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Owners of the state boys, a separate traffic stop turns into a driver feeling like he's under a lot of pressure. What will the troopers find? >> I ain't got no [ __ ] I'm under a lot of pressure right now. >> Why are you under pressure? I mean you had to be I know you're a little I can tell you're a little nervous. >> Hell yeah. I ain't nervous no more. >> Get out. Get out. Get out. >> [music] [music] [music] >> State boys, body cam footage from the Louisiana State Police and law enforcement agencies across the state of Louisiana. >> Hey driver. May I have you step out for me? Man, I'm doing all right about yourself? Hey, I'm Trooper Smith with the State Police. Reason why I stopped you when you drove by me I was coming out the gas station I seen your windows look pretty dark. And I saw I pulled out I was kind of watching I saw you kind of bump that fog line a little bit. I just I was going to check your tint and be I was going to make sure everything was good. >> It's factory tint. It's factory. >> Factory tint? >> Yes, sir. It came like that. >> I got you. Look. >> I wouldn't lie to you at all, sir. >> It looks like a new ride. Is that yours? >> my wife's. >> Your wife's? >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. >> I got you. Well, look let's check it real quick. You got any firearms or anything in there? >> No, sir. >> All right. Yeah, just uh roll it down about halfway. >> That's good right there. I wouldn't lie to you, sir. It's factory tint. >> It ain't factory. It's measuring 27. >> Exactly. That's what exactly what I would not do. >> All right, it may be in Texas, but in Louisiana it's got to be at least 40. So, it's it's it's a little dark. You got to bought it in Texas? >> Yes, sir. >> Here, shut that. >> Rockwall. >> Yeah, you uh you got your license on you? >> And here's my bank card. >> Nah, I don't need that. >> After telling the driver the reason for the stop, the trooper would then notice something and confront the driver about it. >> I got you. >> Yes, sir. >> Uh what about your registration and your insurance? >> all that. I said this is new regs, man. She got everything in there. >> And when was the last time you smoked weed in there? >> Oh, not in here. I ain't never smoked in here. >> Well, have you smoked recently? >> No, sir. Well, well, I'll say, but not in this car, never. >> Yeah, well, I mean, when was the last time you smoked? >> Oh, probably earlier today when I got out of work. >> All right, cuz I I can smell it a little bit. >> Yeah, I ain't got I ain't never smoked in here. >> All right. >> I got registration. >> Grand Cherokee. Yeah, just say you're going to back right here for me. So, is there any marijuana in the car? >> No, sir. No, sir. >> All right, cuz I mean, I I can smell it. >> No, sir. Nope, no no no marijuana. No, sir. Won't lie to you. >> Anything else in there? >> No, sir. Nothing at all. >> All right, just hang tight for me, all right? >> Yes, sir. >> Your license good? >> Yes, sir. I'm good. >> All right, just hang out. >> I do metal roofing, so I actually come to take talk to a man about a job, so that's what I've been doing for the past 12 years. That's my profession. >> Metal roofing? >> Yes, sir. >> I got you. >> I won't lie to you. >> All right, just hang out by your license plate, all right? >> After confronting the driver, the traffic stop will escalate into something more serious. >> You got a K9 available? I got a odor of marijuana. So, look, because I can smell the marijuana, and you There's nothing in the vehicle? >> No, sir. No, sir. >> All right. Uh I saw your license was good. Like I said, your window tint's dark. I'm not going to mess with you about, you know, bumping the fog line. >> Yeah, I really thought I think you went on I seen the old man on the side of the road. That's what I got over there. >> I saw that, too. It was before that. Cuz I did the same thing. I was like, "We're not trying to have that right there." >> I was thinking about that in my mind when you said bump the fog line. I said, "Well, maybe it's the one on the other side." >> Yeah, I I seen him cuz he was he was kind of in the Yeah, I seen him. So, just give me a second, all right? All right, I'm going to go I'm just going to read I'm going to read you your rights real quick because I do smell the marijuana. