Owners of a soda state boys, two cousins coming from California get stopped by the Louisiana State Police with a suspicious itinerary and a look into the driver's criminal history. The men may be indulging in something illegal. What will the troopers find? Tell me tell me a little bit about the case you got going with the DA. What's going on with that? I don't care about like 15 years ago. I don't know when it was. I just took a pill. I just took a pill. That was it? Yeah, that's it. I got you. [Music] Oh my god. On the highway. Oh my [Music] god. Seat belt on the state boys. State boys. body cam footage from the Louisiana State Police and law enforcement agencies across the state of Louisiana. Where's the parish? On November 2nd, 2023, a trooper with the Louisiana State Police Troop G, was patrolling Interstate 20 when he noticed a vehicle committed a traffic violation. The trooper would catch up to the vehicle and conduct a traffic stop and make contact with the driver being locked and tell him the reason for the stop. [Music] 24 off Nevada 449 whiskey 73 449 W 73 Nevada flight How you doing? Is this your car? Uh, it's a rental car. Okay. My name's Trooper Wardell, State Police. Couple of things, okay? I just want to make sure you're aware of this. You have something hanging down on the bottom like like if you look down. See the plastic? Yeah, it's plasting up and down hitting the road like something's broken under there. Um the only other thing whenever you're behind cars, you got to give him enough space or you got to go around them. Okay. You see my back there, you kind of got him on the 18-wheeler. If he's going too slow, just pass him cuz if he has to slam on the brakes, you're not going to have time to stop at this speed. Okay. Uh do you know what happened to the car? Uh, I mean like it's it's a rental car. Did you hit anything recently? Yeah, I mean like uh I hit like like well one of the uh the tire thing on the road. I got you. Do you have a license? Yeah. Thank you. You still own a good address? Yeah. And you said it's a rental car? Yes, I a rental car. Did you rent the car? Yeah, me and my buddy rent the car. Yeah. Which one of y'all rented it? He's renting it. He rented it. Okay, I got you. If you would just hang tight right there, I'm going to go grab this paperwork. Okay, I'll be right back with you. After telling him the reason for the stop, the trooper would then talk to the passenger show you and ask the driver vlog about their itinerary. Hey, do you have the paperwork for the car? You see you rented it? Yeah. Do you have your ID with you? Thank you. You still live in San Francisco? You got to speak up. You do live there. I'm sorry. Yes, you do. Okay. Where are you headed? Okay. And do you have do you have insurance? You bought it from them. Did they give you Did they give you another piece of paper to silver Chevrolet tracks? You show where the insurance is? Uh they charged the bank got insurance. They charged it on here. Yeah. Okay. All right. I appreciate it. I'll be back. Thank you. All right. Let's come over here so we don't get hit by a car. You hang out over here. Let me grab my book real quick. Okay. I'll probably just write you a warning. You had any tickets recently? Oh, no. I don't. Let me see. Are y'all related? Yeah, it's my little cousin. Your cousin? I got you. Oh, you're older than you look. Yeah. I thought you were younger than me. You're older than me a good bit. Just like a lot of water. Yeah. You from Cali originally? Yeah. You're up there? Yeah. I I've been living there for like 30 something years. Oh, wow. Where y'all headed? We We headed to Birmingham. What's going on over there? I used to live there. Oh, you used to live there before you lived in Cali. What are y'all doing out there? So, basically my my relatives have a restaurant. They're coming from uh uh China. Are y'all moving down there? No, just visiting. I got you. How long y'all going to visit for? For a couple days. We going to go to Vegas. Go to Vegas. Nice. Going to go gamble. Yeah. So, how are y'all going to get to over to Vegas? Cuz So, so basically, uh, we're going to go over there and we're going to we're going to visit the the village over there. We all going to go to Vegas. Are you going to drive to Vegas? No, I never like we have an older We have an older grand auntie. Uh-huh. Yeah. So, she don't really speak English. She basically rich over there. She rich in Thailand. I got you. Basically, you just go over there and then um you know, try to steal. Well, I guess I guess why I'm confused is the car the car is due today to be dropped off at Birmingham. Yeah. So, how are you going to get to Vegas if you don't have a car? No, basically you drop it off and turn the car over there and then we have other relatives over there. So, you are you going to fly to Vegas? Are you going to rent a car? And I said, "You want to stay in Birmingham with the weekend? You're going to go to Vegas with other rel." I got you. You are just going to take one of their cars. You fly to Vegas. Okay, I got you. With the relative. Good deal. Well, man, if you'll just wait right here, I'm going to run your license. Make sure it's valid. Okay, I'll be right back with you. After running both men license, the trooper confronts Ven about his criminal past and then has questions that no one wants to hear from a Louisiana state trooper. Check 26. Check for CH. It's out of California. First name is Vin. V I N H. Last name is Lock. L O C. That's Vin Lock. Asian male. Vin. Yes. You don't you don't keep any weapons on you, do you? No, no weapons. You mind if I patch your pockets? Tell me tell me a little bit about the case you got going with the DA. What's going on with that? I don't know with the DA talking about like 15 years ago. I don't know when it was. I just I just took a pill. I just took a pill. That was it? Yeah, that's it. I got you. So, listen. Part of what I do out here is I look for people that are doing things on the interstate they're not supposed to. You know, smuggling drugs, people, guns, currency, stuff like that. Okay. Do you have any guns in the vehicle? Do you have any large amounts of US currency greater than like $10,000? Do you have any cocaine? No. No. Any heroin? No. Methamphetamine? Any marijuana? Would you give me consent to search your vehicle? I mean, I'm going to ask him. I'm just asking you to cuz you're the driver. Yeah, we'll just let him. Okay. So, I'm going to talk to him, but you you would be okay if he says yes. I mean, yes. Every It's fine with me. I don't I mean, like, you know. Okay. And what kind of luggage is in the vehicle? And there's bags in the back. Yeah, they belong to y'all. I'm going have you stand over here with my partner. Okay, stand with him. I got one more. Will you step out here with me? So, listen. You speak good English. A little bit. A little bit. Okay. What What are you going to Alabama for? Visiting my old friends. Your friends? Yeah. Okay. And then what do you how long are you staying? This one's just up to my face. