Borderforce USA: The Bridges

A shipment of cardboard packaging hides a deadly secret. Heroin disguised as a computer laptop baffles the world's most advanced narcotic detection device. The diligence of agriculture specialists pays off and saves America's forestry from a potentially devastating insect infestation.

Officers are on high alert for a cartel ambush as they transfer a Sicario over one of the 28 border bridges and into the custody of the Mexico military. A random inspection of a pick up truck reveals 32 kilogrammes of narcotics while a man, his aluminium shed. A broken key brings chaos then smiles to the Gateway to the Americas Bridge in Laredo.

Officers are suspicious when an elderly couple arrive from Mexico with five suitcases but no clothes. On the World Trade Bridge, an X ray of a truck hauling garden furniture reveals something more might be in the load and in Laredo, officers help a woman and her child fleeing cartel violence in Central America.

Officers in Brownsville process an American citizen who crossed over the bridge 20 years ago and discover the reason he didn t want to come back. In Laredo, a car being driven by a man who claims he was coming into the country to shop at the supermarket, in fact, smuggling 15kg of cocaine while a truck driver s modified cab attracts the attention of Customs and Border Protection at the World Trade Bridge.

Officers become suspicious when they pull over a businessman from Mexico who is making a rare journey to the United States in a brand new car. On the Juarez Lincoln International Bridge in Laredo a man is detained after a canine alerts to drugs in a car. But why is he carrying such a small amount? Is it because he is a decoy for a cartel and trying to draw attention away from a bigger shipment of narcotics crossing the bridge at the same time? And an innocent pedestrian gets more than he bargains for when he is mistaken for a wanted man who officers believe is armed and dangerous.

Vigilant Customs and Border Protection officers uncover 5,000 rounds of ammunition being smuggled across Hidalgo Bridge into Mexico while 200 miles away in Laredo, an elite team prepares for the extradition of a hitman wanted for murder in his home country.

Officers are forced to close the bridge when it’s stormed by dozens of asylum seekers. Meanwhile at the Columbia Solidarity, officers are suspicious about the contents of bags of sweets.

Officers are on the lookout for day-trippers trying to smuggle prescription pills back into America. A suspected courier for a cartel is questioned on she tried to smuggle $50,000 in cash out of the country.

A large shipment of fake fentanyl pills is intercepted. An automatic rifle with its ammunition is found inside a loudspeaker. A woman who was dealing drugs for her boyfriend is captured. Police officers try to save a man who is overdosing.

A truck is stopped and inside it they find a shipment of wet wipes, but upon closer inspection they find cocaine hidden. A US citizen is caught with thousands of Tramadol tablets hidden in his hand luggage among bags of dried fruit.

A huge shipment of cocaine is found hidden in the floor of a truck. A young man tries to enter the United States to enroll in school. A woman is caught smuggling fentanyl pills, and a drunken couple refuse to pay their fine for illegal avocados.

A woman is caught trying to enter the US with a baby that isn't hers. A man wanted for a serious crime is intercepted. A driver suffers a heart attack while crossing a bridge, and a shipment of coconut oil is discovered to contain methamphetamine.