Biggest Cocaine Busts: The Best of To Catch a Smuggler (Full Episode Compilation)

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  • The biggest cocaine busts at two of South America’s busiest airports. Bricks of cocaine. Suspicious food packages. Two carriers on the same flight, and there may be more.
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  • @Wolfe247
    @Wolfe247 Před 7 měsíci +254

    Bro got arrested and shook the officers hand and smiled lmao

    • @KemiAdeyemi-ev9cl
      @KemiAdeyemi-ev9cl Před 6 měsíci +40

      Lol I think he was on coke and then we watched it wear off with time 😂

    • @HoyinMan-qk7ik
      @HoyinMan-qk7ik Před 4 měsíci +5

      Why you think he was high on coke

    • @thedeaderer8791
      @thedeaderer8791 Před 3 měsíci +7

      He was ZOOOTED lmao

    • @USAforever1350
      @USAforever1350 Před 2 měsíci +5

      He's as baked as a creme brulee. You should expect it.

    • @Mansikkacake
      @Mansikkacake Před měsícem +2

      that guy is getting used to this. his attitude seems typical criminal whos done this all his life. lol

  • @tremainedejohnson8136
    @tremainedejohnson8136 Před 4 měsíci +164

    The older gentleman and the blue look like he was tired of the game and almost was happy that he caught. That's a stressful life to live

    • @liamcarey4957
      @liamcarey4957 Před 3 měsíci +13

      yes, his story must be really sad.

    • @t0kigh02t7
      @t0kigh02t7 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@liamcarey4957he's probably a crack head

    • @t0kigh02t7
      @t0kigh02t7 Před 3 měsíci

      At least they didn't pay some pregnant mule they did it themselves

    • @BatkoNashBandera774
      @BatkoNashBandera774 Před měsícem

      @@liamcarey4957 or it could just be a wrong place wrong time scenario.

  • @poltotinco4eva
    @poltotinco4eva Před 6 měsíci +141

    imagine sitting in the plane thinking: yess! I've made it, haha! and then they come get you LOL

    • @dmana3172
      @dmana3172 Před 3 měsíci +4

      No matter how hard you try to hide it, you will always be caught.

    • @donny9078
      @donny9078 Před měsícem +4

      @@dmana3172 not always, and in this case they were set up.

    • @miletech
      @miletech Před měsícem +9

      @@dmana3172 lol, if that were even remotely true then why do thousands of people keep doing it?. 99% get away with it.

  • @BigRett
    @BigRett Před měsícem +11

    i appreciate how direct these officers/customs agents are. No beating around the bush, straight to the point. I respect it

  • @whiteou7
    @whiteou7 Před 5 měsíci +93

    How much clothes did you bring?
    About 10 kilos
    Of clothes? 😂😂😂
    That’s the best thing I’ve heard on this whole show

  • @0Ciju0
    @0Ciju0 Před 7 měsíci +216

    Imagine labeling your cocaine packets 1/20 lmao

  • @slimrosco
    @slimrosco Před 7 měsíci +192

    With the technology nowadays, you gotta give it a better effort than just putting it inside your luggage.

    • @damienholland8103
      @damienholland8103 Před 7 měsíci +6

      The public probably doesn't know the full extent of everything they can do. Not worth it.

    • @zachsabbath1
      @zachsabbath1 Před 7 měsíci

      @@damienholland8103 Except the "public" is getting more drugs through than are being confiscated. In other words, it works more times than it doesn't or else the drug war would've been a success.

    • @dopefiendchronicles2974
      @dopefiendchronicles2974 Před 7 měsíci +11

      These cartels get super creative

    • @bestinnj5803
      @bestinnj5803 Před 7 měsíci +3

      Definitely a setup

    • @Examoon
      @Examoon Před 6 měsíci

      @@dopefiendchronicles2974 cartels sometimes use horses to transport drugs which is why if you have a large animal such as a horse and you cross the border with it they require it to wait a few days to be checked over by a vet. Cartels have reduced their drug smuggling inside of animals due to the mandatory waiting time and vet checks.

