Detroit Halloween (Full Episode) | Drugs, Inc.

[Music] this program shows drugs being made sold and used it features graphic content that may not be suitable for all audiences viewer discretion is advised welcome to Detroit I call it the same city bro cause every day is like happening there's one time of year when Anarchy rules and the Motor City drug dealers have to make a killing Halloween in Detroit the Rave Scene goes crazy they want to pop drugs non-stop it's nasty out here Halloween makes more money than Christmas does over a frantic 48 Hours the police are clamping down and the dealers are tooling up y'all have a gun with me I'm not ready to stop what I'm doing right now for Devil's Night with a difference it's like the devil will be over Detroit [Music] once the crown jewel of American industry two-thirds of Detroit's population has left the city [Music] high unemployment [Music] some see dealing as a matter of survival [Music] now as the city recovers from bankruptcy holidays like Halloween offer an excuse for those detroiters looking to escape their woes and a chance for dealers looking to score [Music] hustle later Detroit that's all we do every day like you have blue collar hustle you got white catalog so you got the street hustle everybody's hustling 24 7 365 in Detroit Rhino runs a gang of six Street dealers to supply a variety of drugs look at ecstasy pills Heron we got up acid got weed of course anything you desire we can get it for you it's the day before Halloween and Rhino's last delivery has just arrived most profitable drug was uh cocaine he's bought two and a half kilos we are generally getting cocaine in Chicago we bring it in break it down distribute it in the places we needed to have it at during Halloween times it picks up it gets a little bit crazy you know users need what they need so we Supply Rhino hopes to double his money by earning fifty thousand dollars over the next two days increase as we go money grows we just try to buy more product and expand it's always expansion is on the agenda but for Rhino to move volume he has to put pressure on his dealers come on he has to come back and the name of the game is give it a product as fast as you can or you can end up you know in a river somewhere the drugs and games come with a territory in Detroit and the violence you know is inevitable and is going on constantly although authorities are starting to clean up the city money is scarce and the job is huge nearly 80 000 derelict buildings meanwhile provide perfect cover for the drug trade Rhino's best street dealer will use this cover to sell a half a kilo of cocaine over Halloween gotta get that money with this will take you out the head and it puts you in prison too but hey it's a chance to be taking this is the spot that somewhere we know is open but we patrolling our block because you got another vacant one across the street I picked the situation I'm gonna put it somewhere they ain't gonna go I get that phone call they need it I know why I put it up only I know where I put it at Jelly Bean knows this old building well they're giving me the cheers it was his childhood home as you look at a knives burnt down bombed out but it just used to be beautiful his family used to deal drugs out of it until a rival gang tried to take over Neighborhood Cats In The Hood jealous because they can't get the good product like they want to get tried to burn this out shot through the front window as you see the bullet holes right there come on my father he was laying on the couch and threw the fire bomb through the back window they wanted him to run out through this door but he was smart because he's around the door they would have killed him they try to kill us but they couldn't stop us [Music] Jelly Bean Halloween is an opportunity to cash in but he has to be careful another word can be dangerous yo knew behind that mask I don't know if he's trying to get you the devil's lighting numbers [Applause] in the 1980s and 90s Halloween in Detroit became notorious for arson but locals fought back to protect the streets and abandoned buildings we do not have to keep destroying our neighborhood it now means the police can concentrate on fighting other crimes not that Jelly Bean is concerned I ain't worried about the police dealers just don't give up he ready to shoot Rob and Tate to get his Hustle they can't control if I want to sell my sack right here that's what I do Jelly Bean deals around the infamous Eight Mile Road it's a dividing line to the South the dealers in inner city Detroit to the north the users in more affluent suburbs in the middle the police they take away the drug dealer we can take away the user all of it's a battle we try and eliminate all of it with Detroit police low on resources it often comes down to the Suburban forces to catch the dealers first the dealers have to step into their jurisdiction a lot of our dealers stay in Detroit come and meet their subjects on it now they won't even cross the border the team uses Undercovers to set up eyes even though Street dealers are getting wise these dealers know if you're a cop and they'll sniff you out and know something's not right but yeah we see something that looks suspicious or something what's wrong to get out of there the undercover officer for UC is parked up on the Suburban side of the Eight Mile Road yo what's up man and is on the phone to the dealer oh no no no no no no way bro nearby units are listening in and are ready to pounce at the slightest sign of danger ous is trying to change the location of the deal right now we need that Greed for him to make that money to overcome the fear across an Eight Mile and that's the cat Mouse game that we're always battling you know with all these dealers he's gotta take that gamble no I see you my angel always you know that dealers getting suspicious you ready for a foot chase it's