[whimpering]
STEVE SALAS: All right, that sounds exciting.
Duke, dispatch broadcast 1080 vehicle, which
Colorado was in a pursuit with.
They followed it to the state line
and then they had to terminate.
So if they do locate the vehicle and it gets in a pursuit,
we just want to get this thing shut down as soon as we can.
Jared and I will spike it.
We'll get these spikes set out.
They're just going to extend out to go across the travel lane.
They're coming.
Here, take these over. Take these over.
Number one lane.
MAN (ON RADIO): Should be coming up on you right now.
It's going to be a grey Mercedes.
It was in the number one lane at a high rate of speed.
There it is.
Here it comes.
MAN (ON RADIO): Coming to you now.
[inaudible] vehicle.
Got him spiked.
Pull them all the way off. Get in.
Get in. Get in.
We got him. We just got to watch--
once they do come to a stop, we got to see if they bail out.
Vehicle maybe abandoned.
We've got four-- four--
looks like four males running north.
[barking]
Duke, he's definitely ready to bite someone.
Let's do it. Clear that car.
Clear that car.
Duke, come here. Stop.
We're going to send the dog.
Stay close-- you get in front of me,
this dog's going to bite you.
Hey, stop, we're going to send the dog.
Platz.
Hey, stop right there or I'm going to send the dog.
This is your last warning.
Stop right there.
We're sending the dog.
Let's see your hands.
Platz.
Duke, [inaudible].
Good boy.
Just use that truck for cover, guys.
Call them back one by one.
Right there is good.
Hey you-- you, on the end.
Turn around and walk back.
Quiet, quiet, quiet. Quiet.
Hey, hey.
Quiet. [barking]
Platz. Platz.
Platz.
Just come back one at a time.
We're good now. We're good.
Platz.
Platz. Platz.
Hey. Hey.
Evans, go ahead and put your gun away.
You just worry about cuffs.
We've got guns on them.
Good boy. You did good.
Yeah, you did good.
That was exciting, wasn't it?
We can do an evidence search with Duke.
If they were involved in an armed robbery,
it's possible they held the gun until we spiked them
but I couldn't see any weapons.
The small aluminum spikes are hollow.
And you can see where this spikes have punctured the tire
and then the air is allowed to escape
through the hollow opening in that spike.
And obviously it was very effective in this situation
with all four tires.
You know, there's at least 12 spikes in that one tire alone.
No stolen property of any kind.
OK.
There's a lot.
STEVE SALAS: I'll call a wrecker for us.
At a minimum, they'll probably be
looking at fleeing charge here.
That's when you want the dog.
I mean, you know, eliminating the threat.
If they are facing any charge, if they're
involved in the theft of the vehicle
or just had knowledge that the vehicle was stolen,
they'll probably just charge them in Colorado.
[siren sounding]
STEVE SALAS: So the reason I stopped
you, a couple of reasons.
One is your lane travel.
As I was traveling behind you-- and I
know it's a bigger vehicle--
but you're driving on the white line
and you've crossed it several times.
OK, and where are you coming from?
I'm coming from Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, OK.
I'm going to check this out.
Would you mind coming to my--
back to my vehicle so I can get some information from you?
- No, not at all. - You OK with that?
Do you have family out there or--
No.
OK.
You don't have anything illegal in the vehicle today, do you?
No.
No illegal drugs of any kind? No?
You OK if I run the police dog around the outside
of the vehicle?
You OK with that? Good boy.
Good boy. Here.
Here. Here.
My police dog's trained to detect
the odor of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine.
He's actually alerting to this passenger side of the vehicle
with that open window.
He's actually trying to go into the open window.
I have personal marijuana.
You have personal marijuana.
OK, is there any large quantities
of any drugs in there?
I just have a couple of joints.
You're not impaired in any way right now, are you?
No, I'm kind of nervous.
OK, you're not drinking?
No, just hot tea.
Well, what I'm going to do is I'm
going to search the motor home.
OK?
If you just have a couple of joints
and if you're not impaired, we'll do a few tests.
If you're not impaired, then probably just
write you a ticket.
OK?
You know what?
I have to go to the bathroom?
