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Agriculture specialists deal with cattle arriving without required seals.

The border between the USA and Mexico is the busiest in the world. This series follows the work of America's Customs and Border Protection agency, whose job is to defend the border and stop terrorists, drugs and illegal weapons from entering the country.

Officers see a trend of narcotics being smuggled inside car dashboards.

K9s save the day, identifying gallons of paint and beer bottles filled with more than the officers bargained for; a man with a warrant for his arrest is concealing something suspicious; officers question the intentions of a chatty traveler.

A man who arrives at the border with a baby is concealing another valuable commodity; a couple who fails to declare Mexican avocados ends up causing a scene; a teenager claiming to be a U.S. citizen arrives looking to attend high school in Texas.

Following the work of America's Customs and Border Protection agency, whose job is to defend the border and stop terrorists, drugs and illegal weapons from entering the country.

Officers discover firearms that may be intended for a Mexican drug lord; a load of Fentanyl hidden in an ice cream freezer; a truck driver transporting puppies is under scrutiny; a wanted woman is detained in Brownsville.

A cartel hitman is extradited, and 50 gallons of moonshine is intercepted.

A drunk driver causes a three-car crash; a man attempts to import counterfeit goods; an investigation is launched into a pill-smuggling ring, and a shipment of cocaine is found inside office furniture; an armed robber on the run is captured.

When a bus is stopped for a routine search, an X-ray reveals some contents may be under pressure; a U.S. family's pet parakeet is denied entry into Mexico and without special USDA approval, it may not be allowed back into America either.

When a man waiting in the pedestrian line to enter the U.S. suddenly turns and sprints back toward Mexico, officers give chase; a Mexican national seeks asylum in the U.S. after claiming he was kidnapped and extorted for information by cartels.

A magician comes under scrutiny for traveling with his prop dove.

A missing teenager with a rap sheet is turned in to the authorities.

At the Brownsville, Texas, point of entry, officers encounter drug trafficking, fraudulent documents and illegal merchandise; authorities seize $7 million worth of marijuana hidden inside a rolled carpet during a routine cargo inspection.

Multiple drug busts and arrests get made at various border crossings in Texas, including the discovery of the largest meth haul yet attempted at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge.

Officers spot a lone pedestrian entering the U.S. with large bags; the search reveals containers of coffee, one concealing a package of suspected narcotics; the x-ray of a flatbed trailer reveals hidden bundles, but officers struggle to reach them.

A man entering the U.S. with more cash than the $10,000 limit raises eyebrows; officers find a cooler full of rat meat in the back of a traveler's vehicle, but further inspection uncovers something more surprising.

An inspection of travelers leads to the takedown of a cartel stash house.

A truck with a compartment of drugs requires a complex code to open it.

An elite team prepares for the extradition of a cartel Sicario, or hit man wanted for murder in his home country; with the sale of guns and ammo strictly controlled in Mexico, cartels turn to America for the weapons to wage their wars.

A covert load of hard narcotics is found in a tractor-trailer's air tank.

A cavity search reveals a smuggler concealing pills in an unpleasant place.

Officers struggle to open up an engine part they suspect is hiding drugs.

A man returning from Mexico requires emergency Narcan after a suspected opioid overdose; an unlikely family is caught trying to smuggle firearms into Mexico; a woman attempting to sneak prescription meds into the U.S. is caught red-handed.

Officers catch a man trying to enter the US with a manslaughter warrant.

A man's in a bind when trying to cross with an item that fell from the sky.

An X-ray flags a dark object in the fuel tank of a a band's tour bus.

Officers uncover a lethal load. A woman and son are caught with fake visas.

Methamphetamine is found hidden within a semi-truck full of frozen broccoli, a man is caught smuggling pills inside containers of protein powder, a traveler tries to bring a deer trophy across the border, and an intoxicated US citizen is detained.

A couple from Mexico arrives with candy unfit for children's consumption.

Meth is found inside the walls of a trailer; brothers are caught smuggling prescription medication; illicit Mexican delicacies are confiscated at the border.

The cartel tries to sneak one last shipment over the border just before midnight; officers uncover a delivery that isn't what it seems; a woman acting erratically is found with a Santa Muerte statue, indicating she may have cartel connections.

Officers question a man traveling with two children that aren't his; a traveler is caught smuggling cash; drugs are found concealed in a flatbed truck; a drunken man is restrained in Progreso, Mexico.

A new officer makes one of the biggest drug busts her bridge has ever seen.