Parish on November 17th 2021 a trooper with the Louisiana State Police Troop G observed a Chevy Suburban committ a traffic violation while traveling on Interstate 20 the trooper then made contact with the driver Emilio Ruez and for the [Music] Stop what's going on man how are you sir I'm Chandler C State Police reason I sto out here laying back there by you you falling asleep or something oh I got you okay where you headed to today I got you you got your driver's license is it uh your car oh you just got it appreciate okay cool where you got where did you say y'all are heading to where's that oh I got [Applause] you all right amilio tells the trooper he is heading to M Louisiana after coming from Texas to pick up a friend you still live in a channel view you were kind of close to that Raptor earlier where are you travel yeah red red pick I got you all right man give me one second I'm just going to check your license and everything if everything's good I get you oh you're good man hey uh real quick while I get everything check will you just hang out by your bumper for me what I turn off the car yeah that's cool man yeah yeah oh yeah yeah give me one minute Mississippi Juliet Al Bravo 1446 J the trooper didn't ask ailio about the vehicle's registration Troopers know that traffickers usually re-register vehicles to avoid license plate readers how long have you had the Suburban for uh it's going be like about a month almost a month yeah cuz it's registered to somebody else yeah well like I said I just barely bought it not too long ago do you know who you bought it from I don't remember name it's my cousin's friend cousin's friend yeah where where did you buy it at well he his friend my cousin lives in the Brownsville okay so his friend I wouldn't buy it from down there like person to person no no no like uh ship or what no no no no like well yeah I thought you got me confused yeah person to person yeah okay what uh which plant do you work at I'm going to CCO off Lake Charles [Applause] okay how many miles how many miles you got the thing on it like 150 something yeah I mean look give me a minute they're trying to check your license and stuff it's taking a second cuz the stop6 remember the Raptor the trooper asked about you were kind of close to that Raptor earlier where are you travel yeah red red pickup red Raptor before making a start with aelo a vehicle that alilio was telling a 2013 Ford Raptor the plates also came back to Chanel View Texas which amilio is from as well and licensed play readers connected both vehicles and Lin Texas earlier that morning man going to do a warning oh I'm barely getting back on my feet I got man when this public [ __ ] hit we lost how long you uh stand in uh how long you stay in in Lake Jackson Lake Char probably like a shown is going to be like 3 months I would say oh wow yeah what do you do what do you do for him reflectory yeah like the fireproofing oh okay yeah yeah that man what that Co [ __ ] is well finally starting to get back up we're going to be there well it's not really going to be 3 months cuz we're going to work there we're going to stay there for this week or almost this week and then we come back for Thanksgiving and then we go back on December well the holidays which is Christmas New Year's yeah then we go back again yeah they don't make us work sometimes unless they really really want it but usually they have to come up and pay a double who are yall picking up in uh Monro my friend Frank well his name is Francisco but we call him Frankie they work with Y or something yeah you said you you don't know who's driving that r no I was I'm not going to lie I was I was speeding so I used to like I I don't I don't know if you had understood no I don't know if you had understood me when I said I used to like a d p oh yeah no yeah I'm tracking I'm not lying like he was Speedy man [ __ ] I be right in front of P Somebody But at the end the [ __ ] J was on me I got P what year is this part huh what year is that 2010 2010 yeah when asked about the four Raptor again the trooper noticed that amelo start breaking eye contact breathing heavy and acting nervous so the trooper as amilio does he have anything illegal in his vehicle man we uh we see a lot of uh speeding and stuff like that as I'm sure you know and uh drunk drivers and stuff like that we also see a lot of Narcotics trafficking on the interstates oh okay yeah you know how narcotics trafficking is like people taking large quantities of Contraband like drugs from one place to another yeah wait where did you say you were coming from from Houston oh Houston yeah is there any Contraband inide the be no you know what Contraband is legal stuff like marijuana oh oh no I don't there's no way we can do drug sir Like Cocaine we get randoms and [ __ ] cocaine or heroin then real quick if uh if I asked you for consent to search your vehicle to search for Contraband would you give me permission to do so sorry isas I'll just asking no you would you get me