Underground Aams Trade, Part 1
Proof
America's Test Kitchen
4.4 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's nearly midnight, and I'm on my way to the drop site in a borrowed American-made hatchback. |
| 0:08.0 | The back row of seats are pushed down to make room for the product. |
| 0:12.0 | The order had been placed by my cousin, |
| 0:15.0 | who knew a guy, who knew a guy, and the guy was very particular about the drop-off point. |
| 0:21.0 | I step into the sterile metallic... the drop-off point. |
| 0:23.4 | I step into the sterile metallic cargo bay and a sleepy-looking attendant asks for my bill. |
| 0:29.0 | I open a page of WhatsApp, then pass him my phone. He doesn't ask me any questions. Clearly he's |
| 0:36.1 | facilitated many of these pickups before. He asked me to pull the car around. |
| 0:40.3 | I pull around to the loading dock and stand outside my car as the massive door lifts slowly. |
| 0:47.0 | A dolly rolls out with nearly 15 boxes, each worth it are weight in gold. |
| 0:52.0 | I have no idea if what I'm doing is illegal, |
| 0:55.0 | but it feels kind of wrong, it feels sinful. |
| 0:58.0 | At the very least, black market underground. |
| 1:01.0 | You might be wondering what I'm buying. I've driven two hours out of my way to pick up these |
| 1:05.2 | boxes. They're expensive and the business is conducted over a secure messaging app. It's got to be drugs, |
| 1:11.3 | right? |
| 1:15.0 | Oh yeah, baby, it's a drug all right. |
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