board.

You got your passports,

identification for the vessel?

- Yes, sir.

- Okay.

Can you move forward for me, you

the one sitting down.

Captain, you just keep driving.

- Appreciate it, captain.

- No problem.

Hang on to that railing,

ti's the only thing we have.

The suspicious bags spotted from the

air are clearly visible.

Alex and Mike board the vessel

in order to further investigate.

That's close.

- That was close.

- You're good.

Where are your documents for

the vessel? Where are they?

- Is this your vessel?

- Yes, sir.

How do you know these guys?

That's my son and my best friend.

- IDs where they at?

- In my backpack which is in here.

Fritz keeps a watchful eye,

and something isn't sitting right.

The Captain is super nervous.

I mean, he's, like, really nervous.

Do we have any weapons on board

anything like that?

Yes, sir.

While having a weapon isn't ill*gal,

it does make the situation even tenser.

Agents want to secure the weapon quickly.

- Where are they?

- Hey, guy.

Stop reaching for everything.

Before the Captain can reach it first.

Just keep your hands still,

listen to what he's telling you.

One hundred miles south

in the Florida Keys,

the last gusts

of Hurricane Debby are petering out.

The Category One hurricane created

a significant storm surge,

which left locals with loads of

debris to clean up.

But Border Patrol Agent Nick

is recovering another load

that washes up these major storms

narcotics.

I'm headed down south towards Key West,

we received a call of a package that

has washed ashore.

It's been as a result of the storm.

From the description itself,

and just from past experiences,

it sounds like it's gonna be a wash

up of cocaine.

He's meeting an off-duty police

officer at Veterans Memorial Beach.

Hello.

I'll take it from here, okay?

The officer hands over five packages

which were found earlier by a beach-goer.

These packages could be worth

10s of thousands of dollars,

and over the past few days,

more and more have been washing up.

Agent Nick is working fast

with the clean up,

to ensure they don't fall

into the wrong hands.

So it's got to be cocaine.

It's got to be about a kilo.

Got five bricks, so five kilos, 10 pounds.

So it's all neatly packaged,

more methodically packaged.

There have been previous wash-ups

of packages like this all week

containing a symbol on the wrapper

that's linked to drug dens,

but to confirm it's narcotics inside,

Agent Nick will need to take it

to the station for analysis.

We'll process it. Get a confirmation,

but, in my experience,

it's gonna be cocaine.

Off the coast of Fort Lauderdale,

Vessel Commander Fritz, and his

team, have stopped a small boat

which has several suspicious bags

in the front.

- Do we have any weapons on board?

- Yes, sir.

As well as having a firearm on board,

the Captain is acting nervous.

Hey, guy. Stop reaching for

everything.

Keep your hands still,

listen to what he's telling you.

Where are they? Where's the weapon?

- It's locked in here.

- Sit right here.

- Drive the boat.

- Yes, sir.

This is only adding to the Agents'

suspicions

that the group could be running drugs.

He's coming in from born mostly

likely from the Bahamas

he's got bags at the front.

They look they're smugglers.

It's a typical profile

for what the smugglers do.

They throw a bunch of stuff

under the bow of the boat

to get rid of it quickly

if they get stopped by Customs,

they have weighted bags,

they throw them overboard,

and don't have dope on the boat.

Alex and Mike are carrying out

a thorough search.

Who's the registered owner of the

weapon there? You are?

It's my law enforcement weapon.

You in law enforcement?

Retired Paducah County Sheriff's Office.

The man claims to be retired law

enforcement

but that doesn't fit his jumpy behavior.

Where you coming from?

- From Bimini.

- Okay.

- You met with anybody on up here?

- No.

We were fishing over there, nothing else.

- And there's no weapons in that bag?

- No.

That's his clothes bag.

Can I open that?

Its clothes and blankets and pillows.

Mike goes through every one of the

bags in search of any contraband.

Alex carries out checks to ensure

they are who they say they are.

There's a camo backpack in there.

It's got myself and my son's passport

and other documents.

- He's your son?

- Yes, sir.

- I found the ID.

- There we go.

Very good, buddy.

- Mike these guys are good man.

- Thank you for your time.

Despite the suspicious bags on the boat,

the search has come back clean.

And the discovery of the man's ID confirms

that he is, indeed,

retired law enforcement.

