fresh tool marks that shouldn t be there. a school that s been recently turned, that there wouldn t be a reason for it being recently turned, they can pick up on that. human art and intelligence together. absolutely. what they find, about 24 key low kilos of hard drugs. minutes later, field test rg in reveals cocaine. situations like this were a central tenant of president trump s president trump s argument this week for a wall. our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegaldrugs, including method, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. every week, 300 of our citizens are killed by heroin alone. 90% of when floods across from our southern border. reporter: but i wanted to learn just how effective the wall would be. this literally is a physical wall in between two countries that we re looking at here.
from coming through the u.s. mexican border. almost every car crossing is crossing for a legitimate reason. it s a very small percentage that comes in carrying contraband. but i think when the inspectors pick up on something, their success rate is pretty high. when you saw the dog sit down in the back of the car, that s how that particular dog alerts. he overseas the field office for homeland security investigations and drugs are a big part of what he does. this is how it happens. what we re witnessing here is is what happens every day along the southwest border of the u.s. and the officers at the ports of entry are phenomenal. they re fantastic at identifying fresh tool marks that shouldn t be there. so a screw that recently has been turned, that shouldn t have been turned. they can pick up on that. i mean, they re experts at what they do. human art and intelligence together. absolutely. what they find, about 24
a screw that s recently been turned that there wouldn t be a reason for it being recently turned, they can pick up on that. they re experts at what they do. human art and intelligence togeth togeth together. absolutely. reporter: what they find, about 24 key lows of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. this is a win today? this is definitely a win. reporter: in the midst of the country s opioid epidemic, president trump has made building up the wall a cornerstone of his agenda. the wall is going to get built, folks. just in case anybody has any questions, the wall is going to get built and the wall is going to stop drugs. reporter: but i wanted to learn just how effective the wall would be at accomplishing tha that. this literally is a physical wall in between two countries that we re looking at here. the vast amount of hard narcotics don t come through at places like this. the vast amount of hard
this is how it happens. what we re witnessing here is is what happens every day along the southwest border of the u.s. and the officers at the ports of entry are phenomenal. they re fantastic at identifying fresh toolmarks. they can pick up on that. i mean, they re experts at what they do. human art and intelligence together. absolutely. what they find, about 24 key lows of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. this is a win today. this is definitely a win. in the midst of the country s opioid epidemic, president trump has made building up the wall a cornerstone of his agenda. the wall is going to get built. in case anybody has any question, the wall is going to get built and the wall is going to stop drugs. but i wanted to learn just how effective the wall would be at accomplishing that.
when the inspectors pick up on something their success rate is pretty high. when you saw the dog sit down at the back of the car that s how that dog alerts. reporter: the special agent in charge oversees the tucson field office for homeland security investigations and drugs are a big part of what he does. this is how it happens. what we re witnessing here is what happens every day along the southwest border of the u.s. and, you know, the officers at the ports of entry are phenomenal, they re fantastic in identifying fresh tool marks that shouldn t be there. a screw that recently been turned, they can pick up on that. they re experts. human art and intelligence together. absolutely. reporter: what they find, about 24 kilos of hard drugs. minutes later, field testing reveals cocaine. this is a win today. this is definitely a win. reporter: in the midst of the