Original title
Border Security: Australia's Front Line
Released
10/13/2004
Origin country
AU
Genre
Crime, Documentary, Drama, Reality
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
22
Number of episodes
248
Border Security: Australia's Front Line is an Australian television program that airs on the Seven Network. The show follows the work of officers of Australian Customs and Border Protection, the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship as they enforce Australian customs, quarantine, immigration and finance laws. Most of the programme is filmed at Sydney and Melbourne airports. Occasionally, the program features other locations such as Brisbane Airport, Perth Airport, seaports, international mail centres, raids on workplaces suspected of employing persons contrary to the restrictions of their visa or immigrant status and the work of Customs vessels and aircraft in the waters of Northern Australia.
In this special edition, see some of the amazing lengths people will go to in order to conceal and smuggle illegal goods across our borders.
They might be in the wrong but that doesn't stop passengers with undeclared food items spitting the dummy on their way into Australia. In a special edition, Border Security showcases the most memorable moments featuring passengers who find themselves in strife at Quarantine.
In an Australian television first, Seven’s Border Security cameras were embedded with the Armed Forces elite C-Squadron on the dangerous frontlines of Afghanistan. This gripping one hour special takes viewers deep behind Taliban enemy lines with Australia’s Chinook helicopter pilots as they risk their lives under constant enemy fire to transport soldiers and vital supplies to the frontline.
Go behind-the-scenes of our Immigration, Customs and Quarantine departments.
A positive test result for cocaine on a passenger leads to a formal interview, a Federal Police investigation and a trip to the local hospital.
An English tourist's life with her boyfriend in Australia hangs in the balance. The Australian Customs Vessel intercepts an illegal fishing boat.
A holiday maker carrying 'Lord of the Rings' statues is investigated and A couple with carrying hidden weapons in their luggage is interviewed.
A Chinese student is cautioned by the Australian Federal Police for carrying a large wad of cash. Customs Officers X-ray a video casing containing possible drugs.
An Indonesian who has lived illegally in Australia for 6 years is caught in the middle of an Immigration sting on a restaurant in western Sydney. A South African passenger whose past has caught up with him 11,000 kilometres from home has one final chance to be allowed into Australia.
An illegal vessel runs aground on a reef after a Customs vessel joins in the chase. A Korean passenger makes an indecent proposal during an Immigration interview. A mail room "weight watcher" goes on the search for a secret ingredient in cans of soup.
When a Chinese passenger lays their cards on the table, will Customs call their bluff? A $60,000 Ferrari may be concealing contents that are worth one hundred times as much. Secret ingredients in some cans of soup could put a passenger in very hot water.
Two Vietnamese passengers who are good friends separate at the border, attracting the attention of Customs. We find out what happens to items that Customs have seized. Quarantine find truckloads of food in the bags of a Burmese family.
Cecilia learns the true identity of someone she has been dating on the Internet for two years. Quarantine officers avert a possible disaster when they discover taro bulbs concealed in a blanket. A romance novel proves that truth is stranger than fiction when it hides some ecstasy tablets.
A discovery by Customs that the contents of a container are tobacco and not glassware leads to a major raid. Quarantine discover undeclared food with a high risk of Avian influenza. A British passenger gets the third degree from Customs after his baggage tests positive to traces of cocaine.
A passenger breaks the air travel rules that have changed since terrorism by carrying fireworks in their luggage. Immigration interview a New Zealand man who has a criminal record. Customs officers target a multi-million dollar black market trade in Medicare-subsidised prescription drugs.
An officer's search for the right answers leads to a verbal stoush in Customs. Immigration officers interview an Irish bricklayer that they suspect is double-dipping on his working holiday visa. A passenger's bad behaviour has everyone on edge in Quarantine.
A passenger's nervous behaviour has everyone in Customs on edge. Off the central Queensland coast, Customs search an enormous cargo ship where every nook and cranny is a possible hiding place. A passenger's startling comment makes Customs officers concerned that his life may be in danger.
A phone call could change the fate of a passenger who is desperate to stay in Australia. Customs officers investigate a suspicious package from India. Unusual behaviour from a Chinese student in Melbourne attracts the attention of Customs.
Unusual behaviour from a passenger leads Customs to wonder if he is playing games. Immigration compliance officers face some unexpected hurdles in the search for an illegal worker hiding in a market garden in western Sydney. A passenger is suspected by officers to be carrying drugs, but the situation takes a dramatic turn.
Customs officers suspect that two female passengers are trying to hide something. A passenger who failed to declare some tapa mats gets upset over his treatment in Quarantine. Customs officers board a mystery ship after it fails to respond to their radio calls.