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. And do you understand the rights I just read to you? All right. All right, go and turn around for me. >> Turn around? >> Yeah. I'm not placing you under arrest. I'm just I'm just detaining you. >> What I do? >> It's just cuz the odor of the marijuana. >> Sir, I don't have no marijuana. I don't have nothing on me, sir. >> Turn around. Just turn around. Like I said, you're not placed I'm not placing you under arrest. >> I'm not Why am I handcuffed? >> Because I'm just detaining you because of the marijuana. I smell marijuana. Stand by. I'm just going to I'm going to lock them so they don't tighten up, all right? How long ago did you smoke the marijuana? >> I smoked it about an hour ago. Like 2 or 3 hours ago. >> I got you. All right, let me lock this back up. Is there anything in there? How much marijuana's in there? >> I got my wife. >> No, man. I'm just I'm just asking you. I'm telling you I mean I I Stay right there. Because of the marijuana. I I him for assistance with the search cuz cuz I smell the marijuana. So, we're going to search we're going to search through the vehicle. So, I'm just trying to Just be If it's a little bit of weed, I ain't worried about a little bit of weed, man. Just a little bit of weed, I am not worried about it. I get you your window tint ticket and we'll move on. >> As the trooper keep asking him questions, the driver starts to visibly unravel. He becomes nervous and shaking and run out of answers. And then, he gets a confession. >> All right. You watch him. >> Yes. >> Cuz I've got I smell the marijuana. He says he hadn't smoked in there and it's not in there. >> No smoking >> But he said he smoked earlier. >> No smoking in there. >> Okay. But I mean, when we walked up to the car, that's when I smelled the odor of marijuana. Okay? >> I didn't give you consent to search the car. >> I don't I've got the odor of marijuana up there by the vehicle. That's all I saw the consent I need. >> [cheering] >> So, I'm about to grab some gloves and go at it. I mean, you you going to be honest with me? How much weed you got in there? Just stand stand by. >> If there ain't nothing in there, there shouldn't be no reason for you to search the vehicle. >> Been arrested for marijuana before? >> All the time, yeah. >> All the time, yeah. How long ago? >> 2 months. >> I ain't going to find none in there right now? I patted him down when I finished with my coat cuz I told him he's not under arrest, he's just detained cuz I smelled the marijuana. >> my ticket and I'll fall out. >> Do what now? >> You write my ticket and I'll fall out. I'm hot as hell right now. >> You hot? >> Yeah, I'm hot. >> I'm half cold out here. You got a hoodie, I figured you'd be comfortable. >> No, [ __ ] I'm I'm under a lot of pressure right now, you know? >> Why are you under pressure? >> Man, cuz you're just like >> I mean, you had to be I know you're a little I can tell you're a little nervous. >> Yeah, I am, yeah. I ain't nervous no more. I know you do what you do. >> All right. You got something you want to enlighten me on? >> What's up, man? >> 2 lb of marijuana? >> Yeah, also some >> Okay. >> Really more mad about the meth cuz I ain't got no reason to [ __ ] with the meth. Wife will kill me about it. >> Is it in that backpack? >> I was just saying >> That's what I was just about to open. >> I'm about to wreck my car. I really give a damn right now. >> Do what now? >> I said you want to talk to my wife, that's all. >> All right. I'll try and do what I can to make that happen here in a little bit. >> I'm I'm literally my my arm about to break. Feel like I'm about to pass out. >> Well, look. Let me get this out. >> out. >> Yeah, let let let me search All right. So, right at this point I'm going to find it. Let me lay eyes on it just so I can see it and I can officially tell you that you're under arrest, all right? Can you give me just a minute? >> Just do what you got to do. >> Yeah, we I ain't stopping you. Where's the meth? In the front Is it in there with the weed? In the plastic bag? Here. Let's go ahead and do this. All right. So, I see the weed. All right. You are going to be placed under arrest for possession, okay? Let me give you a good search and I'll put you in my unit where you can sit down and I'll cut you some air on, okay? So, go ahead and stand up. >> So, what looked to be like a normal traffic stop was really a street-level ending to a much bigger federal investigation. According to prosecutors, the DEA had already opened an investigation and suspected drug trafficking in the West of Paris area. And agents got a court order to listen to a co-defendant's phone. That's where the driver in this traffic stop's came in the picture. After those intercepted calls, [music] the agents will watch the driver in this video be on his way to drop off narcotics. From there, they would have the Louisiana State Police make the stop. In total, there was 10 men indicted for this organized drug ring. The driver in this video would get 78 months in federal prison. >> What? >> 8 ball >> I'm good.
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