Timothy Balme
Narrator
Border Patrol (2002)
Season 10
Border Patrol is a New Zealand reality television series, focusing on the Customs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the New Zealand Immigration Service. It is narrated by Tim Balme. They are checking through packages, travelers and goods to find if they try to smugle prohibited or undeclared goods. They have trained staff, dogs and technology to find this out.
Released May 5, 2002
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.airport, tmdb.illegal-drugs, tmdb.customs, mdblist.has-trailer
Production Companies: Greenstone TV
Network: TVNZ 1
Country: New Zealand
Languages:
English
S10E1 - Episode 1
New Season. Tonight, three Israeli men are found with large quantities of MDMA, some Ukrainian fishermen bring enough booze to sink their ship, and there's a strong smell at Queenstown Airport.
Aug. 20, 2018, midnight
S10E2 - Episode 2
Tonight, a booze smuggling scam is busted at the Ports of Auckland, a Kurdish Kiwi shares tales of his high adventures in high risk countries, and a Frenchwoman goes ballistic at Immigration.
Aug. 27, 2018, midnight
S10E3 - Episode 3
Busted at Auckland Airport, a Portuguese man travelling from Chile with a large quantity of Cocaine and a Spanish film crew arrive in Queenstown with a ton of gear but claim they're here of a holiday.
Sept. 3, 2018, midnight
S10E4 - Episode 4
At Christchurch Airport a French Canadian with an illegal habit is stopped at the Border, Customs staff nail a colourful parcel from Uganda and a Filipino woman with some tall stories is questioned.
Sept. 10, 2018, midnight
S10E5 - Episode 5
Customs stop some highly suspect Pandas at the border, a passenger off a flight from Sydney with a nose for trouble and a young Brazilian woman is questioned by Immigration.
Sept. 17, 2018, midnight
S10E6 - Episode 6
A man from Guangzhou gets feisty when Customs catch him with more cigarettes than the Marlboro Man and a dodgy consignment of copper wire is intercepted Customs Air Cargo inspections facility.
Sept. 24, 2018, midnight
S10E7 - Episode 7
In Christchurch a couple of suspected sex workers from Hong Kong are stopped at the border, illegal weapons stopped at the International mail centre and MI stop a repeat offender at the border.
Oct. 1, 2018, midnight
S10E8 - Episode 8
Immigration catch a so called fisherman hook, line and sinker, Christchurch Customs are on high alert, and a MPI biosecurity dog sniffs out a suspicious package on the mail belt.
Oct. 8, 2018, midnight
S10E9 - Episode 9
Questions are asked when a Hong Kong woman arrives in Christchurch saying she's here to visit a building that was destroyed in the 2011 earthquake. Plus, a package breaches biosecurity regulations.
Oct. 15, 2018, midnight
S10E10 - Episode 10
Stopped at Auckland Airport a Brazilian drug mule, a messy concealment at the International Mail Centre and a Malaysian man on the run from loan sharks.
Oct. 22, 2018, midnight
Network: TVNZ 1
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 4290 min.
Released: May 5, 2002
Last Air Date: May 20, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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