Borderforce USA: The Bridges
Season 5
Overview
Follow the work of America's Customs and Border Protection agency, whose job is to protect the US's border and stop terrorists, drugs and illegal weapons from entering the country. Continues to follow operations at the same core Texas border crossings: Laredo, Eagle Pass, Hidalgo, Progreso and Brownsville - with no major new locations introduced.
Episodes
1. High at the Border
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.
2. Travellers in Deer Hides
A man wanted for murder is apprehended at the border. Officers discover more than 80 kilos of cocaine hidden inside a tractor trailer.
3. Space Junk and Whale Bones
Officers investigate a collector travelling with parts of a space rocket, and 380 kilograms of crystal meth is discovered in a shipment of limes.
4. Guns in the Compressor
24 kilograms of cocaine are found concealed in the air tank of a truck, and a cache of weapons bound for Mexico is intercepted.
5. A Mysterious Inscription
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.
6. The Rampaging Marshal
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.
7. A Bang at the End of the Shift
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.
8. The Smuggler Sisters
Officers discover fentanyl hidden in the backseat of a car, and two elderly sisters are caught trying to smuggle more than 600 tramadol pills.
9. A Spicy Discovery
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.
10. The Axis of Evil
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.
11. Magic Tricks
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.
12. Symbols of Power
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.
