the uk border agency is at war with smugglers in the ports and airports you don't have to see anything get that out of my hazel stops a suspected drug mule okay but why would he pay for your flight ticket to england because i wanted to come up and get experience i want to go to the caribbean but nobody will buy me a ticket liz gets abused from an angry passenger i'm asking your and when drug dog floyd gets wind of a powerful sense i have never seen an indication like it offers us pounds to stop him flushing his stash excuse me at gatwick a british airways flight has just touched down from saint lucia in the last few weeks cocaine seizures from sun lucia have skyrocketed and border officers have intensified efforts to make sure no smugglers slip through the net [Music] as the passengers disembark the officers are on the lookout for anyone who fits the many profiles of a smuggler drug dog megan is a vital tool for finding smugglers just keep on the right hand side take your bag off your shoulders please sometimes just the presence of a dog can make nervous smugglers give themselves away hazel notices the man in the white collared shirt there was one person who was he wasn't making eye contact with anybody because i spoke directly to him so we'll have a quick word with him when he comes into the baggage hall and see if he's got anything he's just in the queue there he did he looked nervous and he's all dressed up yeah the passenger appears uneasy as the sniffer dog examines his cases but megan doesn't give a definite indication with their suspicions aroused they decide to question him anyway oh they say you're traveling alone today yeah you bring your bag over to bench for me please can i see your passport ticket please sir and how long you've been away for this trip what was the purpose of you were you staying with friends over there or family last time [Music] and how long are you going to remain in the uk before you go back to two days i usually do some shopping okay have you got your return ticket back to the buda actually um i have to try this though you still got to get that out of here yep not a problem and whereabouts will you be staying while you're here in the uk i was going to go to um because i'll point this avenue and you packed all the bags yourself and you're aware of the contents does anybody give you anything to bring back to the uk you're not carrying anything for anyone inside the suitcase gary spots a large number of shoes for such a short trip and decides to examine them closely all i'm doing here i'm just x-raying the shoes make sure there's no concealments in it ash ash the x-ray immediately finds an anomaly the other officers are also convinced the shoes are hiding something that doesn't look right that difference in there but these other ones but there's only one way to find out what's inside all right lovely yes and there's a package inside the seal it's game over for this attempted importation okay and what looks like another big haul of cocaine from san lucia all right the time is 09 16 hours and what i've decided i found in there it looks like i found a controlled drug okay so i'm arresting you on suspicion of the illegal importation of control drug into the uk under arrest the man is transferred to the custody cells okay that's fine just pop around here again i intercepted him in the green channel a number of items of footwear they've been found to have packages inside do you understand that what the else has told me so you've been your assets purely and suspicion have been brought in a controlled drug into the uk the man seems to accept that the only thing he'll be exercising is his right to legal advice okay if you just come along with me if you could just remove your shoes and leave them outside because obviously it's got the laces in it the last thing we want is you to try and harm yourself with him and the officers are now about to discover just how much cocaine is hidden in the shoes in manchester officers are dealing with a difficult customer you might want to just go and stand with this martin's in there as well it's just a bloaty stuff i don't know if there's anyone else in there the passenger has returned from the caribbean i just got the keys outside it's a known source of cocaine yeah but i tell her to come inside but he isn't making things easy for liz why did she go out before you because i was getting i'm not asking you i'm not asking your questions do you sir can you find anything lock me if you don't find not yet the man can't believe he's a suspect but he also can't seem to read the signs you're not going to believe this excuse me i've told you guys excuse me excuse me i've told you you can't use your she can't come inside liz had a number of reasons for stopping the passenger but now it's his behavior that's causing the most concern you gonna pack that back up yeah pack them back up properly yeah with the man getting more aggressive the other officers keep an eye on the situation because you're on tv you think you're a professional this is stupid i couldn't watch this thing all the time what do you call it australian ball the man seems confused about what country he's in meanwhile liz attempts to continue her search and i'm not not just looking for drugs looking for anything else you shouldn't have like what like weapons shut up okay what i'm doing now we've got a machine that's satisfactory traces