A Colombian dance instructor may have stepped out of line when Customs officers find heroin readings on samples from his bags. Quarantine officers at the Internation Mail Handling Unit receive a box that smells so foul that it gives them a headache. Immigration compliance officers search a western Sydney warehouse, but obstructions could help a Filipino man they suspect of being an illegal immigrant to get away.
A Californian passenger is unhappy about being questioned by Customs. A Customs officer has suspicions about a parcel that has arrived at the International Mail Handling Unit from Peru. A student returning from China tries to con Quarantine by smuggling bags of food and then "declaring" it on a second passenger card.
Customs 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.
Immigration 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.
Looks back at some emotional and nervous passengers that Customs, Immigration and Quarantine have interviewed.
Looks back at some memorable characters encountered by Customs, Immigration and Quarantine officers and their attempts to enter Australia.
Customs 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.
Customs are faced with a challenge when they try to find out what a passenger with some unusual travel movements is concealing. Immigration officers try to find out the truth from workers who have a lot to hide during a factory compliance raid in Western Sydney. Two Canadian passengers wanting to have some fun and indulge in a little partying struggle to make it through Quarantine.
An angry Hong Kong banker tries to tell Customs officers how to do their job. The mother of a New Zealand passenger hoping to attend a family reunion makes a passionate plea to Immigration officers. Customs find some new methods of concealing drugs when they search some parcels from India.
Customs go on the hunt for drugs on two suspicious passengers from different flights from Vietnam. Immigration interview a British passenger who has declared a criminal record, while his girlfriend waits at the airport. Quarantine staff find an act of shocking cruelty in a parcel from China.
A joint effort between the Navy, Department of Fisheries and Customs intercepts an illegal fishing boat operating in the Arafura Sea, north of Darwin. Customs try to find out why a passenger from Japan is very nervous. Customs staff find an incredible concealment in a package.
In Sydney, a random bag search of two passengers returning to Australia turns nasty. Customs fight to stop a multi-million dollar black market trade in sharks off the north-western coast of Australia. Quarantine discover a dangerous threat in the luggage of some passengers from Lebanon.
When Customs find traces of narcotics on an American passenger's surfboard, the passenger pops some pills, becomes abusive and collapses. A stash of food in the bags of some Indonesian passengers holds a surprise for Customs. Customs officers find that 50 jars of pills in a package from India are not the natural remedies claimed on the jars.
When a British passenger makes an astonishing admission, Customs officers become very interested in him. A hunt for a Chinese woman suspected of being in Australia illegally sparks an angry showdown with Immigration. A passenger returning from Iran is stopped at the border.
A New Zealand passenger is not happy that he is separated from his wife and children after Immigration discover that he has a criminal history. An incredible situation in Customs could put a Vietnamese passenger's life in danger. Immigration compliance officers work with police and the Department of Transport in a crackdown targetting illegal taxi drivers in Sydney's southern suburbs.
A Vietnamese passenger gets upset when Customs take a large interest in his few belongings. A mystery box from Peru sparks a Customs investigation. Immigration think that a Malaysian passenger's story doesn't add up.
Immigration face a huge security concern with a German passenger. Two funny looking Vietnamese passengers carry something that is deadly serious. The discovery of two packages from South Africa triggers a raid on a black market smuggling ring.
A sweet-sounding French student is suspected by Customs to be concealing drugs. A Malaysian passenger is betrayed by his wife in Immigration. Customs search the contents of a couple of plastic bottles with something concealed in them.
An Australian passenger returning from the Philippines tries a few moves on Customs. A Malaysian person doesn't let the truth get in the way of his story in Immigration. A woman from Hong Kong becomes very nervous when Customs officers discover suspicious documents.
A drug swab could tell Customs a different story. Document experts find multiple cases of identity fraud .. have they uncovered a crime syndicate? And someone has gone through a lot of trouble for a box of cheap toys.
A days traveller struggles to answer Customs' questions. Is he involved with an international drug running operation? A surprise dawn raid sends workers into hiding. And officers discover that the most innocent items can be the most dangerous.
Immigration is not interested in emotional baggage, but this passenger's violent love life is raising alarms. A horrifying and potential deadly discovery has arrived in the mail. And finally, we discover the truth behind this day's traveller.
A high-flying socialite with royal connections has a lot of explaining to do. A Police report triggers a disturbing confession. An athlete with nowhere to run.
A professional wrestler faces an unexpected opponent. Customs are stunned when they see what a Frenchman is really up to. And a bag inspection turns nasty.
Drug detecting dogs are used to screen thousands of airport passengers moving through custom passport checks and waiting at the baggage carousel.
This is Ronald. Immigration wants to know if this passenger has been straight with them. A deejay has been spinning tunes in some dodgy places.
Unusual clues could mean there's trouble ahead for an American designer. Officers have serious questions for a very flamboyant traveller. And a passenger tries to start a food fight.