Can you come in there with me so I can go--
I mean, literally, I've had diarrhea like four times
on this trip.
I'm not kidding you right now.
OK, well I don't want you to do anything inside my car.
So if you need to do what you need to do.
I really would appreciate it.
OK.
- The bathroom is right there. - OK.
I'm just going to make sure there's no weapons in here
and then you can do it you need to do, OK?
It's a nice RV.
Maybe in a minute here if I can't figure it out.
Is this-- all this luggage belong to you?
[bleep] - Yeah.
Yeah.
Three pounds of marijuana right there.
So [bleep] I'm going to place in handcuffs for the marijuana.
Let's go ahead and set your tea down.
The reason you are in custody is not because of the personal use
marijuana, but the large quantities of marijuana
that's in the storage container, OK?
Mmhmm.
We'll go ahead and go back to the office
and see how we can further this investigation.
We have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten, 66 pounds.
It's kind of eye opening just to see
the amount of drugs that are actually being
transported on the interstates.
[music playing]
STEVE SALAS: So where are you coming from today, sir?
Phoenix.
So the reason I stopped you, a couple of reasons, OK?
One initially is you were following too close behind
another vehicle you're behind.
And then as I turned my lights on to stop you and then
you came into the guardrail area.
So I turned my lights off.
But following behind you, you're all over the road.
Well, can I have you come back to my vehicle
so I can get some information from you?
Can I smoke a cigarette out there?
Um, let's-- let's wait till afterwards, OK?
So have you ever had a driver's license?
Never had one.
OK.
So you're coming up here to see your girlfriend.
How long are you going to be up here?
Just a couple of hours.
Couple hours.
Then turn around and head back?
Yeah, I have to go back home [inaudible]..
- Why do you have to go back? - [inaudible].
Why do you have to go back?
I live with my fiance, my wife.
OK.
I would like to search the vehicle to make sure there's
nothing illegal in there.
You OK with that?
You OK with that? - No problem.
Here, Jared, he wants to have a smoke.
He's alerting all over.
He's hitting a few areas then moving.
Up up.
He can't find the source of the odor.
Up up.
Yeah.
He says there's a half a gram, maybe a half
a gram of heroin in there.
He's saying there's a half a gram of heroin in there
but I'm guessing there's going to be
more just based on his story.
So you're saying you swallowed half a gram?
Yeah.
Can you get that to come back up?
No.
I'd like you to try.
I just want you to--
how much-- how much do you normally use?
Just a little bit, probably not even a half a gram a day.
The guy's saying he ate some heroin as I was stopping him,
so we have medical coming here.
He's saying he ate heroin. - Awesome.
So we just want to clear him.
I don't what jail is going to do.
We find narcotics hidden in spare tires often.
So we're just going to do an echo test
see if we get an echo.
Oh yeah.
There's no echo.
Probably one, two, three, four, five pounds.
We just don't know if it's heroin or meth.
I'm going to guess.
If you clear him, they'll take him.
OK.
So his vitals check out.
Yeah.
We just finished up this traffic stop.
Headed-- headed to the jail now.
This is heroin, actually has like cartel identifiers on it.
27 ounces.
I'm assuming it came straight from Mexico, approximately
$700,000 street value.
MAN (ON RADIO): Got a [inaudible] on [inaudible]..
We've got one of our troopers on a traffic stop on I-80.
It's a drug trafficking case.
How many occupants? - One.
Just one.
And a dog.
Back here around the curve, he drifted out of his lane
into that right lane.
First he said he's going home for the holidays.
He says he went to Denver to see family
and then Seattle to see family.
DAVID MORENO: OK.
He said he got there Friday or Saturday.
The car was rented Friday.
[inaudible] Indiana, confronted him on that.
Then he said he lied.
That's not where he went.
He said he went to California.
And come to find out he's hauling drugs.
He had about 50 pounds of marijuana.
Every pack is about-- it's about a pound.
We call it a suicide load.
It's just suicide because they don't even
try to hide it so they just put it in the trunk like that
and just put it in a duffel bag like that.
So every pound in California, we're thinking about $1,500
a pound to buy it.
And then on the street, I'm thinking they
probably double the profits.