of drugs have you ever used any concept of drugs i said no you've asked me the question already i don't take drugs that's fine do you little swabs whatever you want to do the man then accuses the officers of racism you always say she randomly like the guy to the tv you're all racist that's what it is i didn't see one white person get stuck no no but it has to be me in it so we're about in it which stops other people on this flight already today no whatever believe me or not [Music] but it turns out the passenger has a reason for being annoyed at the delay this is taking them why today you know what day is today my birthday that's what i'm really i'm just going to go home enjoy my 21st just like every which every 21 year old on the birthday but to get stuck by custom on your birthday any other day with the search over the man decides to push his luck what are you looking for since you can't remember an apology is that is that okay is that much to ask uh i'm sorry if i waste any time that's fine obviously it's not going to make my birthday watch him but you haven't found anything so that's it really you just it's annoying when you get [Music] like everybody else some people do unfortunately as the innocent passenger heads off in gatwick the man caught with cocaine concealed in his shoes isn't so lucky contemplating his fate i don't know if sad's the right word i never judge people i think i i can't judge them for what they do i don't know what's led them to do what they've done i don't agree with people bringing drugs into the country i can never condone that but i can't judge the person hazel and mike examine all the shoes for drugs and you can just see where somebody's inserted a tool into the side to prise the sole off the main part of the shoe there's little indentations that just would arouse your suspicion and just make you think that they'd been taken apart previously did you notice that one more yeah yeah i can't see anything oh look there's glue on this one that's giving it that one's done really well just see the glue mark the concealments are sophisticated but now the custody officer wants to know exactly what's inside the packages so that was really annoying you see a pair of shoes like that with a tape backpack package in the bottom a white powder in it and they still insist everyone goes if you tested it if you said yeah it's like you don't have to do you know it's i mean don't you okay put a drop of it in there that's the blue pink reaction you're looking for according to this pink on the top blue underneath that's cocaine it's definitely cocaine will you tell the cassidy officer it's positive with 200 grams of cocaine in each shoe in all the man was charged with importing nearly two kilos of cocaine worth around 80 000 pounds coming up on the hunt for smugglers drug dog floyd gives the clearest indication of his career coming up hazel stops a suspected drug mule okay but why would he pay for your flight ticket to england because i wanted to come up and get an experience i want to go to the caribbean but nobody will buy me a ticket [Music] in manchester the jamaica flight has just landed inside the terminal sniffer dog floyd is on duty with his handler susie the dog team have been called in by border officer martin to examine passengers as soon as they leave the aircraft giving smugglers no time to ditch their drugs when they see the dog [Music] floyd is trained to indicate if he picks up even the tiniest trace of drugs but this man with the red bag sends floyd signals into a frenzy martin heads into the baggage hall to intercept the suspect after he's collected his bags uh i was in the air bridge with a dog and i have never seen an indication like it really floyd is humping his leg and i've never seen a hit like it mate the man is traveling with a woman who suspiciously headed straight for the toilets the woman attempted to go to the toilets in the baggage area female officers accompanied her in there and explained the situation to her as well she's now with the female officers in our baggage search area the suspects have split but officers are keeping their distance from the man they think is carrying drugs because of the strong indication by the dog we are concerned that he's aware that we're having interest in him and he made the attempt to ditch any items he's got strapped to his body for that reason we would not let him go to the charts by [Music] the himself begins walking towards the exit but then makes a break for the toilets excuse me excuse me he's playing a second place mate come over here mate obviously i'm not saying you haven't seen you haven't obviously you have to be sure before you go in the trailer you haven't got anything strapped to you okay [Music] mate after a string of recent drug jobs from the caribbean and the strength of the dog indication the officers are almost convinced the man is carrying drugs [Music] in gatwick border officers are also on the lookout for a passenger who's just arrived from jamaica the intelligence unit have picked out the passenger as she fits a number of suspicious profiles we found her she was very skinny she's in blue patchy jeans she's got a white top and a black handbag hazel's team watch the suspect as she collects her bag and tries to leave [Music] hello there customs where we just arrived from from jamaica just bring it back around here for me for a minute please all hazel knows