Contraband: Seized at Sea

A routine inspection of a cargo ship uncovers a well-hidden, illicit load; weapons smugglers attempt to evade authorities; a luxury boat comes on the radar; agents locate a ship filled with people smugglers trying to make landfall.

HSI agents coordinate a massive raid to take down a transnational drug trafficking gang; agents interdict an erratically moving vessel, often a sign of evasive smugglers, but it turns out that its passengers have less sinister motives.

Officers race to Port Newark, where a West African car gang is getting ready to ship a stolen luxury vehicle out of the country; using the owner's GPS tracker on the car, they attempt to identify the container it's in before the ship leaves port.

Agents investigate a small boat crewed by three men on a well-known smuggling route, only to confirm the men have a shady past; an agent finds life jackets and clothing abandoned on the beach, evidence of a recent illegal migrant landing.

Agents must abort a mission when an incoming tropical storm rolls in; a cruise ship passenger balks at paying U.S. duty on cigarettes; Illicit packages dumped at sea begin washing up on Florida's beaches; a Brazilian vessel intrigues agents.

An agent investigates a boat that made a suspicious late-night drop; officers inspect a docking ship to ensure there's no concealed load under its hull; agents track a sailboat coming from the Bahamas allegedly carrying kilos of narcotics.

Agents conducting a random stop-search inspection of vehicles coming off a car ferry get a hit; officers come across a shipment of 80,000 t-shirts that may all be counterfeit; agents descend into a mangrove forest to rescue stranded migrants.

Agents in Puerto Rico encounter an unidentified warship; packages washing up on the Florida coastline lead to agents investigating a failed cartel operation; agents search for a stolen vessel suspected of smuggling.

Agents find a package off the coast and get a tipoff on an illicit load.

A social media celebrity catches agents' attention for the wrong reasons.

A tip-off has officers inspecting shipping containers for stolen cars.

Intel indicates a marble shipment from China is loaded with narcotics.