that aired on local tv showing two men dumping a bag in the ocean, then trying to evade customs agents. a reward was offered, but the tip line stayed mostly silent. neither clifford friend nor alan gold would tell police directly what they were doing on the boat that night. but customs agent tim stelhorn thought he knew when he ran a background check and found prayers. >> through investigative findings we learned clifford friend did have a criminal history and part of that criminal history was in drug smuggling. >> and while the other man with him, alan gold, had no history of drug arrests, was clifford friend, a known smuggler, dumping drugs into the ocean that night. his attorney said clifford friend was committing a crime that night, but it wasn't murder. >> they were running drug deals together. >> attorney peter heller said that was what was in the bag he dumped, drugs. clifford also owned a pawnshop