LAX may be drug-smuggling gateway of the world: ABC7 investigation explains why
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- An Eyewitness News investigation looks into why law enforcement sources call LAX the drug gateway to the world. abc7.com/post/lax-drug-smuggl...
TSA carefully watches for people trying to smuggle water onto an airplane.
😂 fr water is more dangerous than drugs
Lol
TSA are the smugglers
They threw away my Snapple the other day
@@ronbrown7941
They made me throw away or mail home my Shampoo, Conditioner, Razor and very expensive, full bottle of Perfume. I did mail home the razor and perfume, but it was very stressful trying to board my flight on time.
The Shampoo and Conditioner were less than 12 ozs each, the Razor only had a disposable cartridge of blade strips, no full size removable razor blade and the Perfume was less than 2 ozs. Unreal.
I had always flown with these items before 2001 and have refused to fly since on Commercial Aircraft.
But they have no problem with hundreds of pounds of illegal drugs or children being trafficked on their Airlines?
Riiight...
The agents are too busy stealing peoples belongings.
True
That part 😂
Thank you! You can't get a job at the tsa if you are an honest person.
The personality test part of the application protest prevents those who are honest from consideration for number of reasons, mainly because honesty is a function of an independently thinking individual with their own set of rules/ ethics. Thinking for oneself is not compatible with command.
Therefore only those independent thinkers with the right answers make it thru the screening.
Also true of home depot
You mean agents are too busy stealing "Women's Panties" !!!!! Especially the Asian agents !!!!
All of you in this comment are the type to cry about missing your flight when it’s your responsibility to be on time. Bunch of Btches.
Large ice tea: no.
Pounds of cocaine: sure.
this was a commercial for why you should smuggle through lax
No fr that’s exactly what I said
Thanks for letting everyone know that they don’t check for drugs
But, if it were you, or I smuggling we would get arrested
But they will throw away your water bottle.
Just make sure it's not wrapped with metal or made to look like C4 explosives lmao
Whew I was getting kind of worried I wasn't gonna get my blow from Peru 😂
Not like it could get any worse
That isn't drug "smuggling".
That's just drug _shipping!_
Bro do u bots even hear ur selves when u say this shit 😂 like bro ur not even hitting the punch line with this one sad
LOL. Hand delivery beats FedEx?
It is smuggling when it is illegal.
@@5thribroarn304 Only when caught. 😂
@@5thribroarn304we smuggling cos we struggling
You know who ever is in charge of LAX is getting his envelope full of cash each week or month
About 50% of those baggage handlers are corrupt
Exactly
Upon what facts do you base that claim? Now u disappear.
You are absolutely correct, most of them are from South Central, East LA, low income homes.
50% of TSA are corrupt too they bypassing the bags
More like TSA. I worked on the Ramp. They open people's bag and act like bullies. I have left amd clocked out after I saw them seach some luggage and take stuff and wanted me to sign off on it. I said fuck that and left knowing I would take the fall if i did. LAX is corrupt as fuck so is LAX PD. As soon as I graduated and transferred I quit that job.
What a joke! They took my hair gel but cannot detect snow? I want my hair gel back!
Certain hair gel has low traces of explosive chemicals in them. They always take my aerosol can of WD-40 for the same reason.
Most chemicals have dual uses. They can be used for good or bad reasons.
@@johnkamoche829
If you don't mind, do you travel with WD-40 for a Job? Just curious, for real.
Same here
@@johnkamoche829 why do you take wd-40 on a plane
@@merryweather3229 - For my hair clippers if I am on the road for a while.
I found a small travel version of WD-40 which seems to be okay. They haven't took that one. Just the larger aerosol can.
I’ve worked in the airport before , they really don’t give a flying F about anything , they put money/profit over integrity/people . Who actually checks LAX ?
I worked there too and I agree with you bro seen a lot of shit go down
I tried to check a handgun and they called the police on me.
@@RyanKearney0it is literally their job to check for guns and bombs. drugs are just more paperwork and not something they are instructed to explicitly look for.