still over here nobody's gonna suspect sticks to Roar Knuckles this doesn't work out we'll take him down [Music] I don't know if you want to try to take him there or not getting position rollerball with me to act fast before the dealer slips back into Detroit and out of their jurisdiction [Music] without evidence it'll be hard to bust them he threw something down back there guys hey I won how many rocks we have watched him pitch this cellophane wrapper to the ground he didn't acknowledge even having this than what we're talking about but we recover it and there's your crack cocaine one dealer down in Detroit much of the drug dealing happens in small gangs or clicks based in one area it's hoods and without a gang City who is stick together ain't no colors around here it's about the money green and because we represent green Jelly Bean prefers to deal cocaine with people he knows internet connection you're gonna take a chance but I ain't gonna take too many of them we keep it in a circle man and Halloween is a big opportunity to cash in well Halloween time everybody want to get high you got to prepare for it they want it all if you want the money you go make sure you got it while parties happen throughout October they build to a frenzy on Halloween night what's up baby girl that means getting the drugs partygoers want in advance no I ain't got no mollies I hit you up if I get some just keep your phone on all right one Molly or pure MDMA is a powerful stimulant its effects can last for up to six hours while jelly beans cocaine is traffic from South America via Chicago party drugs like Molly come in from the north Detroit is the only major U.S city with its downtown on the Canadian border the perfect spot for onward distribution and local retail can you take one of these triple Stacks even be in 18 20 hours barely any cut on them you up full go one pill Street dealer Ziggy and Casper claim to specialize in some of the strongest party drugs in Detroit I like to clicking the fast money my Molly's pure MDMA no cut straight straight from Canada and then my ex is probably my step down once you notice the dark color that means it's cut with a with like a downer it's gonna bring you down your crash is going to be a lot harder but you're going to be up a long time before that crash hits you you gotta hydrate and you want you gotta hydrate otherwise you might explode blood boil we read up I say last Sunday going to the week over Halloween their product is in high demand we had three jars of these oh yeah about 300 pills and then we had two ounces of the Molly this is what's left to everything cheesy money man but they're still waiting for new supplies I got eight left I was gonna go drop off five it's one of my homies while they only deal party drugs in Detroit no one takes chances even to be no robbing me I go nuts for mine Troy the day before Halloween Molly dealer Ziggy and Casper Head West into the suburbs [Music] students are their best customers [Music] your kids here who are filthy rich because Mommy and Daddy are doctors they got money to blow every night anywhere from the nerd in his room all night to the football player who just scored all the touchdowns they're all doing it pretty much every day these kids are out here again [Music] she rocks steady baby won't you kill always looking to expand you know we're bump into like a girl like her I walk up on a what's up play a little roll for a minute what's up what you doing today oh yeah where's the parties at tonight oh yeah well I'll give him like a free one right there sometimes if I got it on me just lose oh yeah we all everyone does that I get my number and then after that they call they keep calling they split up to cover the area [Music] follow me up 300. [Music] hey money money money kids want to do drugs go crazy so around right around this time of month come up here and just get it off everything go when it comes to Halloween Ziggy and Casper are looking to cash in damn Halloween in Detroit the Rave Scene goes crazy it's nasty out here the party's just non-stop they want to pop drugs so it's just action all through October miss Halloween I hope to make at least 15 000 for my pocket and go back to the store come right back make some more a profitable Halloween will allow them to step up their operation [Music] still waiting for fresh supplies stocks in the city are low thanks to a recent bust we had a huge one just north of here which was a huge ecstasy bust National aircraft at fluid from Canada a low flyer it's cbp's job to stop the drugs coming over from Canada Detroit sector is kind of a unique sector within all of the United States we're being a complete water border with Canada so patrolling this area is a difficult task if someone wanted to come across the border bringing drugs there's so many different places that they can access as we get a little bit South we're about to go see one of the busiest Crossings in the United States the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit is the busiest commercial Crossing on the northern border it makes finding drug traffickers even tougher it's just the sheer mass amount of numbers they see on a daily basis very difficult job we have to win every day that we're out here bad guys they only win once above the traffic the patrol can spot any drivers behaving suspiciously across the border sometimes I get pulled over anything you know sometimes the cops they just messaged you for no reason but if you're doing a speed limit you know what you got to do everything should be good cuckoo started trafficking three years ago at first it was scary but I needed extra money take care of my kids and I was like oh I'm gonna do it for a minute and I'm gonna get out of it I could never get out of it I make 3 000 a trip four trips a month it's fast money you need fast money that's what you do 30 hours till the