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That's good to go.

Today, we're going to scan parcels to find out

if they have any contraband.

I'm going to send you a big package.

If we are satisfied, we're going to let it go.

If they are contraband,

we're going to seize them and confiscate them.

That one has something inside. I don't know what it is.

We need to open it.

It's kinda heavy.

This manifested as air filters. Okay.

In my experience, air filters are not this heavy.

It has a lot of weight.

Some tampering along the edges.

Oh, there's something hidden there.

Some aluminum foil inside.

This is one that gives away

about contraband.

This is not a filter.

We have some items inside here.

The items seem to be solid, seems to be boxy.

So now I'm going to cut it.

And, actually, I should be wearing a mask

because I don't want to expose myself.

It can be drugs. It can be contraband, anything.

Wow. There's a lot in here.

I see boxes. And it's cigarettes.

It's amazing how people go to the extremes to hide items.

These are cigarettes coming from another country,

and people don't try to pay the duties.

This is a big business.

They actually have their own intel

and trying to play around our rules and regulations.

Our laws state that you gotta pay taxes.

Like one pack of cigarettes,

for example, here in the United States,

I believe, is about $10, here in New York City.

Overseas, it costs you like what?

Thirty cents, fifty cents US dollars.

So if you send it over here and you sell it,

you're going to make a lot of profit.

We got...

Let's go.

Seventy.

So 70 times 10 is 700.

Seven hundred times $100 for each package,

street value, is $7,000, give or take.

$7,000.

The profit that these individuals are making

goes to criminal organizations that actually promote crime,

promote terrorism within the United States

or outside the United States.

We're going to return the cigarettes to the United States Postal Services

where they will determine if they will send it back

or they will be destroyed.

This doesn't stop.

We get one parcel out, we got two in.

Next box.

Hello. Where you going?

To work.

- Anything in the bag? - No.

My lunch.

Have a good day.

We are at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry in El Paso, Texas.

Hello, where are you going today?

Here, to the center.

- Have a good day. - Thank you, you too.

Just the sheer volume of people that we have.

I kinda like to think if you can work PDN, you can work anywhere.

Hello, sir. Your bag, please.

I'm a CBP agriculture specialist.

- Do you have fruit? - Oh, a pear.

- Those are prohibited. - Oh, man.

My primary role here

is to protect America's agriculture

from any kind of invasive pests, diseases.

Do you have any more fruit or vegetables?

What is this, sir?

- Oops. - Ohh.

However, we may be finding things

that are out of our jurisdiction.

Narcotics, currency, fraudulent documents,

even controlled medication.

That's where we call the CBP officers to take over.

Uh-oh.

Can you check this? I see a lot of pills.

Senor.

No drugs? Medicine? Money?

No.

Clonazepam.

Tramadol.

And marijuana.

It's for my wife, for the blood pressure and to sleep.

Okay. Can you just jump in now?

- Yeah. Alright. - Thank you, ma'am.

- Ninety and sixty. - Ninety and sixty, yeah.

Let me call a CBP officer.

Can I please have an officer to AQI x-ray?

It's undeclared 90 pills of clonazepam.

- Oh, okay. - And 60 of tramadol.

And he's got some marijuana.

None are declared.

The subject is a citizen of Mexico.

He was referred because AQI discovered undeclared medication

in his bag during the x-ray exam.

Let me take the bag.

And what do you want to do with him?

Can you step over here?

Where were you going?

- To Phoenix. - To Phoenix?

- Who do you have over there? - I have a...

...my wife is over there. And she uses this to sleep.

Is this the first time you are bringing the medication?

- The first time? - Yes. It's the first time.

- Do you know this is prescribed? - Yes.

- You need it for that? - Yes.

- You know that? - Yes, it's prescribed at the clinic.

Why do you bring so many? These have marijuana.

I didn't know.

So this medication isn't for you?

- It's for your wife? - It's for my wife, yes.

Come over.

The medications are a controlled substance.

One of the medications was tramadol.

It's a pain medication.

But it is an opioid, and it can be abused.

That doesn't necessarily mean you cannot bring it.

If he would've had a US prescription,

then it totally would have been fine,

depending on how much he was bringing.

I asked you if you knew the medication was a controlled...

...substance and you said yes to me.