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Are y'all just staying for a few days? Yeah. And then um when are you coming back home? You going to take a plane? You going straight back to California? Yeah. Okay. Is there uh anything illegal in your vehicle? No. Any guns? Guns? Any uh money? Mucho Diero like uh Okay. Any um any marijuana, cocaine? Heroin, no drugs? Can I search the car? Yeah. You sure you're good? You understand what I'm saying? Can I search inside the car for anything illegal? This is 24. He said to ask you to me. Yeah, cuz it's your you rented it. Are you okay with it? Yeah. Okay. So, tell me what you think I'm saying. Uh, I think could you let my friend translate? Yeah. Yeah. Come over here. Will you Will you tell Make sure he's very clear cuz he doesn't speak good English. Make sure he understands what I'm asking. I'm asking him to search the vehicle for anything illegal in the vehicle. Make sure he understands that cuz he said yes, but I want to make sure he understands what I'm asking. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Does he understand? Okay. So, it's it's a yes or no. He don't understand. So, he's saying like is it the requirement they have to be searched? That's what he No, it's consensual. So, I'm asking his permission. So, basically, he said that, you know, good or not. That's what he said. That's fine. So, I'm going to have y'all stand with my partner. I'm going to run my dog and just make sure. Okay. Just stand over here. Thank you. Heat. Heat. live. All right. So, look, I'm going to give you one chance, okay? Yes. If there's any Is there any marijuana in the car? Just be honest now. If you got a little marijuana, it's okay. It's not a big deal. But just be honest now so we can deal with it. Like, how much you got? I'm back with this. Okay, that's all you got. You're not going to go to jail. But if you're lying and there's a bunch, you're going to go to jail. So, you can either tell me now or we can do the whole dance. Let me just Okay, wait here. [Applause] Put them up. Turn around. Put your hands together like you're praying like this. Can the guy you're cuffing advise him of his Miranda rights, obviously in English, and tell him to explain it to him in English. Okay. After finding something illegal in the suitcases, the trooper then explains to both men what's about to happen. 224 1315 * 2 966 I'll go ahead and tell you while we're standing here. Listen, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used to get you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you couldn't afford one, won't be provided for you. You have the right not to answer any questions and you can stop answering questions at any time. Do you understand that? Yeah. Okay. Will you just give him a synopsis of that? Make sure he understands that. Hey, good sign. Say that one more time. Hey, I'll say it and then you say it. Okay. You have the right to remain silent. [Music] Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. He has the right to have an attorney before doing any question. I mean, you say he used a phone call. We We'll get all that. Yeah. Yeah. Y'all, we're we're not going to treat y'all poorly. Okay. This happens all the time. Okay. So, what's going to happen is I'm going to see how much you got. I'm guessing what? Probably 50 lb 40 lb. It's not not the most ever, but it's probably two suitc suitcases full. Yeah, we just drive. I get it. This happens a lot. Um, so we're going to take you back to our office. We'll count all this up. We'll have uh the investigators come in. They'll ask you questions about it. If we get done with that, we'll take you and go book you in the local jail, but you'll get to call people and all that. Okay. Anything in your pockets? Just like a chapstick and an airphone. That's my ID in the car. Okay. This way. the death car, please. Stand in there. subject to death. You know what he told me? What? I said, "How much is it? 40, 50 lb." He goes, "Uh, bro, we just drive." That one's probably going to be locked, too. Did you see his DEA case? He has a MDMA DEA case. Might might have some other I'll probably like cut it open. It's going to be locked. as much left already. it 100 times. I bet it's 50. Maybe maybe 40. Cross. How many mutants? Probably got 50 total. Yeah. The troopers will find two 50 lb bags of marijuana and both men will be booked into the Py Dorsche Correctional Center for possession with the intended distributor of schedule one. Shin Wan Yu charges was dismissed while Van Lock plead guilty and he was sentenced to 10 years at hard labor all suspended and placed on three years probation. He also has a play of $9,235 fine. Hey, so where where are you guys going exactly? I'm going to Okay. So, where are y'all are y'all planning on going somewhere else before you get to Birmingham? We we plan to go to to get a hidden to where to to get the uh the like, you know, to go to a hotel. So, we'll stay there. Do you guys have reservations for the hotel? I'm sorry. We have no reservations. So, let me let me explain this to you. So, if you guys aren't actually going to Birmingham and you guys are going to meet somebody at that hotel, no mean nobody at all. I'm just too tired because Okay. All right.