Guards check permits in Almería, Spain. (National Geographic)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_UHD_14.jpg
A helicopter and a patrol boat of Guardia Civil are pictured in Pontevedra, Spain. (National Geographic)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_UHD_15.jpg
A guard commands a patrol boat in Huelva, Spain. (National Geographic)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_UHD_12.jpg
A guard commands a patrol boat in Almería, Spain. (National Geographic)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_UHD_13.jpg
A guard works at the surveillance center in Almería, Spain. (National Geographic)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_UHD_11.jpg
Civil Guards sail with a waving Spanish flag in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. (National Geographic/Antonio Javier López Castillo )Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_08.jpg
The film crew captures footage in a behind-the-scenes image on board a Civil Guard patrol boat in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. (National Geographic/Natalia Rodríguez Gil)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_09.jpg
A Civil Guard patrol boat tows a recreational vessel that was adrift in Gerona, Catalonia, Spain. (National Geographic/Jose Antonio Gavilán Tobal)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_06.jpg
The Civil Guard inspects a recreational vessel in Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain. (National Geographic/Jose Antonio Gavilán Tobal)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_07.jpg
A guard looks at the coast from a patrol boat in Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. (National Geographic/Jose Antonio Gavilán Tobal)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_05.jpg
The film crew captures footage in a behind-the-scenes image on board a Civil Guard patrol boat in Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain. (National Geographic/Jose Antonio Gavilán Tobal)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_04.jpg
A drug-smuggling speedboat supply dinghy is stranded in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.(National Geographic/Natalia Rodríguez Gil)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_10.jpg
A Civil Guard patrol boat sails among recreational vessels in Majorca, Balearic Islands. Spain. (National Geographic/Jose Antonio Gavilán Tobal)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_03.jpg
A helicopter is part of the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard Operation in Majorca, Balearic Islands. Spain. (National Geographic/Jose Antonio Gavilán Tobal)Episode: #205 "Patrolling in Turbulent Waters"Air Date 01/11/2025205_PatrollingInTurbulentWaters_ToCatchASmuggler-Mediterranean_02.jpg