@RyanKearney0 well it only works for those who pay yo play not for every joe shmo
Nobody, apparently, besides the drug lords and their henchmen LMAO
Well done sherrif, open the eyes of the people who says our airports are completely safe.
Mexican mafia and Miami vice.
Cartel paying for this like it does to Mexico. Corruption.
Just pointing fingers at each other, saying “not my job”- what a mess.
It's EXTREMELY dangerous to challenge the cartels. Super hyper dangerous. They would crush everything you ever cared about. You'd be *warned*, but if you pushed ahead, everyone you ever cared about would slowly begin to unravel in vvveeerrry suspicious yet subtle ways. Be careful.
Thee segment seems to want every single piece of checked luggage to be checked by people. Who the hell would really want that to happen? It takes 2 hours to get your checked baggage currently at LAX sometimes . How long do you think it would take if they had to do it for all the checked baggage? And who is going to pay for the manpower the airlines already charging almost 70 dollars to check luggage.
Sounds like government
@@jaad9848checked bags are still supposed to go through tsa scanners.
Wen u get paid $15-20 per hour and rent is $2k u would understand the “not my job “ attitude
I was stopped for a nail clipper in my hand carry backpack. Seriously.
i was stopped for drumsticks
😂@@Augfordpdoggie
Yeah this story is suspicious, it feels like they're trying to encourage people to bring drugs through the airport so they can arrest "criminals".
Where have we heard this before? "It's not my job."
They just blame others. It's juts one marry go round. "Oh that's not my job. It's their job." "Yeah that's not what we do. It's the other department job." No wonder why nothing get solved and correct screening. Here is an idea. Why not just hire a team specifically to go after people with drugs? Since the police and TSA don't want to do it. Just hire a specific team to do it. Have them screen people at TSA with drug sniffing dogs.
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They check my bags every time when I carry prescriptions. Ridiculous
Who we kidding Los Angeles has been broken for decades
Not broken, massively corrupt.
That TSA guy definitely sounded like he's paid off
Did you notice the bats in the background when he was being interviewed? Kinda strange
Those agencies are paid millions and billions of dollars every year and they all just wring their hands giving excuses after excuses about why they can’t actually stop crime. It’s ridiculous. And yes, you’re right. They’ll take our hair gel and they’ll take our water bottles to give us the illusion that they’re actually trying to do something. Meanwhile, Drugs are being shipped around with impunity??
@@hegsagawd9839he’s got photos in the back with sports in them. Clearly a display.
no shit, its his fucking job
My conclusion from this is that it’s nobody’s job to search for drug trafficking.
"Everyone is doing their job and doing it well." I don't think anyone actually thinks that.
In other words....It's not my job!
Well, it isn’t😂
No, My job main. 🤣
Sounds about Cali (right)
They don't want to stop it's all bout money it's a joke
Fr screw all that extra ish😂😂😂
So basically drugs have fallen through the cracks. Everyone says it’s not my job.
This is crazy!! I have to remove my belt and shoes just to get on a plane...wtf!!?
😂 that’s why you’ve got to get rich and then buy your own plane
Baiting?
Better question is,
Who's allowing it?
For this to work
Our
Government has to be
Involved for this to work.
TSA, LAPD, Airlines, and LAX employees are all in on this, all the way to the top. It's been that way for decades, and will continue on
1971 Lima Peru and the stewardess! Mama Mia! Sweet candy numbness to the maximum,
I thought it was pretty common knowledge that the TSA doesn’t look for drugs
Exactly on cologne and, perfume over one ounce!!
"we CAN'T search for drugs in bags"???? If i have a small bottle of lotion i get harassed but people walk through with 50lbs of meth in a suitcase and 2 t-shirts thrown on top..what a joke
well no, if people are dumb enough to pack narcotics in their carry on and tsa opens it they will immediately take the bag and have laxpd handle it, the way the vast vast majority of these drugs get through is through checked luggage. there’s simply not enough resources to have drug sniffing dogs and dog handling officers at every single airlines checked baggage screening.
99% of people there don't carry drugs in their luggage. It's a life sentence.
And the other 1% make bank
The guy in charge of TSA in the videos is apart of this.
I got the same vibe! Part of the cartel.