A former Miss USA contestant has officers suspicious, and officers find bizarre contents inside a bag. Plus, a romantic reunion on hold, and one of the most brazen attempts at smuggling contraband into the country.
Staff are given enough reason to suspect a bomb is in someone's luggage and the entire airport is shut down. Elsewhere, travellers challenge the highly trained intuition of Customs officers and a businessman's ambitions hit a snag.
A nervous traveller arriving from China raises suspicion. A family from the US have nothing to declare, but their luggage suggest otherwise. And a Romanian man struggles to get his story straight.
Customs officers look closely at a curious keyboard. Then, a delay at Quarantine results in a lovers quarrel, and suspicious letters from India have the Mail Centre on alert.
The conclusion to the Romainian keyboard mystery, an Aussie's questioned after partying hard in Mexico and a traveller argues that he's not who officials believe him to be.
An Italian man may want to clown around illegally, a German passenger's nervous behaviour raises alarm and a couple is suspected of sneaking in treats.
A passenger is removed from a plane before take-off, a couple makes a desperate plea, and a New York graffiti artist claims he has been framed.
A New Zealand passenger is unhappy about being questioned about his visa, an incredible situation in customs and a passengers life could be in danger. Three agencies join forces to target illegal taxi drivers.
Tonight on Border Security, a heated standoff after the discovery of an illegal weapon, a first time traveller is on a high and seems oblivious to what is at stake. And a shoe concealment has a passenger lost for words.
A Singaporean passenger arrives for a holiday, but Customs officers are more interested in the declared food that he has brought with him. A dawn raid by Immigration takes a few people by surprise. A woman returning from Italy has to get past Quarantine officers before she can meet her husband.
An Australian passenger returning from Lebanon brings a bag that, when its contents are emptied, turns out to be full of surprises. A young American finds out the hard way that you never really know someone. Quarantine find a box of noodles with a very expensive price tag.
A persistent caller to a mobile phone could help Customs find out the real reason why a passenger travelled to Vietnam. Quarantine need to know what a Sri Lankan passenger is carrying. Some explosive allegations about a criminal background could send a Latvian passenger home.
A Taiwanese woman struggles to answer a barrage of questions after drugs are found in her bag's handles. A Malaysian passenger refuses to take no for an answer. An entire family returning from Fiji may have set a new record for undeclared items.
There is a chance that a returning young Australian passenger has decided to dump some evidence, ignoring his mother's advice by doing something stupid. Immigration catch a woman lying about her travelling companions, with a simple farewell card getting all of them into trouble. A wardrobe malfunction in Quarantine reveals an elaborate concealment.
fficers are stunned when bribed in exchange for entry into the country. - Is something sinister hidden in these cuddly characters? - A band's dream tour might be shattered when their drummer might be denied entry into the country.
Customs & Border Protection suspect a woman may be concealing something under her clothes. - A passenger travelling from Vietnam claims to have nothing to declare, so what's in his bags? - Unusual steps are taken to calm an agitated traveller with working visa issues. A parcel form India has caught the attention of Customs & Border Protection Air Cargo Unit. The mascara bottles it contains reveal a big surprise.
A Nigerian woman claims to be a fashion designer, but Customs officers don't think her story measures up. A sudden memory lapse could be a problem for a Polish passenger who has just travelled for 23 hours to visit his girlfriend. A mysterious box has Quarantine officers digging for answers.
An unhappy passenger pushes Customs officers too far. Immigration officers conduct a massive hunt for evidence in a huge operation to catch illegal workers. A doctor's wife suddenly feigns sickness after Quarantine discover undeclared food in their bags.
All the indicators suggest a Chinese passenger is smuggling drugs, but a surprise phone call leads to a manhunt. One tiny clue unveils a Malaysian passenger's hidden secret. A major threat to Australia's border is concealed in the image of a former South African President.
An extreme sport holiday vacationer is being questioned by Security Border Officers after displaying unusual behaviour. - Flavoured Drinking powder packages don't look quite right. - An intercepted message by Immigration Officers reveals deception from a travelling woman with a tourist visa. - A family gets to snack on declared food not authorised into the country, before being let through customs. An other passenger isn't as lucky.
Border Officers are surprised at what a passenger is packing, what they discover next leads them to investigate him further. - Border Officers take a closer look at a suspicious package containing a vacuum cleaner sent from Malaysia. - Immigration Officers suspect a traveller with a tourist visa is intending to work in the country illegally. - Quarantine Officers inspect the luggage of a passenger arriving from China and find a treasure trove of undeclared food items along with suspicious food packaging.
