Border Security: Australia's Front Line
Season 5
There are immigration, customs officers and quaratine officers. There are all sorts of concealments. This show is on over the weekends, if you're in Australia.
Where to Watch Border Security: Australia's Front Line • Season 5
22 Episodes
- Episode 04
E4Episode 04A Filipino passenger claims to be a tourist, but Customs officers don't buy his constantly changing story. A disturbing discovery of beautiful but dangerous snakes shocks everyone involved. A returning Australian passenger gives Customs officers more than lip when he has to pay excess duty on some cigarettes. - Episode 05
E5Episode 05Will the shady past of a passenger travelling on a New Zealand passport prevent him from entering the country? Quarantine officers make an amazing discovery when they find documents signed by King George III in a routine inspection of packages from England. Customs officers dig up a treasure-chest of trouble after Quarantine find a suspicious quantity of undeclared jewellery in the luggage of a Chinese passenger. - Episode 06
E6Episode 06Children become innocent pawns in the international drug trade when Customs find narcotics concealed inside a children's book. Customs target a 1 billion dollar criminal industry when they examine containers with several boxes of counterfeit clothing. Immigration have to work out if their suspicions about a Korean passenger are a case of mistaken identity or if she is trying to avoid detection. - Episode 07
E7Episode 07Immigration need to find the truth about a secret that an Iranian passenger from New Zealand has. Customs find that a children's book from Brazil contains a surprise ending. A newlywed's return creates a Cuban crisis when Quarantine find undeclared wooden items and cigars in his luggage. - Episode 09E9
Episode 09A Thai passenger could hold the key to a crime syndicate. Customs mount a massive operation to stop a multi-million dollar tobacco haul, including a dramatic pursuit. Is a large quantity of medication brought in by an elderly Chinese couple an innocent mistake or a deliberate breach of the law? - Episode 12
E12Episode 12A British passenger claims he's never used any narcotics, but a drug swab could tell Customs a different story. Document experts may have uncovered a crime syndicate when they find multiple cases of identity fraud. Customs find a parcel of ecstasy tablets concealed in a box full of children's toys. - Episode 13
E13Episode 13Is a dazed Dutch passenger who is struggling to answer Customs' questions involved with an international drug running operation? A surprise dawn raid in western Sydney sends two workers running into hiding. Customs officers in two cities discover that the most innocent items can be the most dangerous when they find steroids concealed in dolls and books. - Episode 15
E15Episode 15A high-flying New York socialite with royal connections has a lot of explaining to do when his personal belongings test positive for cocaine. A police report triggers a disturbing confession from a New Zealand passenger. An Australian athlete has nowhere to run when Customs suspect him of concealing drugs internally. - Episode 17
E17Episode 17Drug detector dogs give positive reactions to a French passenger and an American gospel singer. Quarantine discover an extremely expensive and highly prohibited item in the baggage of a Chinese student. A British passenger makes a desperate attempt to cross the border, but conflicting information on his criminal past could deny him entry. - Episode 18
E18Episode 18Customs suspect that a Malaysian passenger that is hiding something may not be working alone. Some filthy clothes could hold the key to a major Customs investigation. A suspected illegal non-citizen keeps Immigration compliance officers on their toes during a raid at a steel fabrication plant in outer western Sydney. - Episode 19
E19Episode 19Immigration interviews a Phillippine tourist who has a stash of male student identity cards and some undeclared medication. In Brisbane, when a Lebanese passenger gets upset after Quarantine seizes some food that she has brought into the country as gifts for her family, her son in law makes a political issue out of it. In Sydney, a passenger returning from a round-the-world trip catches the attention of Customs officers. - Episode 22E22
Episode 22Customs officers are horrified by the mysterious contents of an unidentified bag. The Navy, Department of Fisheries and Customs combine in a big operation to stop illegal fishing boats poaching in Australia's rich northern waters. Customs officers find narcotics elaborately concealed inside two printer cartridges.