  • @kristing
    @kristing Před 6 měsíci +36

    I would like to see an update on those who got arrested.

  • @vani_maki
    @vani_maki Před 5 měsíci +46

    how unaware you need to be to just pack the whole bag with bricks of coke lol

    • @sarahrean7174
      @sarahrean7174 Před měsícem +2

      He doesn't look suspicious 😂😂 he think everything gonna be OK

  • @evelynshaw3932
    @evelynshaw3932 Před 7 měsíci +58

    One of the people working with the bags was trying to load the second missing bag up to the Airplane real quick. I would check him out real good.

  • @ricksmith9474
    @ricksmith9474 Před 7 měsíci +29

    Yeah the government hates competition

    • @mopes2713
      @mopes2713 Před 4 měsíci

      You don’t fight crime by becoming a criminal. Yes the government is scum, but so are they!

  • @Jasmine-xv9bk
    @Jasmine-xv9bk Před 4 měsíci +43

    The sad part about this is that most of these people seem to have been preyed on by organised crime, considering a lot of the drug traffickers seem to be doing this to support their families. It's also sad that a lot of them had the opportunity to talk to the officers and tell them about their situation, but since organised crime has been shown to retaliate at anyone that gives up any information about them, those families that they've been desperately wanting to help could be put in danger. They're vulnerable people, either because they were from the start or made themselves exploitable by people like this. Individuals usually aren't the biggest problem when it comes to drug trafficking, especially not seemingly regular people like this, but rather those behind them.

    • @dantaymex9733
      @dantaymex9733 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Stop feeling bad for criminals

    • @user-yl2vz2lp4h
      @user-yl2vz2lp4h Před 3 měsíci

      A whole epistle for people you don’t know…

    • @superman9693
      @superman9693 Před 3 měsíci +9

      Definitely and they don’t deserve to rot in jail and their families dont deserve to be destroyed. Some might have actually been forced to do this. To me they aren’t criminals. They are victims and don’t do harm to anybody. It‘s everybody’s own decisions to do drugs or not if they‘re adults.

    • @sarahrean7174
      @sarahrean7174 Před měsícem

      They should have blur their face 😢

    • @pipo4158
      @pipo4158 Před měsícem

      This people know what they doing😂😂

  • @CVBFonzP7B
    @CVBFonzP7B Před 7 měsíci +16

    2 different people with bright green wrapped luggage carrying drugs. Brilliant

  • @sl5714
    @sl5714 Před 7 měsíci +49

    The program is a really good deterrence . Don't smuggle drugs. Don't do illegal things.

    • @JeanClaudeCOCO
      @JeanClaudeCOCO Před 7 měsíci +6

      These programs have help the general public immensely. Nowadays you got to be under the influence or under severe financial stress to do this. There other ways to make a quick Buck and not walk into the lions den. The airports are too well equipped now.

    • @evanr1784
      @evanr1784 Před 6 měsíci

      Literal tons of drugs get into the US every single day either by car ,ship or plane.
      The stuff you see seized in these programs is a tiny amount that gets in daily .
      And most of these busts are probably called in to the authorities by the same drug dealers that are sending the drugs in the first place .
      They just throw law enforcement a bone once in a while to justify their jobs

    • @sarahrean7174
      @sarahrean7174 Před měsícem

      Really ? If it was true this show should have been over years ago

    • @christopher7540
      @christopher7540 Před 27 dny

      @@JeanClaudeCOCO what are some other ways to make a quick buck?

