Customs
TV Show · Documentary · Crime

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

2008 · 22m
Starring Jon Rand

Season 1

  • EPISODE 2
    TipOff
    Officers search a shipment of doors and discover a large concealment of drugs and ammunition destined for Devon In Bristol the team receives a tipoff and pays a visit to suspected cigarette smugglers Meanwhile at Gatwick staff catch a cocaine trafficker redhanded and following a confession set a trap for his accomplice
    22m
  • EPISODE 3
    Career Carrier
    A passenger at Bristol Airport is caught smuggling cigarettes and admits to doing it for more than 10 years and a suspicious bag is seized at Gatwick with pound55000 of cannabis inside Plus the crew of the fast cutter searcher investigates mysterious potmarkers off the Cornish coast
    22m
  • EPISODE 4
    Resistance Is Futile
    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
    22m
  • EPISODE 5
    Bad Birds
    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 5000 cigarettes back from Turkey
    22m
  • EPISODE 6
    Thats Not Mine
    In Dover the specialist rummage team discovers a ton of cannabis hidden in a truck In Cornwall a ships 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
    22m
  • EPISODE 7
    Hide and Seek
    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 tipoff about cocaine smugglers arriving from Amsterdam and in Dover an illegal immigrant is found hiding in a dangerous place on top of a trucks engine
    22m

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Cast & Crew

  • J‌R
    Jon Rand
    Narrator
  • A‌Z
    Andrew Zikking
    Producer
  • L‌P
    Lucy Parker
    Producer

About

Customs

Documentary

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

Information

Studio
MagellanTV
Released
2008
Rated
TV-PG

Languages

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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