They steal my luggage tags and lock every time they tear my bag apart, as my hair setter must look like a bomb. Then never zip it up, so my belongings are hanging out to get lost and soiled. I am an elderly, upper-class white lady who obviously appears very suspicious. This occurs at every airport EVERY TRIP!
Some are on the cartel pay … they got inside sources that are in big position ! That’s a threat to national security
That was my first thought, there’s your smuggler right there.
This story has just said to everyone else you can ship your stuff through LAX 😂😂
Nobody watches news
Just not to Grady Judd's county...
It's always a loop hole 🕳 when money talks
If anything it told them they are being watched
Cartel Only!
TSA agent told me my water was "contraband" and that I was not even allowed to drink it.
"We cant search for criminal activity" The TSA director Jason Pantagious is FULL OF IT! He doesn't DESERVE HIS JOB! HE'S A PUPPET!
Someone is definitely getting paid in the TSA for letting those suitcases go through.
Of course. And even if they weren't being paid, it would be a mistake for some minimum wager to flag down a small shipment... and place their very existence in HUGE jeopardy from cartel X, Y, or Z.
everyone thinks TSA look/test for drugs when they actually don't lol
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If it's drugs or terrorists, I would think the focus is on the latter at least since 2001.
@@yo2trader539 TSA is literally created because of 9/11
Drug smugglers:” Are ABC trying to teach us how to get drugs into the US undetected?”
ABC News:” No, just like LAX police, DEA, FBI and TSA…. It’s none of my business. “
Maybe they are telling terrorists how to bring in worse things to make the country go boom
Why do you think the airline industry keeps getting bail outs?
Even the dogs are barking it’s not my job to! 😂😂😂
Do you ever get the feeling that government agencies can't find their ass with two hands?
They were purposefully designed that way so that no one agency could overlap another and or abuse the power they are given I mean we see them do it now imagine if they had more autonomy
How much y’all want to bet this is at every major airport
i agree, i bet small local airports have more integrity than these major ones.
exactly.
@@1user-2023keep thinking that 😉
Gotta love it ! The classic "it's not our job".
Back in the 1980's, people said L.A. airport was drug city.
Flying that plane, high on cocaine. 😂
Thank you Jerry Garcia...🤣🤣🤣
Sounds great...and song too!
@@Sammasambuddha 😆
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Someone's paid off to look the other way...
Corruption in our government what else is new
Shut the Entire Airport Down.
How many decades ago was this found out again?
Most of all airports have dogs but there dogs only sniff for bombs and doesn’t sniff drugs. Thank me later
The whole world owes you a debt of gratitude. You saved us all 🖕🏽
They are not trying to stop drugs because they are on them
Sheriff Judd’s must be tired from being the only one trying to clean up the country.
The USA’s people sheriff, the Honorable Sheriff Judd. Thank you for your service in serving and protecting we the people. May God bless all your righteous policing.
Airport police says, its not our job, its TSA job. TSA says It's not my job...its the other guys above our pay grade.. DEA says don't blame our team because Government regulations says it's not our job. OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!
It's amazing a bunch of MFS getting paid top dollar to not do a damn thing . Insane times .
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War on drugs has never works legalize drugs this will all stopped include rehabs and fund them with the drug money. U will lessen the overdoses
Republican logic at work lmao
Weird... in DFW Airport for some reason we have more hard-core TSA and I even see the Homeland Security agents actual agents patrol on their van and SUV. We even saw the authorities seize ketamine in May! LAX is compromised
My airport throw half of my perfume and soap away, yet people can get drugs on the planes!!!! My Victoria Secret never did anything to anybody 😒
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Sheriff you are the best. Thank you for your hard work.
Cartel??? Bro it’s the same drug dealers from California
The government is complicit.
FJB
This report never mentioned the words "illegal immigrants" who Sheriff Grady will tell you, fly for free to conduct their illegal businesses. It also avoided mentioning the names of Joe Biden and Gavin Newsom, who have authority over these local and federal L.E. agencies.
It’s a billion dollar industry for our big Corporations and politicians. So they let it happen,
as long as the cartels pay them , they wont be looking for drugs. its always about the bottom line.