But the clinic gives it to me.

Yes, but that's in Mexico.

Our officers are conducting a pat down

to make sure that the individual doesn't have

any hidden medications or anything else on his body.

I'm scared, nothing like this has ever happened.

Stand here and the jacket you have...

...take it off and put it there.

You guys ready?

- Yeah. - Coming up.

Coming up.

Air and Marine Operations, we cover the air and sea.

Go ahead.

Two people on board.

We have air patrols conducting surveillance.

If they detect something,

they will notify the marine units,

and the marine units will conduct an interdiction.

Where are you guys coming from?

We just came from Vieques.

Is there anything wrong?

We're just doing a random document check.

Okay.

There's a lot of different smuggling trends.

You have smuggling from Columbia, Venezuela,

the U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic.

It's happening north, south, east, and west.

Once this contraband makes it to Puerto Rico,

it's a lot easier to take to the mainland US.

You're good to go. Thank you for stopping.

Yeah, for sure.

Have a good day.

Have a good one.

Coming up.

Sometimes, these interdictions

could happen at sea

and sometimes they might happen on land.

You intercepted it in the water?

Yes, I followed it all the way here.

We received information that this boat

was coming in from St. Thomas earlier this morning.

The route they took was from a known drug smuggling route.

And, recently, we've been getting a lot of narcotics

off these center console vessels.

K9's here.

Puerto Rico Police Department

made the initial stop on the vessel.

We talked to the captain and the passenger

and they had completely different stories of where they was coming from,

so we're going to do a further inspection.

K9's going to run it.

Look at that. He's hitting on the center.

Good boy.

Dog hit on the center console.

So now we're going to escort the boat to San Juan

so we can conduct that x-ray search.

For security reasons...

...I have to handcuff you, per protocol.

Give me your hand.

Careful with your head.

Let's go. We'll follow you.

- What's up? - So PRPD is going

- to be in front. - Okay.

Be behind me, please.

I just want to be recording all the time.

- Okay. - Anything, just give me a call

or call me on the radio.

- Will do. - Alright. Let's go.

We're leaving to scan this vessel

that just crossed the border.

At first, they lied,

saying that they came from Culebra.

But an actual receipt was found

that they bought food from St. Thomas today.

So we suspect that this vessel might contain

a hidden compartment.

Let's find out.

- All good? - Yeah.

Alright.

I understand you don't need a prescription in Mexico...

...you need it in the United States, and you brought a lot.

You have clonazepam, which is controlled...

...Tramadol, which is controlled...

...and a product with marijuana.

Marijuana cannot come in, chief.

You're going back to Mexico now.

Now?

- Yes, to get rid of this. - Yes.

You won't write me up?

They're not punishing you for this, but...

...now I've warned you not to do it again.

It's for my wife.

The doctor gives us the medication.

I can't pass it.

I didn't know that.

It was his first time with this offense.

It was an honest mistake.

The supervisor decided to just give him a warning.

You'll go here...

...until you get to Mexico.

Then when you're in Mexico,

you'll get rid of the medication.

Then you can come back. Okay?

Once he's in Mexico, he has to get rid of all medications

and he can walk back to the United States

and go to Phoenix to visit his wife.

I need an officer to AQI x-ray, please. Controlled medication.

AQI specialist at the x-ray machine.

They have a subject there with an abundance of medication

on the controlled substance list.

Okay. So, I got a second dec from the guy...

...and asked for medication, and he said, "Viagra."

He said it's for his dad. I asked him twice.

"Okay, it's Viagra. No other medication?"

"No other medication."

Get in there, get in the envelope.

Finding all these bottles of tramadol.

We think about 400 pills worth.

- Okay. - So...

Did he say he was just getting it for his dad?

I mean, did he bring any money with it? Anything else?

He said he's bringing it, bringing it for his dad.

- So it's his dad's. - Okay.

And he never said tramadol,

just kept saying, "Viagra, Viagra, Viagra."

- Okay. 10-4. - Okay.

The subject was claiming that the medication was Viagra

but it turned out to be tramadol.

I mean, that's a red flag for me.

For that many pills, if he's done it repeatedly,

there could be prosecution, there could be jail time.

Okay. Let's see what we have.

It seems that we have cigars.

I'm going to open that one.

