AFEW HOURS characteristically behind schedule, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief rolls into Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the small station that it shares with the Greyhound bus service on the edge of downtown.
Most people step off to stretch their legs or have a cigarette during the layover, the longest smoke break in the entire trip. That’s when two plainclothes agents come aboard the train on a rainy day in March 2019.
One agent walks to the back of the aisle in the first coach car and waits, quietly observing. The other is tasked with getting people to talk and open their bags. His name is Jarrell, or Jay, Perry, and he’s done it hundreds of times before.
Today, he seems confident that he will find someone on board carrying drugs — or at least a substantial amount of money. He flashes a smile and a badge. A young, disheveled man in a seat by the entrance to the car agrees to let Perry search his three bags. The agent flips through the man’s luggage with tactical speed
Perry is white and looks like he’s in his fifties. He’s bald and slightly overweight, with a weightlifter’s build to compensate, and he’s dressed in a baseball cap, a gray sweatshirt, and jeans. He’s not carrying a visible warrant or a train ticket and has no drug dog with him. When passengers reboard, they seem oblivious to his presence.
“Thank you, sir, I appreciate it, have a good trip,” Perry tells the young man after he concludes the search, walking away empty-handed.
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“CONTROVERSIAL” MY ASS………………….I WOULD HAVE TORMENTED THAT SON OF A BITCH TO DEATH…
STANDING OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, “WHATCHE LOOKIN FOR?” AND OOOOOOO!!!!. HEY MAN, YOU LIKE THAT? YOU CAN BUY THEM AT………”
I WOULD HAVE FORCED MY FREEDOM ON THAT SON OF A BITCH TIL HE EXPLODED…………………….
That’s always been my MO when dealing with tsa(trained sexual assualters) and flying internationally. For some reason I am ALWAYS the winner of a “random” security interrogation/search(30x+), bar none. I usually try to turn it into a quasi homosexual experience for them so it makes their “jobs” uncomfortable. Haven’t gotten any numbers as of yet so I guess it’s worked?
Ah yes, how we must miss the era of the German Gestapo…. at least we have an American version now…I feel so safe…
DTTNWO, always…
The eyes are useless when the mind is blind
love that !
how do the people know they are agents? a smile and a badge? I have a smile… guess I go get me a badge 🙂
here’s one …………
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Ran so many pounds of pot on amtrak. Never once looked disheveled nor allowed anyone to gain access to my belongings. Im retired now and the statutes of limitations have run out. It was fun and lucrative. Then cal and colo legalized.