You're thinking about selling that for about $3,000 a pound.
So right now, we're going to be doing this.
We're going to be taking all this marijuana
over to evidence.
We're also going to be taking the suspect over to our
investigation office where he's going to be interviewed
by some of our detectives.
We've got animal control coming to pick up the dog,
so they're going to take him.
And hopefully he can get somebody
to come get the dog because he's going
to be in jail for a while.
[music playing]
So we're going to be coming in here to do
the interview on the suspect.
And we're also going to be booking the evidence in here.
Gimme your last name.
[bleep] Birthday?
[bleep] Happy birthday a couple hours ago.
Is it OK if I talk to you now?
Ask you some questions?
He requested an attorney.
So we're not going to be able to talk to him.
He even told him happy birthday.
He did, did you hear that?
Well, today is his birthday.
Who drug traffics drugs on their birthday?
I mean, that's pretty crazy.
I'm pretty sure he's working for somebody,
that would be my guess, somebody in Indiana who
gave him some money.
Here, go to California and get this.
Bring it back here and I'll pay x amount per pound, which
is probably what's happening.
I don't think he's-- he's not a big time dealer by any means.
I think it's probably [inaudible]..
What I'm going to do is I'm going
to seize both these phones.
I'm going to be applying for a search warrant
to download these phones and gather information off, OK?
Questions? - No.
OK.
The charges for now are going to be
a third degree felony, over a pound, under 100 pounds,
so that lies in that.
For this, we're talking about five years in prison.
STEVE SALAS: One of the things that I enjoy
doing is looking for people that are transporting
large quantities of narcotics.
[siren sounding]
So we've stopped this vehicle for a speeding
and a signal violation.
How you guys doing today?
Good.
May I see your license, please?
OK, no driver's license.
Do you-- is this your vehicle?
Did you rent it?
So why did you have your friend--
your friend rent the vehicle?
Because you guys have suspended licenses.
Can you turn the car off and then maybe
step out of vehicle, all right?
Do you have any weapons on you? - No, sir.
Can I see your waistband?
Turn around.
Do you care if I pat you down? - Go ahead.
Just put your hands behind your back.
So make sure you have any weapons in your pockets, OK.
Actually, yeah, just come out here a little ways here.
Anything illegal in this car today?
No.
Any illegal drugs?
- No. - Any marijuana?
No.
- Any cocaine? - No.
- Any heroin? - No.
- Methamphetamine? - No.
- Large amounts of money? - No.
No. Any guns?
Nothing.
Burglary tools?
No.
Do you have anything illegal on you?
- No. - Nothing in your pockets there?
Nothing.
Mind if I just see your waist band to make
sure you don't have any--
OK, you're good.
I'm going to have you step up there, maybe 40 or 50 feet off.
Good boy.
Good boy. Good boy.
Good boy. Here.
Here. Good boy.
Good boy.
On his own, he goes into the vehicle.
That his alert to narcotic odor.
So we're going to go ahead and search it.
There's a bag of meth right there.
Let's go ahead and--
I'm sure there's more, but let's go and just--
you cuff her up. I'll cuff him up.
Is that your cigarette butt?
Yeah.
Pick it up.
Put it in your pocket, all right?
Yeah. Now face away from me.
Spread your legs.
Go ahead and put your hands behind your back for me.
Just don't move, OK?
So the reason you're in cuffs is just because of the meth
that was in the door.
It's salt or something.
OK, well, we'll test it, OK?
But right now it looks like meth.
Under the passenger seat got another bag.
See, that's where the dog was going, right down there.
Probably about a pound of meth right there.
That's a good find, Nick.
Hey, Steve, I think there's stuff inside this front seat.
They've detached that and then cut into the upholstery.
Then you can see the vacuum-sealed packages.
It's hard to see, but they've cut that upholstery
and just pushed the packages up in there.
It's about nine pounds of meth.
Go ahead and collect all the receipts, any type of pocket
trash that may indicate to our investigators
where they're coming from, where they're going.
There may be evidence on the phones
or in the receipts showing that they've made multiple trips
from wherever they're coming from, you
know, whether it's out of San Diego, Southern California, LA.