1. Law Enforcement Response
Officer Eddie Dutchover
Moapa Tribal Police Department
Cell (702) 249-2679
email: edutchover@moapatribalpd.com

2. Purpose
Law Enforcement Response
Cover Several Hidden Compartments
Discuss Some Current Trends

3. Law Enforcement Response
Interdiction Teams (HITDA, Criminal Patrol
Teams, K9 Teams)
Working together with Fed, State, Local
Intelligence gathering & sharing / Going
beyond the traffic stop to identify DTO’s
Training more Law Enforcement Officers
on criminal interdiction

4. Law Enforcement Response
Impacting the DTO’s by the seizure illicit
US Currency
Prevention & Rehabilitation
North= Drugs…South= Money
East= Drugs…. West = Money

5. Currency seizures in vehicles with
hidden compartments
• Due to the increase in security at airports and
borders stations, violators are utilizing vehicles
with hidden compartments to transport U.S.
currency out of the country.
• 2010-About 35 to 40 billion went back to Mexico
• Law enforcement agencies continue to come
across large shipments of U.S. currency at all
stages of different police investigations.

6. The importance of Origin and Destination!
65% to 70% of the
illegal drugs that enter
the United States,
cross the Southwest Border
San Diego/Chula Vista
Yuma/San Louis El Paso “The Valley”
Nogales
Del Rio
Laredo McAllen
Roma Edinburg
Rio Grande City Pharr
Brownsville

7. Routes

8. We call this a clue!

9. OUR PROGRAM IS BASED ON…
High Volume Legal Traffic Stops
Observation Of Indicators
Roadside Interviews
Consent
Searches

10. If only it were that easy…

11. Hidden Compartments
If you don’t search...you will not
find it !!!!!!!!!!!

12. Hydraulic Compartment

13. Ford Explorer Rear Hydraulic
Compartment

14. 2000 Chevrolet
Pick-up Truck C-1500
$29,500 inside the driveshaft

15. Driveshaft and weld
towards the rear

16. Cleaned dirt off

17. Worn rear U-joint bolts

18. White rag inside the driveshaft and
four bundles of U.S. Currency

19. 2002 Ford Pick F-150
Firewall Compartment

21. Firewall

22. Inside Firewall 33 Lbs. Cocaine

23. Tires

24. Gas Tank Compartment
$300,760.00

25. Engine Manifold

26. Plastic Manifold Nissan Pick-up

27. 27

28. Trends on I-15
One way rental cars / fly and drive
Avoiding I-40
Vehicle registered with 30 to 60
days to Driver
High end cars. Audi, BMW, Acura,
VW, Lexus and Volvo.
GPS hidden / Escort Vehicles

29. Marijuana Trend
29

30. Piston
30

31. $130,000
31

32. Chevy Exhaust Tunnels
32

33. Exhaust Tunnels
33

34. Exhaust Tunnels
34

35. Exhaust Tunnels
35

36. Heat Shielding removed
36

37. Exhaust Tunnels
37

38. 14 Pounds of Meth
38

39. Acura MDX

40. Acura MDX

41. 271,000

42. Jeep Commander

43. Jeep Commander

44. Jeep Commander

45. Jeep Commander

46. Jeep Commander

47. $647,040

48. Liquid Meth

49. Dash Compartment

50. Dash Compartment

51. Dash Compartment

52. 10.50 pounds of Meth

53. Don’t Forget to Check the
Suitcase First

54. Suitcase Liner

55. $1,814,091

56. Stay Safe and Never Search Alone!!
Officer Eddie Dutchover
Cell: 702-249-2679
edutchover@moapatribalpd.com