All language subtitles for Drug Wars s01e06

On this episode of Drug Wars, a
suspicious ship from North Korea

cross the Panama Canal.

Sinan, Panama's air and naval
enforcement, detains the North Korean

intel suggests it's smuggling drugs from
Cuba.

But the Panamanians were in for a big
surprise.

The war on drugs is

now in its fifth decade.

Dealed by demand in the United States,
it continued to generate billions for

cartels. For three months, Fusion
embedded with the men and women who

war every day.

And they gave us an unprecedented look
inside a new international anti

-narcotics operation. While we were
there, the operation seized $400 million

worth of pure cocaine.

This is Drug War.

Panama is a major transit point for
international cargo as it makes its way

across the Panama Canal.

But recently, the country has become a
major hub for drug cartels as they take

cocaine out of Colombia and into Panama
for further distribution.

Panama's Sinan received intel on a North
Korean ship, the Chong Chong Gang,

which already has a record of contraband
in the past.

They halted the ship for inspection.

Senan Public Affairs Representative
Rafael Gallardo takes video throughout

will prove to be a grueling operation.

North Korea already has reputations for
shipping contraband across the world, so

Sanan crews have reason to be meticulous
on the search.

Crews search the ship all night and into
the next morning, but so far, nothing

turns up.

The non -inspectors need to check the
cargo holds, but suddenly, the generator

dies and the cranes used to open them
won't work.

Port mechanics struggle to find the
source of the problem.

They finally find the engine room and
generator.

They're surprised to find a North Korean
sailor tampering with a generator.

This makes the nun even more suspicious
about what the North Koreans could be

hiding.

With no power on board, they know the
inspection is going to be tougher than

expected. Fortunately, the port
authorities are prepared and quickly

massive generator.

Crews work through the night to get the
electricity running again.

With power back on, the mechanics focus
on the broken cargo doors, which also

seem to have been sabotaged.

Angel? They turned off the generators
and the engines of the cranes.

They didn't want to collaborate.

They spoke, they spoke, they needed the
doors to open, and they didn't want to

collaborate. That's where, that's where
they knew they had something to do.

They decided to bring some cranes,
mobile cranes, to be able to lift the

After two days of cheap tricks by the
North Koreans, the Panamanians are

able to open the cargo doors.

With limited manpower, Sinan and port
crew begin the grueling task of

the mountains of sugar.

The Infantry Corps, the DIAN, we started
working in the sugar wagons and there

we realized that we couldn't.

The hours passed and we took out sugar
and sugar and sugar.

It was hours that we were there, we went
out to drink water and we stayed there.

We spent hours and hours taking out the
sugar and then that's when the people of

the port, the Manzanillo, brought staff
to help us.

More and more port workers come in to
unload the massive amounts of sugar all

throughout the night, eager to see what
the North Koreans are up to.

The crew on the North Korean cargo ship,
the Chong Chong Gang, have been doing

everything they can to slow down the
Panamanian inspection.

Finally, the Panamanians reach the
bottom of the deck, but so far...

No signs of drugs or contraband.

Underneath the deck, more sugar.

And conditions on the Chong Chong gang
go from bad to worse.

The

inspection

crews are evacuated for fumigation.

And then, it's back to work.

As

the

workers continue to unload, they spot
something peeking out from under the

of sugar.

There, as we can see, well, let's see
what's there. Well, there it is.

When the people of intelligence and all
this came, they decided to see it

quickly. Let's see what's there. It was
cut with an exacto, the rubber part.

It was cut a little.

It opened the doors a little.

And the camera got in there.

And there they see that there is
something.

It looked like there was another way in,
right?

No,

but the car is secured here.

And there is something like shining.

It was decided that the door would not
open, that the container had to be cut.

People came to the port and said, let's
cut this because we have to see quickly

what's here.

Senior Panamanian officials arrive on
the scene.

A large drug bust made on a North Korean
ship will certainly make headlines.

Where Sinan thought they were going to

find drug, They ended up finding what
the experts on board say is a missile

system designed to shoot down planes
flying at 30 ,000 feet.

Smuggling this kind of military hardware
makes this bus an international

incident with severe consequences for
the North Korean crew.

Danan decides they must detain the
entire crew of the Chong Chong gang.

According to the experts, North Korea
has a history of attempting to buy

weapons from around the world.

So this seemed like business as usual
for the North Korean crew.

But this time, they got caught.

No, no, no, sir

Sir,

sir, sir, please.

Right now.

Okay.

No problem, sir. We are not too harmful.

Sir!

Sir, that's where you are going to be
there. Just one night there.

Just this night there.

35 crew members were detained aboard the
ship and placed in a holding cell.

After detaining the ship's crew, Sinan
continues to unload more stacks of

Soon after, they discover another
container.

With more evidence mounting of a large
shipment of illegal weapons, Sinan tries

to approach the captain of the ship for
questioning.

but things quickly get out of control.

The North Korean captain puts a knife to
his neck and threatens to kill himself.

Panamanian police... Police catch a
North Korean ship smuggling illegal

through the Panama Canal.

Sinan detained the crew, but now the
North Korean captain is threatening to

himself if authorities don't leave his
ship.

. .

Panama's President Ricardo Martinelli
arrives in person to see what the North

Koreans were trying to smuggle.

. . .

As crews remove more sugar, new
containers continue to appear

it more evident just how big this
smuggling operation really is.

It's day three of the investigation of
the North Korean cargo ship, Chong Chong

Gang. More digging reveals more illegal
weapons, including anti -aircraft

missiles.

Sinan Public Affairs Representative
Rafael Gallardo checks in on the

captain. The captain tried to commit
suicide and is now under careful

supervision, unwilling to cooperate.

The captain faces some serious charges
for illegal weapon smuggling.

With almost 200 ,000 stacks of sugar
completely offloaded, Sinan crews are

confident they've found every hidden
container on the ship.

oh oh oh oh

After several days of intense labor,
their hard work paid off.

Altogether, the Panamanians uncovered 25
hidden containers and six military

trailers.

The surprise itself was when more and
more different and very heavy weapons

appeared. They were heavy weapons, heavy
in the sense that they were many pieces

of iron to arm.

After a thorough search of the
container, what alarmed authorities most

secret North Korean document that
addressed the captain and gave detailed

instructions on how to load and conceal
the illegal weapons shipment, and how to

make a false declaration to customs
officers in Panama.

Panama's Minister of Defense and Sinan
director arrived to inspect the weapons

and prepare to hand over the
investigation to the United Nations.

Sinan's discovery of illegal Russian
missiles quickly made worldwide

The final list of the weapons found
included two anti -aircraft missile

two MiG -21 jet trainers, 15 engines and
afterburners for the MiGs, artillery

shells, and other munitions and
material, most of it from the Soviet

But according to experts, most were in
working condition.

Right now, what is being investigated is
the United Nations.

The United Nations is in charge of
everything related to the ship and the

On the next episode of Drug Wars, in
Cartagena, Colombian police are tipped

off on a drug stash buried on an island.

On the rent,

the crew gets intel on a fishing boat
possibly carrying about 1 ,000 kilos of

cocaine. He's seemingly fishing at all,
so things kind of mind like human traps.

Please come to mind when you're waiting
on a loaded bug to then go a different

direction with all the moves that you
have.