on September 25th 2019 a trooper with a Louisiana State Police Troop L observed a vehicle committed traffic violation and conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle the trooper then make contact with the driver 25y old Kenny Santos Pano and tells him the reason for the stop you see your hands my friend put your hands up how are you okay listen to me you can't you understand English okay you don't you're too close to that white line yeah because you on the right negative get off on the shoulder a little bit okay it's safe so get off to the shoulder drive up like turn your wheel get off to the shoulder and then just step to the rear and talk to me for a minute okay move over move your car over [Applause] [Applause] Hey sir step back here and talk to [Applause] me no no you come up here my friend come up here how are you good I'm Charlie d man I work for the state police uh where you from I'm Florida where yeah but what like where you from like like uh Puerto Rico Puerto Rico okay all right you have a driver's license my friend I'm sorry why why is your th me well I I'm going to tell you when I was when you were coming up on me back while I was pared yeah I giveing you space yeah did you did you realize you went over that yellow line and did you hear the Rumple strips on the on the on the roadway see yeah yeah did you hear it went oh yeah yeah yeah you hit that see you can't so I thought maybe thought maybe you were either tired or maybe impaired or or maybe nervous I didn't know oh no no I giving you space you were just giving me space yeah because that's the loone okay all right well you were in the way of the lane I was way on oh that's okay you have a driver's license yeah okay the trooper as Kenny about his itinerary and his answer get suspicion to the trooper right away take take your hands okay yeah I know they're long way I give you this the rental paperwork yeah this is a rental car yeah okay where where you coming from H where you coming from here Luciana where Lis where did you go in Louisiana some friend what some friend I don't know the the the other I see some girl so you went to a friends that's a girl the girl the girl I got you so you left Florida what part of Florida oh wow how many days how many days two days oh you've been going two days yeah so you went that way today is uh Wednesday went there Monday yeah I got you how how did you meet that girl Facebook Facebook yeah what's her name huh what's her name Natalia Natalia yeah you got her on your phone oh no no you don't have your phone and show Facebook yeah so you have her on Facebook on your phone yeah and she asked you to come all the way to Louisiana yeah yeah did you have the address no no do you have the city no it's hton hton something like yeah Hampton Hampton yeah Hampton might be the hotel where did you stay where did you sleep in uh I what's the the name of the like the the Motel 6 something like that I don't know Motel 6 yeah so are you going all the way back to kissing me right now my home yeah yeah how long have you lived in Kiss uh one year something like that I got you cool it's a pretty area I've been yeah never before yeah yeah yeah I like the the the park and everything it's a what now I like the park the park sea yeah that is where it is that's right that's how I'm been there yeah Sea World business yeah so who rented the car me you yeah so your name is Kenny Santos and that's what you got here Kenny Santos so you rented it when when did you you rent it in Monday where where did you rent it in Orlando the airport you rent it at the airport in Orlando yeah oh good okay for one day B they they I need to pay two day more when I go back with the car you're going to oh so when you get back you got to paid two days more yeah you talked to them about that they were okay with it yeah I got you wow that's cool man he I don't know I I I'm you don't know where you're at the L no no no the L the the low I think is it's okay the the yeah so you don't know what part of Louisiana no not at all they they hum but I don't know what they the no just the city you don't know what city H or something like that is is back of there how many miles how long have you been driving like 50 mes oh Hammond yeah so you drove from kissing me to Hammond yeah oh wow okay cool all right so you have a girlfriend in h yeah okay no problem I see so different wait sir I see joh I don't know I thought to but like six months something like that five months oh and then you came to see it yeah I got you what what do you do for work eh what do you do for work boat making boat you make boats yeah pain what kind of boats Jack like the 26 uh 50 in B 26 ft yeah yeah 20 yeah 20 ft um so how how many days off do you have three three days and you took your vacation to go see the girl at have okay all right cool deal hold on for me right there okay [Applause] you know uh bring no luggage you don't bring like uh bad clothes no you just went yeah we with today okay no problem all right wait for me right here okay and I'll be right back with you all right because Kenny story was suspicious the trooper tried to get Kenny to sign a consent to search form [Applause] sir look do me a favor just stand on that side right there yeah just stay right here for me okay that way you're not close to the [Applause] traffic hey see something hey um are you responsible for everything in that car no you responsible no you're not responsible for everything in that car or you are are um okay but why why you want to did you tell me what something wrong in the car I tell you what listen I'm going to ask you did anybody TR ask you to transport anything in that vehicle that was illegal well I do kind my car I'm sorry can not do something legal okay so what are you saying you that okay you don't want me to search your car