Here you go cap.

I'll put it back in there for you.

So all of the men are free to go.

- Fritz we're good.

- We're good.

Ten-Four. We're getting ready to

clear this stop.

But the reasons for him being so

nervous remain a mystery.

- Thank you guys.

- Thank you, no problem.

He was, like, yeah I have firearms,

and he kept reaching for spots

where I couldn't see his hands.

Law enforcement officers knows

that hands k*ll people,

k*ll us mostly, and, as a cop,

you know you shouldn't be moving

your hands around.

If he was a former law

enforcement officer,

he should know, keep your hands

where the other guys can see them.

For Fritz's team it's back out to

protect the waters once again,

continuing the hunt for traffickers.

The Port of Newark, New Jersey.

Following a tip off from intelligence,

officers have seized a container

that is heading to West Africa.

After X-raying the contents, Customs

and Border Protection Officer Paul

has discovered that what is inside

is not what it should be.

This container is supposed to have

personal effects and household goods.

There's two vehicles in here

and there's no personal effects.

You can see one

is an SUV, another one is a Sedan.

And it's laid off out for us in the

back of the warehouse.

We'll go and confirm the VIN numbers

and make sure that they're not stolen.

They are taken out of the container

and placed in a warehouse full

of previously-seized stolen cars.

Each year, 100,000 vehicle thefts

in the United States

end up in African ports,

where they're either resold

or stripped down for parts.

Just one stolen high-end luxury car

could make a criminal g*ng

tens of thousands of dollars.

We have a Range Rover over here,

that came out of the container.

And the other one is the Sudan,

this is a BMW.

These particular vehicles are expensive.

Anywhere between $75 - $125,000.

Sometimes more.

Criminal gangs use specialized technology

to hack the keyless systems

on newer vehicles, often stealing

them from outside the owner's home.

Whiskey Bravo Yankee.

Right now, We'll collect the public VINs

and We'll start running them through

the system and see what comes back.

Although the shipment paperwork

is incorrect,

they won't know for certain

if these cars are stolen

until they check them

against a National Database.

Since the vehicles don't have

any license plates,

officers look for the vehicle

identification number, or VIN,

a unique code given to every vehicle

before it leaves the factory line.

The sticker looks good.

We do occasionally come across

fraudulent stickers, VIN stickers.

So, in this particular case, this one

seems to be okay.

I'm just checking the public VIN

in the window against the confidential VIN

that is here in the engine compartment,

and it does match up.

- All good, guys? All right.

- Yeah. You?

The VINs are genuine, so c ustoms

and Border Protection Officer Billy

phones through the details

to the Police Database

to find out if they are listed as stolen.

While they anxiously wait,

a second container is brought

into the warehouse for inspection.

This one is on its way to Europe,

but it's been intercepted, due to

suspicions over its paperwork.

- There're vehicles in this container?

- There's no way.

Despite being stacked with household

goods,

this time the manifest does state

that there are four cars inside.

We can clearly see the personal effects,

but the vehicles are hidden

behind all this,

so it's gonna take some time

for the warehouse

personnel to take this all out for us.

Paul's instinct is telling him

something is not right,

but in order to find out,

the officers will need to get to the cars.

We'll see what kind of gems

are hidden in the back.

Back in the Florida Keys,

following the destruction

of Hurricane Debby,

Border Patrol Agent Nick has

collected five suspicious packages

from Veterans Memorial Beach in Key West.

We've got five bricks,

so five kilos, ten pounds.

In my experience, it's gonna be cocaine.

The cocaine packages are just one of many

that have washed up

after recent hurricanes.

Believing them to be packages made

by drug smugglers,

he is taking them to the station

for analysis.

Cocaine test kit, please.

We'll take one of our test kits.

We're gonna remove some of what's in here.

We'll put it in the little test bag,

and then We'll be looking

for a certain color as it reacts

when we break that vial.

As long as this meets certain colors,

that's gonna indicate what

it is, and what we have here.

Nick only needs to test a small

amount of the powder.

Pop it in here.

It needs to go and rest

at the bottom of our test kit.

Give it a little shake, agitate it

a little bit

this is gonna test positive for cocaine.

The test glows blue, which

is a positive result for cocaine.

Nick weighs the packages.