how fast were you going I wasn't even speeding that fast once I saw you I was already going slow 65 you know what the speed limit is on here 70 hey man come come stand with after the refusing consent to search another trooper and a k9 namig arrives to the scene and does a open air sniff around the vehicle you said you're going to be down there for like 3 months yeah do you have like luggage and stuff in yeah got my toolbx my luggage [Music] brv Tri State least look my dog's trained on five odors okay marijuana heroin which is he a passive alert dog which means he sit said over here on this side any of those things in the car like about a month ago he was asking me why I didn't put it under my name I told him the Plate's going to be good to like next year like man [ __ ] out there ride so this is these plates go on who had the car before yeah yeah my buddy well my cousin did they smoke did they did those guys smoke marijuana I wouldn't be able to had anybody in here that's SM no sir well him indicating can mean a lot of different things that just means there's an odor one of those that Trigg him this search going to do a quick search and you my should be open what kind of work you Doctor yeah 125 124 yeah was really 84 5 I believe it's 620 juli 845 620 going be on a metal scrap where you going going to my buddy to Lake jaon that's where y I'm in Lake I'm sorry oh Lake right the going to be there sh down out there yeah how long like 2 and a half months 3 months give or take been working out there just no usually intersection Tennessee unifor 337 968 Tennessee unifor 337 968 red TR my buddy his car [ __ ] up and all that be a big does he I'm not sure there's a m Monroe [Music] my KN what's that I want I get done with the sh it back over to my yeah you need to put it in your name you just bought it from him like cash money or what yeah I wait till the last money I had cuz I lost my car well I was doing car notes and once Co hit I lost my job where I was at lost my job I lost my wife's car man we lost everything yeah we were on the rentals car well not a rental but my mom left our car that's how we were trying to make it little jobs here and there and then I finally M together some cash can buy Tru for me and my kids so did you get this job back or no no no it's like another company oh yeah I used to work for parat what did about this car this this truck my cousin lives in bronzo so I bought this truck from his buddy I think it's from AR it's all like the same like you bought but you bought it in brown well I bought it I I sent my money I sent my money to my cousin my cousin bought it he brought it to me oh yeah he brought it to me down after searching the vehicle and not finding anything something look altered on the passenger side of the vehicle and the Troopers investigate further look at the uh there this fuing stuff all up in here look in the air vents cuz it doesn't look right yeah I I look it does not saying this that looks like it's like hey that deal with the hairbag doesn't look right either like let me go see if I can like hold on hold on hold on hold on come here you got to pull this down almost looks like plastic like see what I'm talking about like back up by the firewall dud it's a trap there's kyos in there look in there I swear give me this smaller I swear on it's like vacuum sealed I'll I'll hold this there's a whole white compartment in there yeah there's something in there uh here just put the light in there it's vacuum sealed can you see it yeah yeah all right look you the right to out everything you saying the court of law okay the right to be Appo to you okay what's behind the airbag sir you don't know that's that's not right right there and look they closed off the air vents yeah it's popping off y for sure [Music] 34 three 3 show you Pi 2 1015 one time 6 got a little the Das huh yep uh let get him to take some pictures before we start ripping us thing apart we can actually we saw it through here yeah first of all they had this [ __ ] stuff right there never seen that you can barely see it if you pull this down but you can see it good right here you see the Kos man yeah yeah he does [ __ ] yeah I like come take some pictures let's wait till we get let's wait till we get to the troop to start at a part I mean you got multiple I can't tell how many yeah back at the troop the Troopers find a total of three bricks of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment in the abir area of the passenger side of the vehicle Amelia Rodriguez refused to cooperate at the scene but later at the troop he gave consent to search two cell phones located in a vehicle he told agents that he left Houston between 5 and 6 that morning when asked about the four again amilio refused to give information and entered the interrogation he was charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine alelo Rodriguez later played guilty and was sentenced to 60 months in federal 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