The agents hauled the smirking mule to the car, while armed police put barricade tape ‘CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS’ across the doorway.
They took the mule along with the suitcase to their headquarters to get the evidence processed, satisfied that they planned and executed a perfect arrest. The team congratulated Jed after expecting the mule armed. They all felt surprised and relieved by how easily he’d given up.
Jed smiled as he went to the cells and interviewed Juan Ortiz the ‘mule,’ but after hours of interrogation, Ortiz remained calm, insisting that the suitcase didn’t belong to him, so someone had switched it, stating he was only a tourist. Jed stalled this part of the investigation, knowing that once the lab had removed the black ink to reveal his suspect’s name, Ortiz would c***k and
