Border Patrol

Border Patrol follows the work of the New Zealand Customs Service and Ministry of Primary Industries. They are at the frontline of protecting the New Zealand border both on land and at sea. Check out our new promotional trailer below…..

Customs continue to fight against drug smuggling at the airports, air cargo inspection facility and the international mail centre where drugs continue to be disguised in novel ways. Customs air cargo intercept contact NT, the precursor of P, hidden in a huge variety of products, from toys to security cameras. Their intercepts lead to thousands of dollars worth of contact NT being taken off the streets. Drug finds, continue at the mail centre with the help of the canine drug detectors. And at the airport customs officers pounce on a male passenger who was found to be carrying blocks of contact NT strapped to his legs.

As well as this customs are kept on their toes at the airports around the country with fake passports and credit cards, fraudsters and those who say they are here for a holiday but have other more sinister reasons for trying to enter New Zealand. During their busy months they see thousands of passengers a day cross the border and they make sure those that do cross aren’t here for reasons they shouldn’t be.  The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) deal with a constant barrage of undeclared food items, insects, plant material and animal products. They are all stopped at the airport border before they infiltrate New Zealand along with any potential harmful diseases they could be carrying from overseas that could cripple our homegrown industries. Down at the ports of Auckland MPI also keep the border safe from unwanted pests or diseases. They have to deal with a Giraffe destined for Auckland Zoo who causes a bit of a stir arriving into the port. A biosecurity team head off on the high seas to check out a returning navy ship, which has been overseas in the Pacific. And over in air cargo a shipment of exotic animals causes a bit a problem. Six series of Border Patrol have been completed.  Series seven in now in production.   Winner, NZ Screen Awards 2006, Best Reality Series

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