5.8 kilos.

At nearly six kilos,

these packages of cocaine

would be worth a street value

of around $128,000.

The haul will be destroyed but given

the recent storms,

this probably isn't the last load

that will wash up.

The seas are pretty rough out there.

A lot of waves, a lot of wind,

which as a result

that's gonna bring more stuff ashore.

So the likelihood of seeing more

of these packages, will increase.

It's nearly midnight

in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The dead of night is the perfect time

for boats loaded with contraband

to attempt to enter American waters.

We'll get right in as soon

as we see something coming in.

Marine Agents Aaron, Kyle, and Rob

are on the night patrol.

They've received intelligence

from Air Units

that a boat carrying drugs

will be making the crossing

from the Bahamas to Florida at any moment.

We have intel on a target of interest.

We are trying to see what they're doing.

We know they're up to no good,

based on the intel that we've received,

but we don't have anything solid yet,

so we're watching and waiting.

It's a waiting game.

The vessel was recently spotted

by aerial surveillance,

fishing in waters

just out of US jurisdiction.

It's a common tactic used

by drug smugglers

to wait until it's dark

before making their move.

We found the boat. Looks like they're

just fishing right now.

So we're going to let them hang out,

do what they've gonna do.

It doesn't look like they have any

different plans at the moment, so.

My gut tells me that something is

gonna happen tonight.

That' a good thing and a bad thing to

say at the same time,

but yeah, I feel like something

is gonna go down.

The Agents begin a slow southward journey.

When the boat enters American waters,

they want to be close enough to catch it,

but not too close to scare it off.

Kyle's got a target on radar.

- Roger that.

- Still a way away, though.

The Agents wait for the radar to show

that the boat has moved

into American waters.

- All right, good. Here we go.

- Good.

Do you want to go lights out?

As they get closer, they switch off

their lights to avoid detection.

- Lights out.

- Lights out.

If they are spotted, the boat

could dump any drugs overboard.

- Hey, Aaron.

- Yes, sir.

They must be ready.

- You take a sh**ter?

- Sure.

For every scenario.

- You guys see any lights up there?

- No.

We have a contact off your port bow.

Should be able to see it.

You would think.

Radar keeps going in and out.

Suddenly, in the complete darkness

of the night,

the vessel vanishes from the radar.

Still nothing on radar.

- Picked it up again.

- Nice.

Still keeps going in and out.

It could be caused by interference

from the rough seas,

but according to their previous

coordinates,

the boat should be right

in front of them

Come on radar, pick it up.

but it's nowhere to be seen.

I think that was a ghost target.

It's weird that it kept coming up

north though.

When it would reappear, it was

always, like, a little bit further.

Don't know what it was.

It would hold on to it for a good

few minutes,

and then it would drop it.

Chasing ghosts.

The suspected drug boat

seems to have strangely

vanished into thin air.

Our radar is not always an accurate thing,

especially since we have sea conditions.

The seas are a little choppy out

here, so sometimes you lose targets.

Or sometimes they may not even

actually exist,

the radar is picking up something else.

It could be a flock of birds,

or a submarine.

Just doing what we can

to see if it will go quiet again.

I'm just hoping it's not a sub.

It's been a long day.

Coming out.

Whatever boat was earlier spotted

from the air is now no longer there.

The disappointed team heads back to shore.

So, we'll be hanging the boat

up, mission over.

And start senselessly and

continuously beating ourselves up,

so we'll call it.

We still have to come back

in the water tomorrow.

Back at it first thing tomorrow morning.

It's one of those things.

A cat and mouse game.

We are always trying to catch them,

they're trying to get away from us.

Not much of our luck tonight,

but it doesn't mean we won't have

luck next time.

Win some, you lose some.

At the Port of Newark, New Jersey,

following a tip off,

Customs and Border Protection Officer Paul

is searching containers believed

to hold stolen cars.

There's two vehicles in here

and there's no personal effects.

The first container had two cars

destined for West Africa,

a known hot spot for vehicles stolen

from the United States.

Neither vehicle was disclosed

on the paperwork.

As the team awaits confirmation

on whether the vehicles are stolen,

they are searching a second container

that has been stopped

on its way to Europe.

Four vehicles in this container?

There's no way.

The container is stacked high

with household goods,

and there are four vehicles

crammed inside.