They have no problem finding my aftershave if it’s 4 fl oz. …3.4 ounces is the size limit.
FACT: after watching a tv screen for more than 20 minutes the brain essentially turns off.
you could say the rules there are a little LAX...
Best 🏆Comment of the day ..
hey, HEY, ohh no you don't
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America has always been and will forever be in the drug business!!
"Government leadership"?
When was the last time we had that? Roosevelt?
Thanks to this newsbroadcast I now know how to transport my drugs.
They saw my little weed in the xray and told me have a good flight by name.😂
Lies
@@BenLegacy. I smoked the blunt in NY under a random staircase.
@@Ish4MyIggans you a rebel
Same happened to me those security dogs pointed me out but when they checked my bags the lady looked right over my “contraband” and let me go about my way😂
You can fly with up to 1 ounce of weed from LAX y’all. It is quite literally stated on TSA website.
The TSA stole my lunch box with my coins in it
😂
My Coins also got stolen.
What are the use of the scanning machines at the airport if not for scanning those drugs and other illegal staff
What's shocking is not the government-sanctioned cartel business on major air or waterways, it's the fact that this story was allowed to appear on a major news network.
Where are dope dogs ?
Local law enforcement
Fun fact most dogs at airports are either bomb dogs or when leaving puerto
Rico there is a dog that is trained to sniff out certain food items people like to sneak in.
In rehab
I see them all the time for the flights coming from
Asia
Too busy making appearances at their local elementary schools
Sheriff Grady is one of Floridas best Sheriff
Grady Judd is the best Sheriff in this country.
Calm down fan boy😂😂😂
He has Swedish offshore accounts did you watch that documentary yet ?
Lack of personnel and cartels have people they pay to allow this to happen. California has used the National Guard back in the 90's.Deployed to LAX, Long Beach Harbor, and the California boarder.
Belece this. Someone I knew who died told me he saw boats coming in w drugs a d everyone standing down. That was long ago he didn't go into detail.
They put a chemical on my laptop to check for drugs.
Well not surprised. I’m sure TSA is getting their cut.
it 100% is, the TSA in LAX do not give a fuck at all it's lowkey kinda nuts😂😂😂
No min-wager would challenge an entire cartel.
TSA don't look for drugs, they can only report it if its in plain sight
If the cartel can bribe boarder cross guards then they can bribe a TSA employee or two or 10 .It seems to obvious that the amount of drugs getting through to be isolated or sparse . I'm sure it's on the daily to any and all destinations . Sad state of affairs when every department just points the finger at each other .
@@TheCiaMKultra the entire point of the video is NO AGENCY is actively looking for drugs at the airport, they don't need to bride anyone
@@pkboi309 If the Sheriff was explaining right then no body was caught in possession of the suitcases ie carry on or check in . How do 10 suitcases get on a plane if nobody check them on ? I think the point of the video was to explain that no agency cares enough to step up their game by allocating more drug officers since they dont get paid to search for drugs since it's not in their jurisdiction so to speak . So it's my belief that some employees multiple at the airport is getting paid well to get the product on the plane. Nobody would do this for Free with a sentence of 10 or more years for possession of this amount .
Thank you for your hard work in getting drugs of the streets
Out of millions who visit i would believe there are many who can out smart them
Sheriff Judd is the man.
I love him… he’s so down to earth and well spoken ❤😊
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Love that man!
Hahahahahaha 😂 you forgot to add Shady... How come the Feds do not give him awards or certificate of appreciation or top cop of the decade award ? Because he is Shady dude sheriff
He's a billionaire has Swedish offshore accounts.
We need more people like Grady Judd in law enforcement!
Woah, this story surprises me about zero percent. Airport crew definitely on the take. "We can't search for criminal activity", so what do you call searching for weapons etc...to prevent crimes. Do they not train TSA to recognize organic matter on an x-ray, or are they trained how but told to ignore it, which sounds parallel to assisting to me?
Criminalizing drugs creates a black market and empowers cartels. But they’ll avoid that conversation.