right okay no problem hey it's a refusal I want you to run yours run yours re Rex is on lock down right [Applause] [Music] now okay wait one moment stand right over here no come here my come here put your hands right here you have any weapons on you no no weapons okay look put your hands right there for my safety and for yours where where's my license your license in my truck I'm doing a criminal check on your name and until that comes back I can't let you go I got a criminal check no I'm running a criminal check a computer check so I'm going to tell you again put your hands here yeah wait wait who who you don't go listen don't pick up don't don't misunderstand what's going on out here I want to know why you want to ref my car because I don't do listen we're not going to search your car we're not searching your car but we all going to make sure we say turn around put your hands on the car I'm going pat you down for weapons do you have any weapons Matas pistas knives turn around wait wait let me let me list I run this not you turn around wait let me no you you have a knife here no no knife down okay recording yes listen listen seor this is recording and also in here let's go get your dog huh wait just stand out for me right there I want to tell you what you do I do something legal yeah what we're going to do we're going to we have the we have the right to do a sniff around your vehicle with a dog if the dog alerts to your vehicle then we can search it but if they don't alert then you free to go okay yeah do it me understand understand yeah that's all right that's that's enough man all right the K9 named tessla does a open ass sniff around the vehicle you you understand right yeah okay is there anything illegal in the car no no but you're not responsible for anything in that car right hey you me you you think b85 go ahead all right [Applause] [Music] just tell me because I give you the space right yeah no comend day you know just just told me because I giveing you space right yes and no I didn't stop you cuz you're giving me space I stopped you cuz you were rolling over that line over there and you were hitting the sh and you said you understood I give you your face okay so you did it that's that's a traffic stop okay I give you a TH or something I got I don't know yet my license good right license is good and we will running a criminal check okay noal check okay never been arrested right no okay no problem [Applause] the reason he's running the dog is he if there's anything illegal inside the car if there's nothing illegal in there no words okay I know nothing did he say anything I [Music] [Applause] nothing Li good license good yeah okay no problem then you'll be free to leave okay understand yeah so listen let me let me teach you something can I teach you something when you try to make make it to where you're going to be in charge out here you going lose no Kenny became agitated once he realized that the troopers were about to search his vehicle yeah okay his dog sniff something on that car it's a rental car it could be something old we don't know but we're going to look okay so I'm letting you know that all right I don't know how else to explain it to you my friend I'm going to search the car now well why because the dog sniffed something on that car nah D they said no no he said yes n now he man that's no [Applause] settle down you say that because they don't know how that doesn't matter you that's listen we're going to talk listen to me no no no shle down you hey you my they don't know say how how how how when they don't look so oh it's actually you say they don't they the call eat something that's that's not good back up my you're going to go to jail man that's you're going to go to jail out here they not that's illegal because they don't not say you say you say yes because listen to me do not make us escalate this do not do that if there's nothing in that car the main Trooper body camera briefly goes off after the trooper bumps into Kenny following the K9 alert another Trooper searched the vehicle and located two boxes in the backseat of the vehicle get get this got I got him [Applause] just want why do you think the dog h on I'm out with b85 contact stand by [Applause] narcotics my damn recorder went off when I pressed up against you're under arrest listen listen listen BR you you recording nothing no yeah we recorded it it recorded when I leaned against you it went off listen you have the right to remain silent anything you say can it will be used against you in the court of law you got a right to speak to an attorney and have him present with you while you'll be in questioned if you cannot afford to hire an attorney won't be appointed to represent you before in question if you wish you could decide at anytime to exercise these rights and not answer any questions you understand your rights okay good no worries you got any weapons on you [Applause] yeah it is they got another box over here [Applause] [Applause] nice we one [Applause] yeah it is they got another box over here [Applause] [Applause] nice one 2 3 four five six [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] seven eight probably another half a pound [Music] [Applause] huh it's about it's eight plus maybe like nine pounds or nine but this is probably half a pound maybe for one huh like the [Applause] bottom that [Applause] uh search the whole thing oh yeah we're going to search the those are just two obvious boxes [Applause] that hasn't been touched [Applause] this both boxes contain several brick likee packages and Kenny was placed under arrest the brick-like packages were later determined to be 8.5 kg of Kenny was arrested for possession with the intent to the scri co and sent to the St Tam Paris jail Ken was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison [Music]