We're going to pick up the ones that I believe are cigars.

We don't allow Cuban cigars in the United States

because of the embargo.

People go to the extremes of buying the cigars,

thinking that if they're coming from Europe

or they're coming from another country,

it's okay to have them.

No, that's not okay.

So we are going to inspect this.

Let's see if there are cigars in this,

if they are cigars or something else.

Okay. They have the logo.

Republic of Cuba.

Made in... by hand.

So I like to open them

and make sure that indeed they have cigars,

not anything else, and no illicit substance.

Boxes are well-made, crafted.

You can actually see by the box

that they are high-quality cigars.

There is something about the Cuban cigar

that is just intoxicating and it scream luxury.

There are so many Cuban cigars coming into the United States.

We collect all the cigars. We send them to Seized Property.

Seized Property collects all the things that we seize.

They bring it to a area

where they actually burn everything together.

The ironic part of this is, yes, the cigars got light up

but not in a nice way.

People are crazy this weekend.

There's a lot of people on the road.

It's hard to tow a boat in this tight space.

Boom. We made it.

We're going to the caret.

Uh, it's a place

that they conduct searches using the scanning system.

They can see everything inside of the vessel.

It's like when you get an x-ray of your body.

I talked to my supervisor, Lebron,

and he's going to meet us at the caret

where we're going to conduct the search.

If we find anything illegal on this vessel, any contraband,

the subjects are going to be arrested

and everything is going to be seized.

If we don't find anything,

all three subjects are going to be released

without any incident.

What's going on?

What's up? Should I keep going?

No, park it down there.

Tell me, what's going on?

Look, I don't have too many...

...of the details, per se.

What gets me is what you said, "Why did they have to lie?"

Exactly.

They always said, "No, no."

"From Culebra, Culebra, Culebra."

So, nothing.

Now we have the border search, so...

...whatever the x-ray shows, and we'll go from there.

They're just going to conduct the x-ray

right now, the machine.

And if we see something weird

on the vessel, we'll start searching the area.

The two fridges are here.

Yes, two fridges behind there.

What's under there are the batteries.

Yeah, that's in the center console.

What's here and what's in the center console that looks dense?

Here and down there.

This you have to check.

Alright, we'll see.

We just passed the x-ray on the vessel.

Everything looks normal besides center compartment

in front of the vessel.

They just got into the vessel

with a scope and all the tools to search that area.

What is this?

Nothing.

There's nothing in here.

That's the front of the tank.

That's a battery.

Yeah, there's nothing there.

- You don't see any squares? - No, no.

- That's not seen. - No.

Uh, okay.

Vessel is clear. Let's go home.

Whoever works tonight, you, me, and you,

I'll see you guys later.

But I appreciate you responding

on call out and day off.

Thank you. You guys rock.

See you.

The vessel is good to go.

We're going to return the vessel back to the subjects,

and they're free to go.

We tried, as always.

We get experience with this.

A lot of experience. We're not taking any chances.

We do our job and sometimes we lose.

Sometimes we win.

Thank you for responding.

You're a machine. I got you out of the kitchen.

Man, I was making some fried meat with plantains.

You told the missus, "You finish."

I said, "Sweetheart, you deal with this situation."

You're like, "You finish. I gotta go."

Thanks, buddy, really thanks.

Alright, come on.

We're going to have to do a pat down.

Do you have anything on you?

- Good? - Yeah, we're good.

Yeah, we're good.

The subject was claiming that the medication was Viagra,

but it turned out to be tramadol.

It is a restricted medication. People do abuse it.

Just so you know why you're being detained, right?

So it's the fact that it's an opioid

and it's a Schedule 4 opioid,

which means you need a prescription

to bring it into the United States,

- to import it. - Oh, okay.

That's why it's being looked at.

Thank you. Alright. 10-4.

Depending on the final count of the medication,

it could be to where he does get a full arrest

and will go to El Paso PD.

Yeah, I'm just a little surprised.

When I bought it, it was medicine

over the counter that we went to the pharmacy for.

- No prescription needed. - Okay.

I was just doing a favor for my dad

and my dad's neighbor.

A part of me thinks that,

or my dad had thought it wouldn't be a big deal.

But it's something that could actually lead me to jail.

