Contraband: Seized at Sea (2024)

Season 1

Crews are embedded with U.S. Customs agents uncover the hidden world of smuggling — from well-established cartel operations to wild party boats returning from the Caribbean.

Released July 15, 2024 Episode 41 min None+

Genres: Crime, Documentary, Reality

Watch Providers: Discovery, Spectrum On Demand, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel + 3 more, HBO Max, Philo, YouTube TV

Production Companies: Discovery Channel

Network: Discovery

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

7.7

/44/

Trakt

/13/

TMDb

/3/

Tomatoes

S1E1 - 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.

July 15, 2024, midnight

S1E2 - 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.

July 22, 2024, midnight

S1E3 - Bahamian Rhapsody

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.

July 29, 2024, midnight

S1E4 - Don't Be Suspicious

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.

Aug. 5, 2024, midnight

S1E5 - Seaweed

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.

Aug. 19, 2024, midnight

S1E6 - Seasick on a Sinking Ship

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.

Aug. 26, 2024, midnight

S1E7 - 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.

Aug. 19, 2024, midnight

S1E8 - That's Dope

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.

Sept. 2, 2024, midnight