Contraband: Seized at Sea

8.0
2024

Crews are embedded with U.S. Customs agents uncover the hidden world of smuggling — from well-established cartel operations to wild party boats returning from the Caribbean.

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Seasons

12 Episodes • Premiered 2024

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1. Murky Waters

A routine inspection of a cargo ship uncovers a well-hidden, illicit load; weapons smugglers attempt to evade authorities; a luxury boat comes on the radar; agents locate a ship filled with people smugglers trying to make landfall.

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2. Operation Total Silence

HSI agents coordinate a massive raid to take down a transnational drug trafficking gang; agents interdict an erratically moving vessel, often a sign of evasive smugglers, but it turns out that its passengers have less sinister motives.

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3. Bahamian Rhapsody

Officers race to Port Newark, where a West African car gang is getting ready to ship a stolen luxury vehicle out of the country; using the owner's GPS tracker on the car, they attempt to identify the container it's in before the ship leaves port.

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4. Don't Be Suspicious

Agents investigate a small boat crewed by three men on a well-known smuggling route, only to confirm the men have a shady past; an agent finds life jackets and clothing abandoned on the beach, evidence of a recent illegal migrant landing.

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5. Seaweed

Agents must abort a mission when an incoming tropical storm rolls in; a cruise ship passenger balks at paying U.S. duty on cigarettes; Illicit packages dumped at sea begin washing up on Florida's beaches; a Brazilian vessel intrigues agents.

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6. Seasick on a Sinking Ship

An agent investigates a boat that made a suspicious late-night drop; officers inspect a docking ship to ensure there's no concealed load under its hull; agents track a sailboat coming from the Bahamas allegedly carrying kilos of narcotics.

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7. The Heat is On

Agents conducting a random stop-search inspection of vehicles coming off a car ferry get a hit; officers come across a shipment of 80,000 t-shirts that may all be counterfeit; agents descend into a mangrove forest to rescue stranded migrants.

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8. That's Dope

Agents in Puerto Rico encounter an unidentified warship; packages washing up on the Florida coastline lead to agents investigating a failed cartel operation; agents search for a stolen vessel suspected of smuggling.

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9. Flock of Eagles

Agents find a package off the coast and get a tipoff on an illicit load.

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10. Better Safe Than Sorry

A social media celebrity catches agents' attention for the wrong reasons.

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11. Ghost Ship

A tip-off has officers inspecting shipping containers for stolen cars.

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12. Bimini Vice

Intel indicates a marble shipment from China is loaded with narcotics.

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