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Question
You were recently hired as a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). You've completed the training at the academy, and you are on the job in Los Angeles. You've been assigned to an FTO (Field Training Officer) whom you will shadow for the next 90 days. After your first week on the job, you and the FTO are assigned to conduct surveillance on a residence that has allegedly been a "stash house" for a drug-smuggling operation. You and the FTO set up a surveillance of the house in an undercover vehicle, and after several hours, you observe a 2021 Porsche park in front of the residence. Two well-dressed Caucasian males (later identified as Dave Druggie and Mike Money) get out of the vehicle and enter the residence. One of the males is carrying a duffle bag, and the other is carrying a very expensive briefcase. Shortly after the two males enter the residence, you observe a 2020 Mercedes Benz park in front of the residence. A well-dressed Latino male (later identified as Oscar Organizer) gets out of the car and enters the residence.
Based on these observations and some information you have from your office, what are your next steps?
What is your investigative plan? You should delineate the steps you will take over the next 2 - 3 days.
You can consider undercover operations, investigative tools such as vehicle license plate information, photos of the individuals you observed, search warrants, electronic surveillance, vehicle surveillance, public property records, etc.