Border Smuggling & Sniffer Checkpoints

Description

A border smuggling & sniffer checkpoint system for ESX, QB, or QBox servers: players stash contraband in a vehicle's hidden compartment, then attempt to cross a checkpoint where a server-side detection roll, scaled by how much is loaded, either pays out on a clean crossing or seizes the load and pings dispatch. Servers sell this because it adds real risk tension to transport and gives police a reason to run sniffer checkpoints.

Prompt Template

You are writing a FiveM resource for a generic framework via exports (esx/qb/qbox).

Expected Output

The reference Lua lives at content/expected-outputs/drugs/23-border-smuggling-sniffer-checks.lua. It implements a server-stored hidden compartment keyed by vehicle netId, an owner-verified crossing…

Known Failure Modes & Corrective Prompt

• Client-rolled detection, a modder always passes; compute the search roll, payout, and seizure on the server.
• Client-tracked stash, spoofable amounts; store the compartment in a server table keyed by netId.
• Anim before load, TaskPlayAnim no-ops if the dict is not loaded; RequestAnimDict + a HasAnimDictLoaded wait loop first.

Corrective re-prompt: "Store compartments[netId] = on the server, and in smuggle:attemptCross verify the owner, compute detectChance from the stored amount, roll math.random server-side, then either seize + dispatch or addMoney, never accept a pass/fail result from the client."

Framework Integration

• ESX: swap gen_core for exports['es_extended']:getSharedObject(); use xPlayer.getInventoryItem('contraband').count and xPlayer.addMoney for the crossing payout.
• QBCore: exports['qb-core']:GetCoreObject(); Player.Functions.GetItemByName('contraband') to stash and AddMoney('cash', payout) on a clean run.
• QBox: use exports.qbx_core:GetPlayer(src) and exports.ox_inventory plus your dispatch export (e.g. ps-dispatch) for the sniffer-hit alert.

Profit Potential

$250-$3500/mo on Tebex (expected ~$900), within the $50-389 script band against a corpus of comparable Tebex sellers (median ~$11.85K/mo), set for a rising smuggling-tension niche.

Trend Signal

↗ rising, inferred: Checkpoint/sniffer smuggling depth; my reasoning, rising but not a direct scrape/matrix hit.

Sales Angle

Position as the risk-tension smuggling layer that gives police a reason to run checkpoints, the load-scaled sniffer odds are the hook that turns transport into a gamble. Recommended Tebex price $169.

Difficulty & Ship Time

intermediate · ships in 1 day.