Cocaine Shoes (Full Episode) | To Catch a Smuggler

Summary by Krater

Customs and Border Protection agents at JFK and Miami airports intercept smugglers carrying narcotics and contraband concealed in luggage and shoes.

From the video

Answers: How do customs and border protection officers detect and arrest drug smugglers at international airports?

• airport customs security inspection
• drug smuggling interdiction
• cocaine trafficking via maritime and air routes
• counterfeit pharmaceuticals seizure
• law enforcement arrests

What it concludes

• Most cocaine entering Florida from the Caribbean arrives via the sea.
• Prescription medications surpass heroin and cocaine as the main cause of overdose deaths in the United States.
• Bringing unapproved prescription medications from foreign countries into the United States is illegal and subject to seizure.
• Thorough bag inspections and passenger interviews help CBP officers uncover concealed narcotics and counterfeit drugs.
• Suspected narcotics smugglers are successfully apprehended and charged with conspiracy to import and distribute illegal substances.