Making cars as inaccessible as possible

for customs searches is a known

trick of smuggling gangs.

- One, two the three up there.

- Right, right, right.

There's two sets of chains.

- You see the mattress?

- Yep.

Right now, we see a total

of four vehicles.

Two hanging up on chains,

and two down at the bottom,

mixed in with a lot of personal effects.

We've got one motorcycle here.

We can't really tell what's

in the back of the container.

It doesn't look much at the front.

But we'll see what kind of gems are

hidden in the back.

Officers Paul and Billy check

the shipment manifest.

There is a lot of toys in there.

Although four vehicles are listed

on the paperwork,

given how they have been hidden

by household items,

Paul wants to check them over.

Some of these older motorcycles

are still valuable,

even though they're in rough shape,

the parts alone carry a lot of weight.

They'll strip this down

and then farm out the parts

and probably make tenfold what they

could on just one stolen unit.

Officers Paul and Billy will have

to individually check each vehicle

to ensure they match those

listed on the shipment paperwork.

But already, the motorcycle

is looking suspicious.

We're looking for the VIN number.

It's normally put on the front

of the frame of the motorcycle,

usually up here by the neck.

The VIN number seems to have been removed,

making the owners very hard to trace.

To Paul it suggests that someone may

be trying to hide something.

There's some rivets

that are missing over there.

The VIN plate could have been removed

nefariously,

to hide the fact

that it's a stolen vehicle.

In Fort Lauderdale.

Marine and Air Units work 24/7

keeping their eyes out for

suspicious vessels.

One of their biggest

tasks is monitoring drug runners

who travel between Florida and the Bahamas

carrying narcotics to land.

Lots of fishing gear on board.

Looks like they're coming back

from a fishing trip.

Three to four people on board.

Approximately, 30 foot in length.

That's a good copy.

We're standing by.

A report has come in from Air Units

about another sighting of another

drug pushing.

Gangs carrying narcotics often

disguise themselves as fishing boats

to travel in and out of US waters.

We're still more than 20 miles out,

so we're just gonna run.

They're just trying to try move

and intercept,

as we get closer, maybe six miles in.

With the ability to reach speeds

of 60 miles an hour,

the team heads out to intercept the boat.

A vessel must be within US waters

for them to have jurisdiction.

But first, they need to determine

where it's heading.

All right, let's see

what we got coming at us.

We're looking for anything in this

area right here.

We're between Hillsboro inlet

and Boca Raton inlet.

Both are a likely scenario for the

boat the aircraft is tracking.

So we're trying to look them up on radar,

and then we'll intercept them.

But today

The swells are getting horrible, man.

Man, that's big.

The seas are not helping.

This is the kind of sea state that

gets you sick when you're fishing.

Give to me that long again.

Luckily the aircraft is still in the area.

It provides an update on the

target's position.

Hey, Captain. It is 26, 23 north.

Two miles that way.

All right, keep your eyes out.

With new coordinates from their

eye in the sky,

Fritz and the team head to the location.

I think I see him.

But as they approach, the unexpected

happens.

I got a motor

that's getting ready to go on.

We're down a motor.

The Florida Keys stretch nearly 200 miles,

and they have 800 islands in total.

With so many inlets for boats,

it's a tempting place for people

smugglers,

drug pushers and criminals to hide,

and offload onto land.

And their ideal time is the dead of night.

This is basically where the Florida

Keys starts

and this is the county line

coming up here.

Tonight, is checking the known

hotspots on land

where criminals sometimes operate.

Tonight, I'm working from six at

night until four in the morning.

I'm just patrolling the Northern Key,

mostly Key Largo.

We're looking for any type of

smuggling activity,

monitoring for any landings.

This is one of our frequent areas

where we get a lot of migrant landings.

Drug smuggling occurs here frequently.

We're checking the area to

see if there's anything suspicious.

It's always a cat and mouse game

as to when they're gonna come.

It's nearly midnight,

and anyone spotted in this area

will immediately be of interest

I'm just gonna run his license plate

and see what's going on.

He's not supposed to be parked here.

And already a car illegally parked

near a known smuggling area

has caught his attention.

How are you doing?

Is this your car?

What are you doing down here?

If you don't mind me asking.

- Okay. Yes.