  • @JohnDoe-lx5rm
    @JohnDoe-lx5rm Před 6 měsíci +12

    @22:26 that cop definitely was vaping in the airport but he hid it well enough 😂

  • @CP4Z167
    @CP4Z167 Před 2 měsíci +6

    These series are great , better than cable tv

  • @Osbornfury
    @Osbornfury Před 5 dny

    I don't know why, but i just find this airport videos relaxing❤

  • @Flea-Flicker
    @Flea-Flicker Před 7 měsíci +25

    They wrap coke suitcases in yellow shrink wrap there?
    Why not just put a big yellow sign saying coke-eye-yeen is in here please arrest me.

    • @mopes2713
      @mopes2713 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Dude!😆

    • @BabyKush420
      @BabyKush420 Před měsícem

      I’m so confused by the neon wrapped cases lol

    • @sarahrean7174
      @sarahrean7174 Před měsícem

      Maybe it's really because for 2020 something you can't put this like that 😂

  • @scottbarnes9910
    @scottbarnes9910 Před 7 měsíci +23

    11 kilos for ten thousand. Fire deal !!

    • @user-vq1mq4po3f
      @user-vq1mq4po3f Před 7 měsíci

      🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @KittenBowl1
      @KittenBowl1 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I was amazed at the price difference. It’s like $300,000 in Netherlands…300% markup in Europe I guess.

  • @djglass69
    @djglass69 Před 7 měsíci +11

    you play STUPID GAME, you win STUPID PRIZE. Bravo to these officers.

  • @profitreaper
    @profitreaper Před 7 měsíci +31

    bro in the sweater snitching as soon as he get in the cop car😂

  • @idiriaferrer281
    @idiriaferrer281 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Agente: ¿cuanta ropa va a llevar?
    Señor: 10 kilos.
    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Serrrgg
    @Serrrgg Před 7 měsíci +22

    They just out here poking all types of bags 😂

    • @tbone3972
      @tbone3972 Před 7 měsíci +5

      For drug dealers it would be a taste test but how else would you test it without poking it?

    • @STORMY0O
      @STORMY0O Před 6 měsíci

      @@tbone3972 wish American s were this efficient!

  • @pamallinder3287
    @pamallinder3287 Před 5 měsíci +46

    Thank you, even though my only child died from drugs, hopefully someone will be saved

    • @christiansock6309
      @christiansock6309 Před 5 měsíci +6

      My son is an alcoholic...and guess what? The dealers and the state are making money of his misery...

    • @liamcarey4957
      @liamcarey4957 Před 3 měsíci +2

      i'm so sorry for your loss, we all have struggles but what matters is getting up and feeling better. stay strong. these guys did in fact save a lot of lives, my condolences go to you and your family.

    • @michaeldecosta4359
      @michaeldecosta4359 Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@christiansock6309so the dealers and the state poured alcohol down your sons throat? First part of recovery is taking responsibility for your actions and admitting YOU have a problem. Sorry he is going through that. But it’s not the states fault your son couldn’t not stop drinking and get to that point. For Christ sake you wake up hungover the next day. You really have to make an effort to become an alcoholic. It’s not like you have a couple drinks and your physically addicted. It’s not like opiates. That kid wanted to party and get drunk and wouldn’t stop until it became a problem. And now it’s someone else’s fault?

    • @malachi-
      @malachi- Před měsícem +1

      @@michaeldecosta4359 So then why make these drugs illegal?

    • @D4llast
      @D4llast Před měsícem +1

      ​@michaeldecosta4359 make them legal then

  • @HonorXPrinciple
    @HonorXPrinciple Před 7 měsíci +25

    They're not gonna analyze those bricks they're gonna sell them lol

  • @TravelingMatt74
    @TravelingMatt74 Před 7 měsíci +16

    They should’ve just put it on a CIA plane 😂

  • @mikibaer358
    @mikibaer358 Před 7 měsíci +37

    10 kilos of clothes 😂

  • @MiC-T
    @MiC-T Před 3 měsíci +3

    It's always the poorest people who pay the most. It's really sad because they're in many cases just trying to feed their families.