And in case you do try to bring any other medication,

really, really, really look into it, bro.

He was calm, he was very cooperative.

It wasn't until we started telling him that it is a controlled substance

that he started to get a little upset.

Not with us, but with his family.

And he seemed a little nervous that he might be in some trouble.

So what you got?

It's going to be a lot.

Alright, sir. So it looks like

you're going to be assessed a penalty, alright?

It's going to be about $500 penalty.

If you're unable to pay for it today,

you'll be given a promissory note that's issued

by the US Customs and Border Protection Service.

- Okay. - Okay?

- Thank you. - Alright. Thanks.

We'll get you out of here as soon as we can.

Definitely some relief.

But if I recall, the last I have

in my bank account is 50 cents.

So I'm going to have to work something out with my family members.

It makes me realize that in the future,

I have to be more wary of what I'm crossing.

From now on, only my personal items.

Okay. Just get your Social and then give it to me, please.

Yes, ma'am.

You can sit down properly.

Thank you.

The subject was educated

on what he can and cannot bring.

It's a hefty education to learn,

but it stops him from doing it again.

Here you go.

If we can stop this medication

from getting into the hands of somebody

that is negligent with it,

like a child, that's a win to keep it off the streets.

So we've got DT 12, 13, 14, and 15.

DT 12.

We had intel letting us know

that there's possibly a shipment of counterfeit goods.

So we're here to check it out, conduct an inspection,

and make sure everything is in compliance.

So it's all the way up there.

All the way up there.

So we gotta get one of these guys.

Yup.

So this one, they have it declared

as consumer goods coming from Thailand.

We've had other seizures before. It's all the same packaging.

They're using the same color of bags.

How many are they supposed to be?

Six. Six pallets.

So we've got four over there.

- Oh, that one? - And there should be two more.

- Alright. - Thank you.

We've got six skids.

We're going to take a look at this one real quick,

see what we have here.

Oh, it's a lot of cigarettes.

Yeah.

I don't believe Marlboro ships their cigarettes

in burlap sacks.

From the packaging,

- it looks pretty legit. - Yeah.

But this cigarette is missing the Marlboro logo.

These are counterfeit.

Well, if you look at this cigarette,

Marlboro will usually have

their brand around the filter.

And you can see there's no branding.

There's nothing.

When you smell it, it doesn't give you

a strong smell of nicotine or anything like that.

I remember when my father used to smoke,

it was more of a strong smell.

They just don't feel right.

Legit cigarette companies, if they're bringing

cigarettes into the US,

they will put cigarettes as part of the manifest.

Not something vague.

Yeah, they would declare it properly

as cigarettes and not consumer goods.

This large shipment, it's not for personal use.

This is obviously for commercial sale.

Someone's going to be selling this either

by packs or cartons.

So we got 50 cartons per box.

We got 16 boxes here, and we got six pallets total.

So that comes out to 4,800 cartons of cigarettes,

times 200...

just shy of a million cigarettes.

That's a lot of cigarettes.

They're going to be incinerated,

so we'll turn it over to Seized Property.

They'll take over possession of it and then eventually burn it.

The smuggling of counterfeit cigarettes,

it's a public health issue.

People that are buying these cigarettes,

they don't know what they're smoking.

Cigarettes are already dangerous as is.

Now, you gotta smoke counterfeit ones?

You don't know what's in there.

So it's a good find, and it's a good dent

that we're going to be making on those groups.

- That's it? - Yup. Onto the next one.

Where are you guys going tonight?

We're gonna stay in Pharr.

And what's in Pharr?

My son.

Your son? Oh, so you're going to visit your son?

- Yes. - Okay.

Thank you, sir.

Enjoy visiting family.

Good evening.

- How are you? - Good, thank God.

Where are you going, sir?

- San Antonio. - That's no problem.

Open the trunk, please?

Thank you.

Avocado pinata.

- Go ahead. Of course. - Thank you.

We have a female in secondary.

I'll be right out.

The subject came into the US

with a backpack full of pills.

She's a US citizen that just arrived in a Mexican taxi.

Our officers found a large quantity of medication.

We don't know what it is.

We're dividing them by 10.

Once we've finished everything from the bag,

we'll do a final pill count.

Chief.

They found pills in every single pocket

inside the backpack.