- No, no. Do you speak Spanish?

All right, what are you doing around

here at night?

- No, we were just fishing here.

- Fishing?

- Do you have a license SIC, please?

- Yes, sir.

- You don't have any firearms?

- No, no, no, no.

- No one else, you're alone?

- My partner. He's over there.

- The one fishing? Okay.

- Yes.

The man claims his friend is fishing

somewhere in the undergrowth.

It was to check what you were doing.

- You're not doing anything ill*gal?

- No, not even drinking.

- You're not picking up people?

- No, no, no.

Night fishing is popular in the

summer months in Florida,

but Agent White wants to be sure

he's not using this as a cover

for something else.

Just a vehicle parked in the side of

the road in a known smuggling area,

sometimes they're fishing, sometimes

they're acting like they're fishing.

We're making sure that hey don't have

any contraband with them.

While Agent White is running

the man's details

through the system to ensure

he is who he says he is,

his friend suddenly appears.

- How are you? Good evening.

- Good evening, friend.

- He told me you're fishing?

- Uh-huh.

I'm checking here because we have

a lot of things happening here, okay?

There's a lot of contraband around here

and it's not normal to have

someone park here.

- Yes, but we're just fishing.

- Okay.

Right. We're fishing.

The pair's stories match,

and a check of their drivers

licenses shows

they're both who they say they are.

If you see anything suspicious

you can call us. Okay?

Us or the police.

Because there's a lot of people

here dealing with contraband

so we're patrolling more because of it.

Thank you.

The men are allowed on their way.

They were cooperative.

They seemed to be fishing.

They're here for the weekend,

makes a lot more sense.

Just want to make sure they are doing

what they're supposed to be doing,

and we don't have any ill*gal activity.

They were reasonable, cooperative,

I have no reason to suspect anything.

And for Agent White,

who has another four hours on duty,

the search for smugglers continues.

We'll move on, and we'll go look for

some more.

At Fort Lauderdale, Florida,

Agents are acting on a tip-off

that a high-speed boat smuggling drugs

is approaching from the Bahamas.

After Air Support spotted a vessel

matching the description,

they rushed to intercept

I think I see him.

But one of their engines has cut

out, slowing down the chase.

Motor down, motor.

With the suspicious boat due

to reach US waters at any moment,

Agents need to get their boat up

and running fast.

That means we're swimming back.

Hold on. Keep that thing on the

radar, want to check the motor.

Alex takes a look at the engine

that is shut off.

All right, which one of you is acting

up on me?

- Anything back there?

- Don't see. Can you lift those?

For every second they are delayed,

the suspect drug smuggler

makes more ground on the Agents.

But with no sign of any malfunction,

Fritz resets the motors.

All right. Here we go.

- Got the motors back. Let's go.

- Hang on.

With the motors restarted,

and all back up and running

at full capacity,

the team must catch up with the target.

Ready.

- Radar says 33.7 knots.

- Gotcha.

A mile further east they manage

to intercept it.

Four people at least on board her.

. Got at least four.

But the suspect boat is not slowing down.

- Got them all?

- Yeah.

Agents turn on their lights and

siren signaling the boat to stop.

On the run.

The intelligence only stated that

the boat could be carrying drugs,

so with no information about the crew

or the potential of weapons on board,

the Agents remain vigilant.

Hi. How are you guys doing today?

US Customs.

- Where are you guys coming from, sir?

- We're coming from Abaco.

- Whose vessel? Is it your vessel?

- It is.

- You the Captain?

- I am.

- You have the documents on vessel?

- I do.

- Question, any weapons on board?

- No.

How many people?

You got five inside?

- Nobody else?

- Yes.

- Just us.

- Okay.

- Hey, Fritz, I'll go over.

- I'll say.

Captain, do me a favor, put it in

gear and stay in idle speed

or a bit below idle speed, so you can

just drive down towards the land.

It'll easier for me

to transfer these people over.

I don't-- hey, that's enough. Hey.

Stop what you're doing.

I don't want anybody putting

their hands in anything.

Go towards the back, and Captain,

drive your vessel.

Everybody else right here.

With the possibility that the

occupants of the boat

could be armed or dangerous,

Agents must take control.

So far, everyone is compliant.

- How are you doing, Captain?

- All right.

- You have the documents?

