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Customs: Fighting Crime at the Border

In the ports of the United Kingdom, both sea and air, the Customs Agency is fighting a constant battle against smuggling. Agents check baggage and travelers in order to uphold the law and prevent illicit activity and substances from entering the UK. Filmed at Gatwick and Bristol airports, this series exposes all the tricks of the trade criminals use to try to fool border security.
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  1. S1 E1 - Naughty In Trinidad
    July 10, 2008
    23min
    13+
    A sniffer dog picks out a suspicious suitcase at Gatwick and his handler discovers 3kg of cocaine inside. Then, two women are pulled over when returning from the Caribbean.
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  2. S1 E2 - Tip-Off
    July 17, 2008
    23min
    13+
    Officers search a shipment of doors and discover a large concealment of drugs and ammunition destined for Devon. In Bristol, the team receives a tip-off and pays a visit to suspected cigarette smugglers. Meanwhile, at Gatwick, staff catch a cocaine trafficker red-handed. Following a confession, they set a trap for his accomplice.
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  3. S1 E3 - Career Carrier
    July 24, 2008
    23min
    13+
    A passenger at Bristol Airport is caught smuggling cigarettes and admits to doing it for more than 10 years. A suspicious bag is seized at Gatwick with £55,000 of cannabis inside. Then, the crew of the fast cutter searcher investigates mysterious pot-markers off the Cornish coast.
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  4. S1 E4 - Resistance is Futile
    July 31, 2008
    23min
    13+
    Customs officers at Bristol catch three passengers carrying 87kg of tobacco. Claiming the amount is for personal use, they put up a fight when they learn they may not be allowed to keep it. The crew of the Searcher boards a yacht on the trail of drugs, and a sniffer dog picks up a scent at Gatwick that turns out to be cocaine.
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  5. S1 E5 - Bad Birds
    August 7, 2008
    23min
    13+
    Off Cornwall, the crew of the fast cutter Searcher decides to board a lone yacht coming from the Canaries, a frequent transit point for cocaine. Officers in Dover detect a mysterious shadow in a truck full of chipboard, and in Bristol a man is caught carrying 5,000 cigarettes back from Turkey.
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  6. S1 E6 - That's Not Mine
    August 14, 2008
    23min
    13+
    In Dover, the specialist rummage team discovers a ton of cannabis hidden in a truck, and in Cornwall, a ship's captain lies to officers of the cutter Searcher about the number of cigarettes he has on board. At Gatwick, a suspected heroin smuggler is subjected to an intimate search.
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  7. S1 E7 - Hide and Seek
    August 21, 2008
    23min
    13+
    The crew of the cutter Searcher boards a suspicious yacht off the coast of Cornwall and receives an angry welcome. Bristol officers respond to a tip-off about cocaine smugglers arriving from Amsterdam. In Dover, an illegal immigrant is found hiding in a dangerous place on top of a truck's engine.
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  8. S1 E8 - Dog-Gone-It
    August 28, 2008
    23min
    13+
    A man is caught possessing 3kg of cocaine in Bristol, and officers at Gatwick are on the lookout for a passenger previously charged with smuggling drugs stitched into a labrador. In Dover, 300,000 cigarettes are found in a shipment of resin granules.
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Directors
Andrew Zikking
Studio
MagellanTV
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