Yeah, just everywhere.

Okay.

So it's 995 white pills.

- You going to do the green ones? - Sure.

The capsules have no identifying marks.

The amount that she has can indicate that her intent

is to distribute the pills.

But right now, we need to figure out what they are.

I'm going to use our Gemini machine.

This day and age, there's a problem of pills

being sold on the black market or on the streets,

and you have no idea what these pills are.

They could contain fentanyl, which could be deadly.

We have to assume the worst.

Let's do this.

Today, we're going to be conducting a random ferry inspection,

assisting PRPD, Puerto Rico Police Department.

The ferry from Culebra, Puerto Rico, runs constantly throughout the day.

That's a method of transportation for the people that live there.

It's a beautiful island where a lot of great people live.

Unfortunately, drug trafficking organizations

use the ferry to traffic their loads.

Culebra, Puerto Rico, it's close

to U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands.

Drug trafficking organizations only have to travel

a short amount of distance to move the narcotics

or undocumented citizens to Culebra.

And from there, they take the ferry into mainland Puerto Rico.

In Culebra, they already cleared customs,

so they can easily transport it to the US.

Let's see if we get lucky today.

It's filled with cars.

We have a Puerto Rico Police Department K9

and a couple agents here along with us.

- How you guys doing? - Good evening. How are you?

Go on. Go on. Go on.

That white car, let's ask if they have anything.

Anything illegal in the vehicle...

...that we need to know about?

We have a business in Culebra.

We always come on Mondays...

...and return on Wednesday.

We buy merchandise and head back.

Okay. Perfecto.

Lebron.

- What happened? - Some bags left over there.

Those bags that they left there.

Abandoned.

They abandoned them?

Everybody got off the ferry.

Six bags got left behind.

Yes. Yes, they're full.

K9 is checking for narcotics.

Good boy.

K9 alerted positive to the scent of narcotics.

Let's open that one first.

They're full of kilos of blow.

Look, question for you.

These bags don't belong to anyone of you?

These ones here.

So, in Culebra they boarded and left them there?

- Or when they... - They were stored away.

So the people disembarked...

...saw that there was police... left them there...

...and left.

Those bags weren't there.

So, right now, the bags don't have an owner?

They left these four...

...these six bags abandoned.

- Six? - Yes.

- They're heavy. - Yes.

Yo.

Does the ferry have cameras inside?

Yes, upstairs, yes.

Okay.

These are the stairs.

Here's where they are.

And here are the stairs on that side.

- Where is this? - That side over there. The left.

Okay.

The area where the suitcases are...

...are there cameras there as well?

No, there are no cameras here in that corner.

- There are no cameras? - No.

Alright.

Thank you, brother. Really.

I appreciate it.

Drug trafficking organizations are very tight.

It's very hard to catch them here inside the ferry, really.

Because they have multiple lookouts all over the place.

Even before we even get to the area.

Each one of you grab a suitcase.

Outside.

I appreciate your help, guys.

Have a good night.

When we opened one of the bags,

it had what appeared to be narcotics inside.

We are going to take all the abandoned bags

back to the Fajardo marine unit here down the road.

And there we will continue opening bags,

and we'll see what we can find in there.

We're going to check it out in the high-value cage.

Okay.

This shipment that we targeted,

it's declared as jewelry.

We've been noticing a trend lately where a lot of jewelry is coming in,

and it is counterfeit trademark designs.

There you go.

This is our shipment right here.

I guess we'll take it back to the office.

Yeah. Take it back to the office. Open it up there.

Open it up and see what we got.

We have all these companies

importing counterfeit jewelry into New York.

People buy something cheap

thinking they're getting the real thing, but it's not.

This shipment is coming from Istanbul.

There you go. Got some gold.

We're looking for any markings

that can be found on the jewelry.

Trying to identify the purity of the gold.

It looks like it says 14K.

This looks to be real gold.

But we'll still have to do our own testing just to verify it.

We're looking for any trademark violations

or if there's any name brands.

This right here is pretty much identical to a Cartier design,

so this is a great indication that we'll have

other intellectual property right violations.

I see a few luxury companies here.

Based on the packaging, it's not legit.

A luxury good company would not ship their jewelry like this.