  • @AcmeRocket
    @AcmeRocket Před 7 měsíci +9

    In GRU, they should do a film on the airport workers who are working with traffickers and swichting out innocent peoples luggage with drugs, who then get arrested on arrival in their international destination.

  • @sandrao5513
    @sandrao5513 Před 5 měsíci +19

    Love this show. It’s so interesting. Thanks for uploading!

  • @Codependency.andreamichelle
    @Codependency.andreamichelle Před 3 měsíci +2

    This is by the best one yet!!!!🎉

  • @andresciahooten9598
    @andresciahooten9598 Před 7 měsíci +20

    When those two guys had bricks in their suitcase, I knew what it was before the announcer said what it was

    • @STORMY0O
      @STORMY0O Před 6 měsíci +1

      Great education isnt it!

  • @pamallinder3287
    @pamallinder3287 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you❤

  • @gweilospur5877
    @gweilospur5877 Před 2 měsíci +3

    It’s weird how they pour the powder from bag to bag right there in the open without even wearing a mask.

  • @jessiejames7492
    @jessiejames7492 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Really respect these officers!👍

    • @malachi-
      @malachi- Před měsícem

      The stuff they stop from getting through ,does so little, it's not even measurable.

  • @dustybowling1695
    @dustybowling1695 Před měsícem +2

    Am I the only person who noticed two different busts had same suit case and that green plastic wrap for weather proofing I think they got sacrificed so a bigger load would get threw

  • @pamallinder3287
    @pamallinder3287 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you

  • @user-wt3im2nj6x
    @user-wt3im2nj6x Před 7 měsíci +35

    It was really cool to see them carefully looking for drugs. These days, celebrities' drug use is controversial, and I hope that many people will get away from drugs as soon as possible.

  • @marleneg6382
    @marleneg6382 Před 5 měsíci +6

    I cant' help but feel sorry for these people :(

  • @MiC-T
    @MiC-T Před 3 měsíci +5

    Any airport from Mexico south is better than any beauty contest. Incredible.

  • @aliabbaswadia3974
    @aliabbaswadia3974 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Watching, thankyou.

    • @0Ciju0
      @0Ciju0 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Listening, your welcome.

  • @whatyouseenow411
    @whatyouseenow411 Před 7 měsíci +25

    it's crazy how they actually take the product out of its packing and transfer it before weighing! That seems very unsafe! To the young ladies that got caught together, they should of chased a career in modeling instead! At least the one that spoke to her mother! She was absolutely gorgeous!!

    • @KittenBowl1
      @KittenBowl1 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Well not now right after getting caught like that. It’s a federal crime they would serve like 10 years in federal prison. Too late for that.

  • @HoodYouRather
    @HoodYouRather Před 7 měsíci +3

    This video is a fever dream

  • @cemdo9292
    @cemdo9292 Před 7 měsíci +13

    The ones smuggling into USA, Canada, Australia or UK were using much more sophisticated methods, these ones just loaded so randomly. Interesting

  • @theprettyone9474
    @theprettyone9474 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I wouldn’t talk either with cameras and my accomplice with me 😂😂😂😂

  • @TheWonderball
    @TheWonderball Před 7 měsíci +23

    The difference between 20 years is their age 😔

  • @kierra_mist
    @kierra_mist Před 7 měsíci +11

    I’m trying to find some as we speak

  • @partygrenada
    @partygrenada Před 7 měsíci +7

    Clearly they had someone on the inside at the Airport and the connection was not made. Had that connection been made, they would have slipped through which again clearly shows that someone is working with them on the SA end. Either way someone lost alot of money

  • @angkoriantours
    @angkoriantours Před 7 měsíci

    Great sharing where I got it from you!

  • @heartbreakiid687
    @heartbreakiid687 Před 7 měsíci +2

    If i know theres something in my luggage im running 🏃‍♂️ gotta catch me bro lol

  • @sandman4236
    @sandman4236 Před měsícem

    Great job team

  • @jordanstapleton3180
    @jordanstapleton3180 Před měsícem

    That yearly amount is staggering when you consider that only a small percentage of smugglers are caught.