- I do.

- Give me your passport.

- Okay.

And the registration.

Everybody is a US citizen, right?

- We all are.

- Gotcha.

- Correct. Registration.

- Gotcha, sir.

- And how was your trip?

- It was awesome, man.

We were over there for a vacation.

We've got a buddy who's got a house.

The people on the boat claim to be

on a fishing trip,

but that's a common tactic used

by smugglers,

so the Marine Agents need to check

every detail.

How was the swell over here, pretty rough?

- It was, beautiful.

- Really?

The trip back we took the

north route and it's been flat calm.

Oh, wow.

He's coming in from I think he said

Western, or Lucayaarea,

which is one of the Bahamian islands.

Those guys are doing the boarding,

conducting an inspection, search.

Running all the guys' paperwork

and documents.

Sounds like you had a good time.

- It was fun.

- Yeah.

Nice to get into a different place

man. It was so different.

You might enjoy here.

- Thank you sir, for your time, okay.

- No problem, thank you.

The checks have all come back clean,

meaning this isn't the boat

they were looking for.

- Keep it here, we'll get out the way.

- Take it easy Captain.

All right, thank you.

Thank you for keeping us safe,

we appreciate it.

- Thank you.

- Don't worry.

Appreciate, what you guys do.

- Have a good day.

- Thank you, guys.

- Thank you.

- See you, captain.

- We made their day.

- Yeah.

With over 2000 miles of coastline

to patrol in Florida alone,

the search for drug smugglers is

a huge challenge for Marine Agents.

Although this stop didn't turn up

anything,

the Agents know it's only a matter of time

before the criminals' luck runs out.

Back at Port Newark

Customs and Border Protection

Officers Paul and Billy

are awaiting information

on two seized shipping containers.

One was destined for West Africa.

The shipping paperwork listed

the contents as household items,

but, in fact, it contained two luxury cars

suspected of being stolen.

These particular vehicles are expensive.

Anywhere between $75 - $125,000 dollars.

Another container bound for Europe

had four cars listed on the manifest,

but Paul has his suspicions.

An old motorcycle inside appears

to have been tampered with.

There's some rivets that are missing

over there.

The VIN plate could have been removed.

The vehicle identification number

seems to be missing.

But then, there's a breakthrough.

- Got it.

- Found it?

- Yeah.

- Where was it?

It's up higher than it normally is.

It's higher and it's dirty.

So now, We'll run that VIN

through the system

and see if it comes back stolen or not.

Officer Billy has phoned through

the details

of the vehicle identification numbers

of all the cars that have been seized.

This will be determine if they have

been stolen.

After an anxious wait, he finally

gets confirmation.

- All right. Thank you.

- I ran the car.

It's come back as current title.

There's no steals on it.

- Matches up? Yeah.

- Right. All right.

- Good job.

- Thank you.

The contents of this container, we

pulled out two vehicles already.

They have matched the manifested

items that were in here.

They are both in pretty rough shape,

mostly junkers.

As you can see up there, there's

another junker

that we also took a look at.

It also matches what was manifested.

So, we feel pretty confident

that there is no stolen vehicles in

this container.

The four vehicles that were heading

to Europe are clean,

so they can be reloaded and sent

on their way.

But the same can't be said

for the first container

that was destined for West Africa.

That one.

Comes back stolen from New Jersey.

- Great. All right.

- All right.

That one, they've been looking for

the car since January.

Great work. Great work, Billy.

The vehicles are both stolen

and won't be going anywhere.

BMW confirmed to us

that they've been looking for this

vehicle since January.

The Range Rover was reported stolen

in North Jersey,

it was a part of a home invasion.

And the agency, the police agency,

is asking us

to hold this vehicle for fingerprints.

If officers manage to find

fingerprints in the stolen vehicle,

it may help lead them to the perpetrators.

We are happy that we got these cars.

This one took a little extra digging,

but that's why we have some of the

best guys in the business over here.

For Paul and the team, it's another

two stolen vehicles intercepted.

These are all confirmed stolen vehicles.

Just a quick count of what we have

in this part of the warehouse,

we have, two, four, six, eight,

ten vehicles

all confirmed stolen

within the last two weeks.

And we just added another two

vehicles today.

Loads of luxury vehicles.

We just keep rolling here.