Stop, Search, Seize (Sky1)

Managed to catch this last night and saw a couple of other episodes on catch up.
Some of the items confiscated shocked me that they got onto an aircraft (OK I know it was likely checked in luggage but still)
Now Bruce seriously needs to brush up on his people skills from what I've seen, particularly with that poor kid from Hong Kong, yes by all means ask those real personal questions but stay professional and detached about it.
Also a sorting office in Portlaoise does the drug searches? So, drugs can come into the country and make it to the midlands before the authorities catch up with it? That sort of search should be done at the ports IMO.

flazio wrote: »

Managed to catch this last night and saw a couple of other episodes on catch up.
Some of the items confiscated shocked me that they got onto an aircraft (OK I know it was likely checked in luggage but still)
Now Bruce seriously needs to brush up on his people skills from what I've seen, particularly with that poor kid from Hong Kong, yes by all means ask those real personal questions but stay professional and detached about it.
Also a sorting office in Portlaoise does the drug searches? So, drugs can come into the country and make it to the midlands before the authorities catch up with it? That sort of search should be done at the ports IMO.

All the post goes through Portlaoise so that is the port for post.

Only found out about it the other day - good series, far better than the (I think) RTE rubbish version.

Yeah Bruce, seems to have a bit of an attitude when you see all the other guys and gals doing the same job (does he really have to keep pushing his badge in front of peoples faces all the time) - could be just Sky showing the worst of him though (good tv and all that)

Maeve Green Paperboy wrote: »

Bruce is a head wrecker. Look at my big badge!

Not that big, maybe therein lies the problem - what did they do with the erectile dysfunction pills?

Preset No.3 wrote: »

I find Bruce refreshing!

I find him obnoxious.

Yeah Bruce doesn't come across as a likable guy, he's not a fan of "Dem lads"

It's a weapon, I do martial arts.

Just an observation, having seen an episode of this show for the first time this evening.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but on the UK/Australian versions of this show, do they not open dodgy packages in rooms that resemble a controlled laboratory which are specially kitted out with large stainless steel worktops, sinks etc.?

I always thought the logical purpose of this was to control the unintentional release of unwanted foreign flora/fauna, and also, where drugs were involved, to protect the officers from hazardous chemical exposure.

My concern is that, in one scene officers were opening/handling/documenting various drugs at their workstations in an open plan office (AFAIR this was in Shannon), and in another, the ubiquitous officer in Dublin Airport was opening contraband food from a suitcase containing insects in what appeared to be an interview room.

I liked the Bruce guy, more of a bumbling idiot. The show overall is an embarrassment. If these are the people protecting our borders god help us.

Fred Swanson wrote: »

I see customs officers don't even know the allowances. Where are they getting this 300 allowance for cigarettes within the EU from?

Allowances from new members are only 300