Stop, Search, Seize

Customs officer Bruce Heller demonstrates why colleagues refer to him as `Bruce Almighty'. Not every encounter with officials proves tense, some even turn out romantic.

Customs officer John Heffernan organises an operation to intercept illegally imported cigarettes entering Ireland by road.

Officials uncover packages of weaponry that includes tasers and nun chucks, as well as another set of packages filled with cigarettes worth millions of Euros.

A woman's car is seized, another woman at the airport claims her weapons are fake but they are real, and another woman refuses to let her bags to get X-rayed.

One passenger appears to be carrying a handgun in their suitcase, and another passenger's bag is swabbed and tests positive for traces of drugs.

Customs teams check passengers travelling through Shannon Airport, a common place of departure for tourists travelling to Ireland, for illegal items.