big Halloween Raves and her Connections in Detroit are keeping her busier than ever she's in Canada heading to the bridge it's her fourth trip in two weeks gonna be the busiest everybody having parties and carrying on Halloween makes more money than Christmas does so Halloween is big Wing more trips could raise suspicion I'm about to pull up to the bridge she's got to be extra careful all three seat belt you know make sure your mirror is good I was using blinkers whenever you turn the left or right camera now [Music] at the Detroit border with Canada just visiting my sister I had it back home it's the day before Halloween drug trafficker cuckoo is busy she's attempting her fourth trip across in just two weeks thank you have a good day what makes her a popular trafficker is that she prefers not to know exactly what she's bringing in I prefer not to know I mean it could be money it could be drugs it could be anything follow the instructions I'm giving on this trip she's making a dead drop and doesn't even know who the package is for they just tell me where to go drop off I get my money Go On by my life today's drop is Molly and with the shortage in the city it's not long before it's picked up [Music] [Music] on my way upstairs I can get 84 percent good before being acetone washed serious MD I mean you can get in Detroit Mountain's a middleman collecting from traffickers and then selling in bulk to Street dealers it's the value of my product it's eighteen hundred dollars an ounce the more you pick up the better deal I give you the longer you're around the better deal I gave you [Music] the latest delivery must be up to standard or as Street dealers won't pay full price right here the whole ounce and you prefer it to be interacts of course there is some powder in there I will show you how crystallized it is customers will be happy with your ex then we're probably just because they know that it is real test I'm going to use is uh monkey on the scale we wanted to pass dark blue should take about two seconds to react [Music] I see how quick is reacting [Music] is dark blue almost black which is actually a great day because of how quick it turned said it is 84 without being acetone washed often Mali dealers like to add other chemicals to their product in order to stretch it [Music] the dispatch is nearly pure some people cut it with Coke or Vicodin heroin and it's the worst feeling in the world you know and then she said to your stomach you want to be literally until I could die and message because they're greedy and they want more money and you know you're risking your customers lives which is the one thing you don't want to do how are you going to give money when your customer is dead but now we don't have to worry about getting greedy because you buy an ounce for 1800 you can flick that entire ounce for 2800 almost stumbling your money at least once you get free it starts when you get caught [Music] the Night Before Halloween and border patrol is stepping up its watch [Music] we see ecstasy coming from Canada you know whether they're mixing in five gallon pails in the garage or or what you know that's that's the danger these individuals are playing kind of a drug Russian Roulette [Music] certainly is Halloween the party time that you'll see a greater usage locally since he last appeared on drugs Inc Mark Hall and his team have seized over 1.5 million dollars worth of drugs we're gonna head to the area where we've seen the smuggling in the past it's a pretty active spot definitely some cross-border Nexus marks on the lookout for anyone trafficking drugs into or around the city he's heard talk of a new batch of Molly in town we always have to be prepared unfortunately I've seen the results of some of this with some of the Ecstasy in Bali where it's actually caused death here in Detroit [Music] [Applause] Molly distributor Mountain has just picked up a new Consignment from Canada we prefer to stay off the road as much as possible the more you're on the road the sooner someone's going to catch on I would rather not have some cop pull me over and get one of the biggest thoughts of his life Mountain prefers to stay out of sight and in control but it's almost Halloween and he's got to get the drugs to his dealers all the people I deal with I've known for years before I even sell to you I need address where you work at because you know an awesome guy can come up to you and be the cops yeah this guy's driving real kind of goofy down here we're at Dearborn and Harbaugh I'm gonna light them up [Music] it's the Night Before Halloween and Detroit border patrol Agent Mark Hall has just pulled over a car I don't lie good your driver's license Paul spotted something wait why don't you put your hands where I can see I'm okay I need you to step out of the vehicle okay go ahead and keep your hands out your pockets across town Mali distributor mountain is still one step ahead of the law one always makes me aware I want to be it's always on my team so I can feel safer so I can scoop out the air before you even get there for him it's all about control I talked with this and saw you don't bring it back to me up will be next week mountains work is done but for agent Hall he's got to go everywhere in here dude the night has just begun straw consistent with use for cocaine a lot of paraphernalia in here and more marijuana in here these things are delivering is what they're doing yeah right you know you sold seven thousand dollars worth of weed tonight is what you've done yes and you're still out here slinging I may be old but I can still spot a bad guy [Music] listen breaking out of these walls it's finally Halloween morning in Detroit the distributor's job is done now the pressure switches to the street dealers [Music] when it comes to Halloween Jelly Bean has a new tactic cash in on the party goers downtown with pure cocaine and