  • @mariannerogers8003
    @mariannerogers8003 Před měsícem +1

    You couldn’t pay me enough money, to smuggle drugs, especially internationally. The thought of spending up to 20 years in prison? Nope.

    • @malachi-
      @malachi- Před měsícem

      Just walk across the US border, the gov will help you.

  • @user-sn6ec4br4n
    @user-sn6ec4br4n Před 4 měsíci +3

    How do they pass at the boarding airports with cocaine only to be caught at the alighting entry Airport. I don't get this

  • @bennelong8451
    @bennelong8451 Před 4 měsíci +2

    12:17 your under arrest my pleasure loool

  • @minatozaki308
    @minatozaki308 Před 2 měsíci +1

    12:23 bro congratulated the officers for doing their jobs well

  • @KPOPZIPP
    @KPOPZIPP Před 4 měsíci +1

    those officers don’t play! they are very good at their jobs.

  • @RocketMan-jc1lb
    @RocketMan-jc1lb Před měsícem

    Ten kilos of clothes??? 😂😂😂 That dude ratted himself lol

  • @rappohc
    @rappohc Před 2 měsíci +1

    30:16 guy looks like Nico Lewinsky

  • @maryreyes2807
    @maryreyes2807 Před 7 měsíci +7

    Wow wonderful and great job of these officers 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @STORMY0O
      @STORMY0O Před 6 měsíci

      Agree they are several steps ahead of American airports! There system is awesome! And these officers are so professional!
      I admire their security so much more then ours.

    • @AwesomeStarbust7
      @AwesomeStarbust7 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@STORMY0Ofrr agreed

  • @kylekuzma4939
    @kylekuzma4939 Před 4 měsíci

    Estrojim said hurry up lmao😂😂😂

  • @Nutty_Vlogs
    @Nutty_Vlogs Před 6 měsíci +1

    Anyone will become nervous if taken for questioning like this then cross questiobed.

  • @thedirtroadwarrior8241
    @thedirtroadwarrior8241 Před měsícem

    Nice Commercial for the Swisstool

  • @Mario.alsanchez117
    @Mario.alsanchez117 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Very interesting
    Check the professional builder

  • @walpoleandworcester
    @walpoleandworcester Před 6 měsíci +2

    I watched too much Locked Up Abroad so it’s cool to see how the smugglers get caught nowadays in Brazil and Peru and yeah they got this down tight. You’re not getting past them and you have to be either high or super desperate to even attempt this!

  • @tyr3759
    @tyr3759 Před měsícem

    These documentaries are made for people with extreme short memory loss

  • @asspoo5540
    @asspoo5540 Před 3 měsíci

    The sophistication of these smuggling operations were about as deep as a chimpanzee writing the next american novel

    • @malachi-
      @malachi- Před měsícem

      Yes, they pick on the individuals try to make a buck, instead of the big guys, because they have already paid their dues.

  • @enoelberrocales5929
    @enoelberrocales5929 Před měsícem

    Respect, obey, and support our Local and State Police officers and all First Responders 🕊🙏🗽‼️

  • @kittengem4243
    @kittengem4243 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I ❤ This Show!

  • @NormanSilver
    @NormanSilver Před 24 dny

    Day after day. Same routines, same outcome.

  • @LofiTryfe
    @LofiTryfe Před 7 měsíci +5

    Goodness gracious, the Brazilian women 😅

  • @jeffreyd508
    @jeffreyd508 Před 4 měsíci

    Well, we've learned theres absolutely nothing to lose by always answering "no" to the question "are you carrying anything illegal"?

