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Contraband: Seized at Sea
Contraband: Seized at Sea

Contraband: Seized at Sea

—Television crews become embedded within U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents to uncover the hidden world of smuggling; from well-established cartel operations to wild party boats returning from the Caribbean, "Contraband: Seized at Sea" takes a look at all sorts of nefarious activity happening on the water; filled with major drug busts and exclusive investigative insights, the series follows the realities of law enforcement taking action on the high seas.
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Season 112 of 12 Episodes

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Agents look out for private boats being stolen and used by drug traffickers; officers get a tip-off that a fruit shipment from Costa Rica may have a load of narcotics within; a social media celebrity catches agents' attention for the wrong reasons.

  • When recreational anglers come across a large package floating off the Florida coast, Border Patrol agents are called to inspect; officers receive a tip-off that a shipping container full of Colombian sugar may have something else hidden inside.

  • 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.

  • After a woman admits to carrying someone else's suitcase, officers find alarming documents hidden inside; intel indicates a marble shipment from China is loaded with narcotics; agents spot a fishing boat with signs it may be a smuggling vessel.

  • An intel tip-off has officers inspecting shipping containers for stolen cars; following a hurricane, questionable bundles begin washing ashore; agents on the night shift are tracking a suspicious vessel when it suddenly disappears from their radar.

Record to Watch Later

3 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Operation Total Silence
    Murky Waters
    The Heat Is On
  • 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.
    Upcoming
  • 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.
    Upcoming
  • 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.
    Upcoming
Contraband: Seized at Sea

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Television crews become embedded within U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents to uncover the hidden world of smuggling; from well-established cartel operations to wild party boats returning from the Caribbean, "Contraband: Seized at Sea" takes a look at all sorts of nefarious activity happening on the water; filled with major drug busts and exclusive investigative insights, the series follows the realities of law enforcement taking action on the high seas.

Starring

Dan Nachtrab

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