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Legalizing does the same thing except the empowered cartels are big pharma, police and their friends or family, the state, etc. Realize how hard it is to open a dispensary or get a grow license if you aren't part of the 'club'...
Not really. A weak border that lets money, drugs, and weapons flow through like rivers is the problem. Legalized weed in certain counties in California have a Cartel problem from illegal weed farms popping up all the time. So even if its legalized, a black market still resumes.
Big pharma is just as bad so that solution doesn't really work either.
Everyone's passing the Buck and making excuses
Kinda like our border crisis
Why I'm not surprised
We all need a sheriff Grady
No wonder there's a severe fentanyl problem in the U.S. 😢
Ehhh that’s more the border.
@@Marlfox37 LAX is a 2 hour drive from the Tijuana Mexico US border
@@chillyourself5208 thanks my brother in Christ. I had no idea.
When I worked at MCO they screened every flight from LAX for drugs. They’d even tell me not to release bags because they had to check them first
MCO?
@@Martin199320MCO = Orlando International Airport. All airports have a three letter acronym. LAX = Los Angeles International Airport.
@@Martin199320MCO is Orlando’s airport
@@Martin199320 Orlando international airport code
@@Martin199320 Orlando
So how is it done differently at other airports as opposed to LAX?
This is probably why there is a huge problem with suitcases going missing. To have more cover the drug packed suitcases to hide among in the back somewhere, before being filtered out. Then suitcases deliberately allowed to be lost returned to owners after the fact.
LA doesn't give AF
You have to understand just how much power any given cartel has. No minimum wager is going to risk their life, their partner's, their parents, their children, etc. just to flag down ONE shipment... which won't really do anything but put a spotlight on them. Think about it.
Louisiana? 🤡
Its all National agencies at LAX. The US government needs to change things and create a department dedicated to checking drugs in bags. Whether thats expanding tsa or DEA, idk.
Its its own mexico.cartels have to much control.
As much money the airport and airlines make they can’t buy and train more dogs???
Remember, its the US. Money earned is not used to improve quality, it goes to the CEO who then buys big fancy houses and 10 cars.
not complicated with a dog
Those dogs become strung out junkies 😂😂😂
At the minimum use x-ray machines with trained A.I. to be 1st line of detection, then it can go to secondary human inspection, the A.I. can be adjusted till dialed in
Dont even need dogs, just need some of these FAT managers to get up and open some bags instead of watchijg netflix in tbeir office all day
When we returned from a trip from Hawaii a few years ago, The TSA in Maui told my friend to get a rubber tip for his cane that he bought there in order to board. No problem. It was even checked as luggage. When we landed at LA, they promptly confiscated it.
Their priorities are out of wack.
What if there was a compartment in the luggage area where a couple of officers put each bag on a counter and check the contents during the flight
Lmao I work on the ramp and one time we got a bag filled with weed ☠️☠️☠️ I heard someone took a pack of weed out the bag and took it home 😂
So easy to use K-9 offices... The question is why everybody pretending this is not their responsibilities? Big money behind ?
Insiders. Guaranteed. And if you don't play ball, your entire existence ends up in jeopardy.
Sheriff Grady knows how to do his job. A great Citizen❤
Bro just said we can’t check for drugs lol
Almost certain it is not just LAX. I think it is major international airports!
The CEO of that airport check his bank account an investigate him he is the one
They don't check bank accounts in Switzerland.
this guy deserves a pulitzer for not bursting out laughing in these interviews
AI should be capable of scanning and automatically flagging checked in bags for drugs for law enforcement to open and manually investigate
Ever Watch Australian Border Patrol Videos on CZcams? they Check Americans from LAX faster than those from S AMerica.
Yep, I have watched those videos. They don't mess around down there.
The TSA is not law enforcement? If you can arrest people you are law enforcement.
Because they themselves are the traffickers that’s the purpose of that department
they can't arrest ppl, they call airport police. You can literally look up videos here lol
They don't arrest. They detain and wait for law enforcement to arrive.
I'm confused what airport is in polk county Florida though? Orlando international is in orange county
Everyone’s problem, but no one’s accountable.
How many of any of the employees are in on the drug trade? 🤔