Contraband: Seized at the Border

A woman is investigated for smuggling a baby. Officers find packets filled with cocaine, meth, and heroin in carrots — indicating gang involvement. Two young women are caught smuggling pills, and a wanted man triggers an alert.

In their battle against the cartels, Customs and Border Protection flag a tractor-trailer transporting tanks of liquid methamphetamine; officers nab an exotic reptile smuggler; 36 pounds of cocaine are found inside a pickup truck.

Officers in Laredo, Texas, help a troubled 14-year-old; drugs sent through the mail are seized; a nurse in Progreso, Mexico, is caught smuggling fentanyl; a woman with children is stopped; a drunken woman bares all to officers.

At the Brownsville, Texas, point of entry, officers encounter drug trafficking, fraudulent documents and illegal merchandise; authorities seize $7 million worth of marijuana hidden inside a rolled carpet during a routine cargo inspection.

Upon detaining a woman smuggling Tramadol and Xanax pills, officers discover she is part of a larger drug ring; officers arrest a daily crosser after finding cocaine in her vehicle; an officers hunch leads to the discovery of 500 kilos of marijuana.

A man returning from Mexico requires emergency Narcan after a suspected opioid overdose; an unlikely family is caught trying to smuggle firearms into Mexico; a woman attempting to sneak prescription meds into the U.S. is caught red-handed.

Following the work of Americas Customs and Border Protection agency, whose job is to defend the border and stop terrorists, drugs and illegal weapons from entering the country.

Methamphetamine is found hidden within a semi-truck full of frozen broccoli, a man is caught smuggling pills inside containers of protein powder, a traveler tries to bring a deer trophy across the border, and an intoxicated US citizen is detained.

A drunk driver causes a three-car crash; a man attempts to import counterfeit goods; an investigation is launched into a pill-smuggling ring, and a shipment of cocaine is found inside office furniture; an armed robber on the run is captured.

Officers stop a man suspected of money laundering. Cocaine is found hidden in an unexpected area of a shipping truck. A traveler is caught trying to bring weaponry into Mexico. A father is stopped when trying to smuggle medication for his son.

Officers find a surprise in a car that hasnt crossed the border before.

An elite team prepares for the extradition of a cartel Sicario, or hit man wanted for murder in his home country; with the sale of guns and ammo strictly controlled in Mexico, cartels turn to America for the weapons to wage their wars.

An officer catches a woman trying to use a forged visa to get into the US; a rookie officer takes part in a major cocaine seizure; officers suspect a traveller claiming to be a pastor on the way to a religious conference may not be who he says he is.

A new officer makes one of the biggest drug busts her bridge has ever seen.

A cartel hitman is extradited, and 50 gallons of moonshine is intercepted.

A mans in a bind when trying to cross with an item that fell from the sky.

A million-dollar load is found within a shipment of mattresses.

A covert load of hard narcotics is found in a tractor-trailers air tank.

A retiring officer makes a significant bust before hanging up his hat.

A former teacher is surprised to find she has a warrant out for her arrest.

A magician comes under scrutiny for traveling with his prop dove.

An expectant mother tries to cross with an unexpected load.

Sisters are detained when one attacks an officer after binge drinking.

An X-ray flags a dark object in the fuel tank of a a bands tour bus.

An inspection of travelers leads to the takedown of a cartel stash house.

A truck with a compartment of drugs requires a complex code to open it.

Officers examine a trailer filled with cooking supplies and unearth a GPS tracker -- the kind cartels use to watch their loads. US citizens who accidentally approach the international border are inspected, and it turns out they have a few secrets.

When a drug dog alerts a vehicle full of clubbers heading to a techno bar, officers find the group has gotten creative with their illicit drugs; officers inspecting a couples truck find bags full of rat carcasses to be used in a specialty soup.

When two sisters are pulled over for making an unsafe lane change, officers discover they have an illicit stash that cant cross the border; a Mexican couple attempts to bring a bag of foul-smelling insects for a special recipe.

When a man waiting in the pedestrian line to enter the U.S. suddenly turns and sprints back toward Mexico, officers give chase; a Mexican national seeks asylum in the U.S. after claiming he was kidnapped and extorted for information by cartels.

A man entering the U.S. with more cash than the $10,000 limit raises eyebrows; officers find a cooler full of rat meat in the back of a travelers vehicle, but further inspection uncovers something more surprising.

Officers spot a lone pedestrian entering the U.S. with large bags; the search reveals containers of coffee, one concealing a package of suspected narcotics; the x-ray of a flatbed trailer reveals hidden bundles, but officers struggle to reach them.