They did declare it as gold,

but obviously they didn't say this is counterfeit jewelry.

They have this manifested, total shipment value,

at $4,086.

And just based on our previous seizures,

this is way more than what they declared at.

This is probably more than a million dollars here.

- That's a big difference. - Yeah.

They're way underdeclared. That's a violation right there.

And the intellectual property right violation

is another one on top of that.

This is going to be seized,

and then we're going to inventory all this.

- Alright. So let's wrap it up. - Okay.

Good find, good find.

When these importers are bringing these shipments here,

they don't declare it

or they bring counterfeit goods.

They're breaking the law.

It's our job to make sure that these shipments are stopped.

A lot of the shipments that come in,

their groups are involved in criminal activity

and they're using the shipments as revenue.

So something small like this, like a counterfeit jewelry,

could be funding their operations.

All she wrote.

Hopefully, it will come up with a substance

that can be identified.

She could tell us that they're aspirin,

but it could be anything.

Tramadol. Tramadol hydrochloride.

Now we can test the green and yellow pills.

Tramadol.

So, now we know that both the white pills

and the yellow and green pills contain tramadol.

Which is a Schedule 4 controlled medication

that requires a doctor's prescription.

She has no prescription for it.

She has a large quantity, more than 30 days' worth.

Once we get a final count,

we're going to present it to the HSI agent,

and he can make the determination.

Our officers just found out

she had tried to cross earlier today,

less than two hours ago through pedestrian.

And she was told that she could not bring the amount of pills that she had.

So now, here she comes back a couple hours later

in a Mexican taxi trying to do the same thing.

We're just trying to figure out why she has so many pills

and her intent.

Because of the large quantities of the tramadol,

a agent's going to come and talk to you.

We are going to seize the tramadol.

What is going on? What?

You know what's going on.

Can I have my cellular? Is it possible?

Unfortunately, I cannot allow you to have your cell phone.

My friend is, she's calling... she's coming to my hotel.

She was calling. I mean, she's in Reynosa.

She asked for her cell phone,

but I'm unable to provide it to her.

She mentioned that her friend was coming from Mexico

to meet her.

Is that friend also bringing medication?

Maybe this is part of a medication ring.

Okay, so I'm going to go and count each ten.

- Yeah. - To make sure we got ten rows.

It's good to get organized,

make sure everything is accounted for correctly.

Worst case scenario, you end up

with, you know, an off count.

Twenty-nine, ninety-six.

- Total? - The greens.

- How many of the white? - Uh, 993, sir.

3,989 pills.

That's a lot of pills.

We're just going to have you in here.

We are going to move her over to our general officer area

so that somebody is watching her.

HSI has arrived.

He has been briefed to her past crossings.

He will talk to the assistant US attorney,

and she may be arrested.

How many pills?

- 3,900. - Ooh.

A good seizure for tonight.

The United States does have a drug problem,

and it is our job being in the frontline

that we stop all illicit drugs coming into the United States.

Tramadol is a dangerous narcotic that can be abused.

And if it is used in the improper way,

it can cause death.

It's a significant seizure,

and I'm proud of my officers for everything that they did.

How many do you have there? One, two, three?

- Four. - The front ones are missing.

- There's five on the floor. - Don't scare me, please.

Which is the open one?

The one that was open is...

I think it's this one.

Alright, let's see what we got.

- There we go. - Oh, wow.

A lot of drugs.

Next one.

We got more here.

It's going to be a lot.

It's going to be like 150.

He knows there's always action when he is with me.

We're always having fun.

This one smells like perfume.

Right now, on average, we got, uh,

25 bricks in each bag.

We still need to test it.

We all have gloves.

Nobody has touched them without, without gloves.

Cocaine test card, insert it.

When it goes click, you go here.

Positive for cocaine.

157.8 kilograms of cocaine.

Let's do two rows at the bottom.

We're going to turn it over to our partner agency,

Homeland Security Investigations,

to continue the investigations.

They will then transfer the narcotics

to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

It's always exciting, it's always thrilling

to get this stuff out of the street.

The adrenaline gets pumped up.

We know the danger of this job.

We know what we're facing out there every day,

but we do it at 100%,

and we do it with a lot of enthusiasm.

Today's a great day for Air and Marine Operations

and Puerto Rico Police Department.

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