Robert Glenister
Self - Narrator
Borderforce USA: The Bridges (2019)
Season 5
A joint venture between Discovery and BBC Studios, offering unprecedented access to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection agency as they operate on the 28 bridges connecting the United States of America and Mexico. The lives and work of the DHS are followed and explored as they guard the border and process the millions of people who cross it every year, as well as finding a wide array of illegal contraband, much of it expertly concealed.
Released Feb. 24, 2019
Episode 43 min
None+
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Keywords: imdb.bridge
Network: National Geographic
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Episode 1
Millions of dollars-worth of marijuana is found hidden in a shipment of matresses, and officers detain a mother and daughter who've been smoking meth.
Sept. 29, 2024, midnight
S5E2 - Episode 2
A man wanted for murder is apprehended at the border. Officers discover more than 80 kilos of cocaine hidden inside a tractor trailer.
Oct. 6, 2024, midnight
S5E3 - Episode 3
Officers investigate a collector travelling with parts of a space rocket, and 380 kilograms of crystal meth is discovered in a shipment of limes.
Oct. 14, 2024, midnight
S5E4 - Episode 4
24 kilograms of cocaine are found concealed in the air tank of a truck, and a cache of weapons bound for Mexico is intercepted.
Oct. 21, 2024, midnight
S5E5 - Episode 5
Officers intercept a shipment of hundreds of gun parts headed for Mexico, a nurse is caught smuggling pills in her boots, and a traveller carrying goat meat is inspected.
Oct. 27, 2024, midnight
S5E6 - Episode 6
A tip-off (see previous episode/S05E05) unearths a vast shipment of heroin and cocaine disguised as garbage bags, and officers respond to a medical emergency and deal with a drunken US Marshal.
Nov. 3, 2024, midnight
S5E7 - Episode 7
More than 130 packets of cocaine are found hidden in the seats of a bus, a car explodes in the middle of the bridge, and a retiring officer makes his final bust.
Nov. 10, 2024, midnight
S5E8 - Episode 8
Officers discover fentanyl hidden in the backseat of a car, and two elderly sisters are caught trying to smuggle more than 600 tramadol pills.
Nov. 17, 2024, midnight
S5E9 - Episode 9
Officers make a massive seizure of meth hidden inside fruit crates, a former teacher is taken surprise by a warrant for her arrest, and a Syrian man begs for help.
Nov. 24, 2024, midnight
S5E10 - Episode 10
120 kilograms of cocaine are discovered in the axles of a lowboy trailer, and two men are caught attempting to smuggle a rooster for cock-fighting.
Dec. 1, 2024, midnight
S5E11 - Episode 11
Packages of cocaine are found concealed in the chassis of a bus, officers receive a tip-off about a vehicle loaded with cartel cash, and a magician comes under scrutiny.
Dec. 8, 2024, midnight
S5E12 - Episode 12
A shipment of cocaine is discovered in the fifth wheel of a tractor-trailer, and officers searching a courier van find a cache of firearms.
Dec. 15, 2024, midnight
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43 min/ep
1685 min
Feb. 24, 2019
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