is the intel team picked out the suspect it's her job to investigate further put your passport please the woman has a british passport so hazel starts with questions about her trip how long have you been to jamaica for could be never how long have you been to jamaica for i've been living in europe oh right ah so you live in jamaica how long will you stay in england for um who will you come and see do you have a jamaican passport as well but you live in jamaica did you pay for your flight ticket yourself no i didn't who paid for your ticket someone up here someone up here who and who's he a friend of mine and why did he pay for your ticket because i'm coming up to spend some time with him and how do you know him i admitted him and what does do for a job uh i guess we call it self-employer hazel's unconvinced when did you last see him um earlier this year okay but why would he pay for your flight ticket to england why would he pay for your flight ticket to england because i wanted to come up and get experience i want to go to the caribbean but nobody will buy me a ticket no so you've just got 75 pounds [Music] so who will give you money while you're here my sister and and your sister does what for a job i'm not sure you're not sure suspecting she's a drug mule hazel presses the woman further so what will you do while you're here in england is there anything in particular that you want to see while you're here yeah things so what sort of things will you do while you're here i'm not too sure what the egg can do myself because i know a lot of places so have you not done any research into england and how did you get how are you eligible for british passport and does she live in england well she's not here at illinois so who is it you you live with i have parents so you live with your mom you live with your brother right okay it is it's a man's one what have you got man's body sprayed the suspect's story is ringing alarm bells i'm just gonna do a few checks okay should you just stay here for a few minutes hazel decides to investigate the woman's acquaintance with the unusual name i just want to do a few checks on oh good morning um i'd like a pnc check and an address check please yeah i don't think i've come across one before so you might might hit on something the person that she says has bought her ticket she doesn't know anything about him she doesn't know how old he is she's only known him for a year not entirely sure why he would pay for her ticket people i've known longer than that won't buy me a ticket to the caribbean so i want to know why he's paid for her ticket the officers keep a close eye on the lady while they await the result of the police checks on the man who paid for her trip [Music] back in manchester the team are also on high alert after a powerful dog indication certain they caught a smuggler the team pounced but as they walk to collect his bags the man gives kevin some information that changes the mood a nice one [Music] oh excellent online or online yeah brilliant mate it's a disappointment for the team but contact with so much cash would explain the dog's excitement thanks a lot look at roller coaster morning already and the officers searched the poker winner to verify his story but there's no pleasing some people the man is free to go but first officers ask a favor they want to let sniffer dog floyd refine the man's money belt and get his reward helping us out then actually and well-earned they're welcoming to train the dogs and then because obviously that's what the dog's indicating this job floyd quickly locates the cache in the man's belt but this time it's just for training i was quite relaxed because i had nothing to hide we went to jamaica on holiday but we weren't planning on going holiday this year we were planning to do a black garden up and i split the money between the guy for the ukraine we had fifty thousand dollars each roughly and uh in the next week we went in and victor holiday jamaica it was absolutely brilliant and uh we went over there and we had a great time the lucky couple leave with the winnings but sadly the officers didn't hit the jackpot good lad best indication ever mate back in gatwick's south terminal border officers are in the middle of questioning an intelligence target whose story aroused suspicions when it emerged her ticket had been bought for her suspecting she may be a drug mule hazel is investigating the person who paid for the ticket all right okay he was found guilty in 2007 of helping an asylum seeker we've got nine months in prison but he was born in 1949 and she doesn't seem to know how old this bloke is and she's clearly not an asylum seeker because she's got british passport right okay well thanks very much for your help thanks a lot then by the only thing we've got then is that he has been convicted of helping an asylum seeker but clearly that's not her concern because she's got british passport it's surprising news to keep you waiting it was just taking some time to do some checks but an exhaustive drug search found nothing it's fine okay well that's fine thank you very much for your time okay enjoy your stay in england thank you to win the war on drugs border officers must investigate any suspicious passengers but thankfully most are innocent and are free to go the smuggler caught with cocaine hidden in shoes pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison [Music] you