[music playing]
Yesterday, our undercover officer Roly was able to buy
two baggies of cocaine.
[beep]
ROLY (ON RADIO): That's a positive two dimes.
We were able to get a search warrant,
so we're going back to the residence.
[beep]
It's a white Grand Am with no perims.
It's here by [bleep] and [bleep]..
OFFICER (ON RADIO): 10-4.
LT. RODRIGUEZ: The one that has the eye says that they
put something into the vehicle.
LT. RODRIGUEZ: So that puts us at a high alert
now, knowing that these individuals
will stop at nothing to protect their money or their drugs.
So right now, it's just a sit-and-wait
and basically a cat and mouse.
Put the camera down.
[squealing tires]
The car took off from the target location.
These guys are out there looking for us just as
much as we're looking for them.
I think they made one of our units, and we spooked them.
So I think we've gotten burned, and the vehicle's on the run
now.
[engine accelerating]
OFFICER (ON RADIO): We got a 10-80.
It's a 10-80. It's that white one.
LT. RODRIGUEZ: OK, we've got a 10-80.
We've got a car chase.
OFFICER (ON RADIO): End of the bridge.
[sirens]
He just took [inaudible].
AUTOMATED VOICE: Police video started.
[sirens]
[radio clicks]
OFFICER (ON RADIO): Fiero, concentrate on the car, Fiero.
I've got the 20s.
We're southbound on New York, passing Fremont.
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[engine accelerating]
Going westbound, westbound on Guerrero.
Westbound on Guerrero towards Arkansas.
[squealing tires]
[crash]
[sirens]
They just apprehended the guy.
Subject ran, but they were able to detain him.
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Holy [bleep],, they [bleep] up the car.
What's up, man?
[chuckles] Oh, it was a good chase.
It was a good chase, partner.
Yeah, this is the one that-- this is
the officer that led the chase.
There he is right there.
The best thing about it is no one got hurt.
Is there a rifle there?
It looks like a Mini-14.
As you can see, there's two large bundles
inside the vehicle. - Oh, my back.
No, I'm just playing.
[bleep]
But I have to estimate it's probably about 75 pounds.
It's worth probably $75,000.
Right now, what we're going to do
is take it to the police department,
and then later on this month burn it.
[chuckling]
Like I said, it was just a cat-and-mouse game.
And the cat won today.
[chuckles]
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When a suspect flees, we automatically
impound his vehicle.
It's taken to an impound lot where
it's more thoroughly searched.
[hydraulic whirring]
[clicks]
With all the movement this guy was making
and the gun we found, we just want to make sure there's
nothing else in that vehicle.
It was heading south.
That's why they suspect it might have money instead of drugs
because it's going south.
And there's something wrong with it.
I mean--
The bolts have been tampered with and stuff like that.
So--
And we're going have to wait to these guys to take it apart
and see what's in there.
What did you see in those [inaudible]??
Right here, we put a scope.
And you can tell there's something in here--
in this area-- SGT. SIFUENTES: Wow.
OFFICER: --that doesn't--
SGT. SIFUENTES: So you're going to drop that?
It doesn't look factory.
So you're going to have to drop the whole thing?
Oh, they've got some work to do then.
Yep.
Alejandro, who's going to drop it?
ALEJANDRO: Huh?
SGT. SIFUENTES: Who's going to drop it?
This young man here is going to drop the transmission.
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[chatter]
SGT. SIFUENTES: What's in there?
Nothing in there so far?
MAN: I don't see any from here.
They got part of the transmission off,
so now they're scoping it.
They're using the fiber-optic scope to go through the hole
there.
ALEJANDRO: Nah, I can't see it, man.
Nah, not yet.
SGT. SIFUENTES: He doesn't see anything right now.
[drill whirring]
MAN: There it is.
There's your last chance.
Show it to me.
Show me the money, Felipe.
If there's something inside there.
MAN: Now, what the heck?
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SGT. SIFUENTES: It doesn't belong there?
MAN: No.
SGT. SIFUENTES: Oh, that's going to be a compartment.
MAN: No [bleep].
SGT. SIFUENTES: What do you think that's been done?
It looks wrong to us because, you know,
that thing doesn't need to be in there.
[whirring]
Here we go.
[whirring]
There you go.
[exclamations]
Hey, baby.
MAN 1: Get some.
SGT. SIFUENTES: Oh, man.
Man, they went through a lot of trouble to do this.
MAN 1: Wow.
SGT. SIFUENTES: Great going, guys.
MAN 2: Damn.
SGT. SIFUENTES: The best compartment we've ever seen,
and it's loaded.
Wow, that's awesome. - Wow.
That's great.
The money that was located today, it looks like it's
about $100,000 right now.
MAN: 23, 24.
They obviously have been getting hundreds of thousands,
if not millions, of dollars into Mexico
with just this one vehicle.
The way this money was packaged and the sophistication
of the compartment, we know this is a cartel-related vehicle.
No regular Joe Blow is going to go through all this
to hide their money.
So we know we're on to something.
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