marijuana when you come to Detroit you're going to look for some weed you're gonna look for some cocaine you gonna look for the extra pills you're not gonna find it on every corner here party goers are usually happy to pay a higher price and that means higher profits but it also means Jelly Bean is out of his hood and on other dealers turf you gotta stay focused because your first time it'll be your last time what we call these throwaways because just in case you got to get rid of it you can't be running with it you can't get caught with it just throw it away you a new one small handy so if I ain't sure you wouldn't know I had it so you got to weave your ways and make sure you connect with the right people there's a lot of snakes out here I'm gonna shoot that too if I feel like you're trying to take me out then today I know I'm killing you but guess what I gotta eat [Music] it's the night Detroit has been waiting for Halloween [Music] [Applause] foreign [Applause] in the suburbs Warren Police are off to work they're heading to the city line known as eight mile the same area Jelly Bean is based we are going to execute a search warrant for a person who has felony warrants for delivery of narcotics both heroin and cocaine the police have heard there's a street dealer who's looking to cash in on Halloween suspect we're after is made of statements in the past and you know no one's going to arrest me and you know please I'm not afraid of the police The Raid team in the van directly ahead of us any shots fired or anything like that just Retreats back to this vehicle all right start rolling knuckles [Music] keep hitting that door [Music] hold there hold there I got him call the first floor clear just when they think they've cleared the house we got a basement still they find another door going left left right it's Halloween in the Detroit area and Warren Police have just raided a suspected drug dealer's House near the City Line basement clear they make a shocking discovery foreign kids clothing and needles my favorite combination we have needles in three rooms Pharmacy in here backpack was full of those there's trails that are other people's names prescription pills were often used by addicts or sold to pay for other illegal drugs [Music] and there's more drug paraphernalia in a back room these are the glass stems they use smoke the crack cocaine set them down the front the dealer tried to fortify the house had a door barricaded with a couch next to it so I had a little resistance when I came in I hit the door but then they had to go over to couch to get into the house now Sergeant sticks and his team can clear the house I'm not gonna leave them with pills so yeah they can keep selling his ass police somebody interrupted [Music] back in Detroit jelly beans leaving his hood in search of partygoers downtown million dollar spot there's gonna be money down there you will get more money down here they've been in the hood money flowing all the time [Music] pure cocaine that's the main thing you're gonna find on me I ain't even can't worry about but with other dealers already working the downtown Turf the risks are high territorial in the city man you gotta know what you're doing and how to maneuver it how to get it off where's the best place to do it that thrilled about it because they will cut you cut you quick they will kill you Robbie take whatever they need Jelly Bean doesn't worry about the police when he's in his own hood but downtown it's a different matter Detroit police came as they hear voting control crazy across town dealers Casper and Ziggy have picked up the delivery of Molly they still have 200 pills to make yeah and the doors have already opened at their chosen Sales spot an illegal rave they know kids are gonna be in there off drugs all sorts of drugs Molly asset actually all that but it's more or less yeah make sure nobody's bringing no weapons in there so they're not going to be digging all in my balls they're confident of getting in with the drugs oh man we Crouch and get up in there stick it up in my crotch walk through security again it is the easy part is just being alert while you're in there it's gonna be a busy night calls are already coming in what up duh how many of them you want or yeah I got you boom too bad there you go in areas of the community that money's tight the currency that flows there is dry why it's only been in the job for 12 months but he's already seen some shocking things a few months ago I rolled up on scene it was a stock to be a drug overdose the patient was exhibiting flu-like symptoms and vomiting what it actually turned out to be is they had crushed up and snorted bed bugs [Music] the city in Detroit they have a lot of drug rolling and it calls on average 15 to 20 calls go out a night not long before Wyatt gets a call an AK-47 shooting just outside downtown [Music] let's just get him out there but when the team goes in they find multiple victims there's one upstairs how bad is the other one they've got to prioritize how bad is she she's got bullets she seems stable I think he's a little more serious a man has suffered a wound to the groin go ahead and lay back man lay back get you out here okay he's heavy man I think the girls fairly said we can take her too the Hallmarks of a Turf War I think I saw some bullet holes through the front window they're saying it was an AK-47 sounds about right the guy's a pretty good sized hole in his leg patient isn't responding we'll get some vitals and go [Music] so Wyatt steps on the gas let me know when we're close the nearest hospital is only six minutes away they've got to race to get there okay we're almost there before he goes into shock what's our ETA Detroit Halloween paramedics Wyatt and Andrew get their shooting victim to the hospital just in time he's pretty lucky the femoral already runs right there and if you hit that and