  • @sanchezernesto1860
    @sanchezernesto1860 Před 7 měsíci +3

    The worst drug smugglers no creativity

  • @Joseph-fw6xx
    @Joseph-fw6xx Před 2 měsíci +1

    They never stop trying. It's not worth it to much time when your caught

  • @HLTrizzay
    @HLTrizzay Před měsícem

    These cops are so professional and transparent about what they are doing. America needs to learn from them lol.

  • @kylekuzma4939
    @kylekuzma4939 Před 4 měsíci

    That's how I woulda felt when I got hit by the car if I didn't have a pair lmao😂😂😂

  • @sopounareitsa9800
    @sopounareitsa9800 Před 6 měsíci +1

    How did they already get it on the plane

  • @nonamenolast4648
    @nonamenolast4648 Před 2 měsíci +1

    24:16 Why are sum luggages wrapped in that lime green wrap?

  • @geramata735
    @geramata735 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Their lives screwed up all for the sake of money , that’s so stipid but also tempting

  • @jtg2737
    @jtg2737 Před 22 dny

    34:08 was that checked out too?!

  • @jeremygeist7254
    @jeremygeist7254 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Those 2 girls i started to cry because of how beautiful they are, and how young, no lie

  • @eBusbrandOn
    @eBusbrandOn Před 7 měsíci

    I can’t believe that

  • @christosius
    @christosius Před 4 měsíci +2

    9:02 What does that mean? Officers HAVE TO confiscate at least 300 kg of cocaine in a month? Or what? Are they getting less payed?

    • @duangerous
      @duangerous Před 4 měsíci

      It sounds like a personal goal as opposed to a professional performance metric.

  • @BobbyGazo
    @BobbyGazo Před 4 měsíci

    It's not a field test it's an airport test 😂😂😂

  • @pazeocolon
    @pazeocolon Před 22 dny

    "10 kilos de ropa"🤣🤣

  • @Waltaere
    @Waltaere Před 7 měsíci

    Nat Geooo 😃

  • @Stalker_01
    @Stalker_01 Před 3 měsíci +1

    "Suspicious bricks".

  • @user-df4vw3il7t
    @user-df4vw3il7t Před 7 měsíci +2

    These mules don't realize that the fit a profile😮🤔😵‍💫

  • @jerryd.2087
    @jerryd.2087 Před 7 měsíci +1

    What were they thinking 😮

  • @estebanandcierravlogs1670
    @estebanandcierravlogs1670 Před 2 měsíci

    Bro even wrapped his bag like it’s kilo

  • @0x80O0oOverfl0w
    @0x80O0oOverfl0w Před měsícem

    Wait, you said 1.996 Kg? Dang, they're gonna come looking for that 0.004 Kg.

  • @mohnga.drizzle3792
    @mohnga.drizzle3792 Před 4 měsíci

    thats a last kick yawn right there

  • @pamallinder3287
    @pamallinder3287 Před 5 měsíci

    No state health insurance at that time

  • @user-ug4zx6js7l
    @user-ug4zx6js7l Před měsícem

    The cops packing all the coke in that one big bag def got a little high with all that coke dust

  • @synstaur5986
    @synstaur5986 Před 7 měsíci

    that image of a chainsaw in the first inspection room on the forbidden equipment... I mean come on.... but you know that it's there cause some one tried it

  • @pamallinder3287
    @pamallinder3287 Před 5 měsíci

    I appreciate our many cultures, being good police

  • @Kaden1227
    @Kaden1227 Před měsícem

    They actually being handing out crazy sentences there tho?? I thought only America was giving 15 years for Coke tbh

  • @stevenfernandes9935
    @stevenfernandes9935 Před 2 měsíci

    Sheesh! That Brazilian girls hair tho 😍

  • @poltotinco4eva
    @poltotinco4eva Před 6 měsíci +6

    15 kilos seems much to us but it's usually just a decoy, especially when the agents were tipped off, the much larger quantity has made it across the border safely :-)

  • @nanojump338
    @nanojump338 Před 7 měsíci

    Yeahhhh