Timothy Balme
Narrator
Border Patrol (2002)
Season 9
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
S9E1 - Episode 1
A young Brazilian woman finds herself and her bag full of tricks in the Customs red zone, and a plane load of Ukrainian Fishermen are checked at the border.
June 20, 2017, midnight
S9E2 - Episode 2
A Canadian woman attempts to smuggle a live cat across the border, a Dutchman is caught with a serious quantity of Cocaine and a consignment of vehicles are checked at Hampton Downs motorsport park.
June 27, 2017, midnight
S9E3 - Episode 3
A Mexican chef s phone messages give his dealings away, a Chinese businessman with truth issues and a couple Kiwis return home with some questionable trophies.
July 4, 2017, midnight
S9E4 - Episode 4
A bible containing more than the word of God is found by Customs in Christchurch, a tour guide shows border staff around his makeshift tobacco importing ring in Queenstown.
July 11, 2017, midnight
S9E5 - Episode 5
A playful French Doctor tries it on at the border in
Queenstown and lethal weapons at Christchurch Airport.
July 18, 2017, midnight
S9E6 - Episode 6
Cocaine users open up about their drug use at the border, a suspicious bottle of detergent at the International mail centre and some high-risk visitors fly into Queenstown.
July 25, 2017, midnight
S9E7 - Episode 7
Travellers with no idea of New Zealand s drug laws, a South African woman claiming a long distance love affair, and highly questionable security cameras carrying more than lenses and circuitry.
Aug. 1, 2017, midnight
S9E8 - Episode 8
An Aussie with a shady past turns up in the Customs Red Zone and a couple of Kiwi Frisbee golf champs return home.
Aug. 8, 2017, midnight
S9E9 - Episode 9
In this episode, customs and Immigration stop a man wanted by Fijian Police, a colourful Kiwi arrives home with gold, silver and diamonds and a fight against organised crime at the Ports.
Aug. 15, 2017, midnight
S9E10 - Episode 10
In this episode, an American builder seems to think visiting the Customs red zone is a joke, a very sneaky concealment inside lithium batteries, and some serious biosecurity breaches at the border.
Aug. 22, 2017, 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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