you can bleed out pretty quickly downtown Street dealer Jelly Bean is also riding his luck he's trying to sell cocaine but he's got a problem I don't lie good your driver's license border patrol it's hot as hell right now you just see the police and the canine dogs if it's okay now if you can't get past them got the building surrounded they're investigating something some type of nut car that's going on so you know it's real slow which is everybody had and getting out the way right now Detroit police Halloween's this season with the police still on the street jelly beans now lost two hours of dealing time man trying to find somewhere else so we can get this paper man and I ain't about to take no chance [Music] Molly dealer Ziggy and Casper have got past security and into their Halloween raved this down they checking out Dean letting you go you're offering high quality at a high price pure as you're gonna get it down there coming up here but a recent batch of bad Molly has made people reluctant to buy man the pills that I got had all crystal meth in it I didn't know I ended up taking five and that was a really bad experience I end up staying up for three days straights I didn't have that appetite I had these pounding headaches I thought it would never stop like I thought I was just going to be a wig for seven days I didn't sleep at all with pills like Molly it's hard to tell what's inside there's this Blind Faith in the dealer it's either made by a good chemist or a bad chemist and if you get the good chemists then you're golden [Music] [Applause] word has finally got around about the quality of Ziggy and Casper's Molly straight straight from Kansas and sales are picking up man everybody's taking pills but the longer they stay in one place the greater the chance they'll get spotted got off more than half my jab already I should have arrested during the next like 30 40 minutes if I just keep moving get about this [Music] theirs isn't the only illegal rave on the cops radar border patrol responds to a call for help from a local Detroit police force the DJs are selling the dope and it's coming out of the bathroom too they're preparing for the worst like I said we got the uc's inside so be careful they're not armed or anything like that because they were patting them down when they went in one of our UCS just made a buy I'm not sure what yet undercover officers inside the Rave the team has Intel on the location but not security any time where there's drugs involved you're dealing with a lot of money people tend to use guns to protect the money protect the drugs so when they go in they going hard [Music] shut your legs out straight your legs out face down look at the floor don't be looking around this ain't entertainment keep your hands where I can see him when I get cuffed up look at the forearm you got any guns on you anything that's gonna poke me stab me they must ensure the location's safe run right here it was under two pillows it was loaded I just cleared it with everyone in custody it's got to be around here somewhere they can begin the search for drugs yeah well he's got a heroin huh looks like heroin crack cocaine we're still searching good morning see if you can read the number on any of these pills you didn't recognize any of these as the tally mounts up ecstasy the oxycodone that's going to be heroin the team suddenly discovers someone in the bathroom crawl up now crawl backwards crawl backwards not move the coke the toilet doesn't flush it didn't work for some it all gets too much [Music] sometimes on these raids we'll see the individuals swallow the drugs to avoid the prosecution [Music] The Raid also Nets a major find where good job guys a new and Dangerous Drug for Detroit's border patrol to watch out for looks like a uh a pretty good sized piece of crystal meth not too common here in Detroit not common at all walk straight over that table those officers over there [Music] across town jelly beans finally found a Halloween party and nothing better than cocaine in the bluff but it's a house party back in his hood meet you at the corner he can't charge downtown prices all right bro gotcha so his profits will be down have a good day Ziggy and Casper have dodged law enforcement at their Rave now they can Count Their takings man came up about like eight eight fifty out of that real quick popping my quick little hour hour and a half work Still rocking here I mean there's one little party and then we'll say the average of all the little frat Parts everything we'll bring in about 15. now they'll be able to buy in bulk go back to the career Bring up come back to the party this party's just starting to jump [Music] they're not stopping yet [Music] for others the party's over the operation uh went real well we got the three guns off the street got a lot of drugs and uh nobody's injured either on the perps or the police side not a bad haul but jelly beans Halloween hasn't been a success a little slow night it wouldn't like we're supposed to be you know what it did they crack it down all the police better you know what I'm saying just at a world with the punches still hoping he can bring some profits back to his street gang this ain't even begin it's gonna pick up it'll be greater every day get in get out go and take care of my business Jelly Bean successful Halloween isn't about the money it's about survival Halloween just just crazy people have doing the Curious that somebody dying they're gonna shoot patch this ain't my dreams enemies coming from all angles actually as long as you know you got to make it up out of here live it's like the dirt will be over Detroit [Music] that's why they call it the D [Music] [Music]

Channel: National Geographic

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Id: 0jZlAIUBSMc

Length: 44min 24sec (2664 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 22 2022