In this episode of Border Security Australia's Front Line, Immigration Officers received information that could help them foil one man's plan of illegally working in the construction industry; is this the right man? Is this pretty woman just a model? A boxing trainer from L.A. becomes aggressive towards Customs Officers.
An American college student might be in the country hopingf or a good time but there is strong evidence in his bags that this isn't the case. A young mother attempts to bluff her way past officers but they are onto her surprising secret.
A man finds it hard to explain why he has arrived but officers believe that they know what he is up to. Officers are shocked after a mysterious package is opened. An investigation into a young mother becomes a matter of life and death and stuns everybody involved.
Officers think that there are a few illegal stowaways hiding amongst a large tour group. There is a very shocking surprise in a shipment from Egypt.
Officers discover some suspicious equipment hidden in the bags of a man who is travelling with his mother. An American woman says she is coming to Australia to tie up some loose ends of a failed relationship but when mystery man shows up to meet her at the airport he drops a bomb shell.
A woman suffers a meltdown after officers discover a big problem with her handbag. An elderly New Zealand man with a criminal record says he's turned over a new leaf but could his past could stop him from attending an important event.
A Canadian man is detected with some traces of drugs and his suspicious and nervous behaviour have officers on his case. A man from Ghana has shows up and officers need him to prove his relationship to an Australian is the real thing.
A man has just arrived in the country without any clothes in his bag and it could be the perfect hiding place for illegal items. After a group of men say they are only here to worship the gods at a temple but there's evidence they have other plans for their stay in the country.
A body search ends up revealing something hidden on a passengerg. Iimmigration officers have stopped an Ecuadorian national travelling on a tourist visa. The man has been to Australia before but an anonymous tip off suggests that he's here for more than a holiday.
A body search ends up revealing something hidden on a passenger. Immigration officers pull aside an Ecuadorian national travelling on a tourist visa attempting to entry the country.
A woman with protruding buttocks attracts the attention of Customs and officers attempt get to discover the truth. Quarantine dogs stop a passenger, and officers discover a bag of meat in his posession.
A woman with expensive tastes attempts to smuggle an expensive gift back into the country. A male escort and his boyfriend are held in separate immigration interview rooms and after the truth is revealed, it could leave one travel companion shocked.
A passenger refuses to loose his cool by a positive drug readings from his suitcase but Customs believe that there is something sinister hidden in the bag.
After a man is stopped by customs, he attempts to blame his travelling companion. An immigration raid takes place at an taxi rank.
Custom officers find a concealment of white powder in the belongings of a nervous passenger travelling into the country. Quarantine are on the run after a couple of Chinese passengers attempt to smuggle a concealment out the exit.
A passenger becomes furious at being searched but some positive drug readings have Customs worried. Quarantine officers discover a Chinese couple attempting to get rid of a high-risk item.
A patrol boat is sent out to try and rescue a sinking vessel full of people. An unruly passenger has Customs wondering what might be the cause.
A young designer from LA arrives with a suspicious bag. Biosecurity officers uncover a huge quantity of high risk items in the luggage of a Chinese student.
A nervous man has brought a bag of tea and coffee which turns out to be much more than a beverage. A couple returning to Australia have a very creepy collection they've brought home with them.
Officers come across a box from Malaysia that seems a little unusual and reveals something frightening. Officer Shane investigates a delivery of chip packets that contain something less than savoury.
Go behind the scenes of Australia's customs, quarantine and immigration departments.
Officers are concerned a passenger may be up to a lot more than he's letting on. A container from China that will blow the lid off a massive criminal syndicate. Also, a huge threat to our biosecurity.
Go behind the scenes of Australia's customs, quarantine and immigration departments.
A Brazilian woman arriving from New Zealand is caught with what looks like an implement to snort cocaine. Border Force execute a warrant in search of a Sri Lankan man they think is here illegally.
A convicted drug smuggler returns to Australia for the first time since his arrest 15 years ago. The special investigations unit execute a dramatic raid on a storage facility.
An American man makes a shocking confession in one of Borders most dramatic busts. A strange package from Russia is found to contain an extremely rare and unusual item.
When a Chinese man is reluctant to answer officer's questions, they soon realise he's covering for a partner in crime. What a man has hidden in his bag could have a devastating effect on biosecurity.
Officers want to know the reason for a French traveller's extremely nervous behaviour. Biosecurity officers find a disgusting concealment in the luggage of a woman arriving from Vietnam.
A passenger has declared only tobacco but it's clear straight away he isn't telling the whole truth. Border Force officers at the Sydney Mail Centre make an interesting find inside hydraulic pumps.
Biosecurity stop a woman entering the country with some extremely dangerous and prohibited goods. A Chinese teacher says he is here for an 11 day holiday but his suitcase is void of clothing.
Biosecurity dog Cody makes a fishy discovery in the bags of a mother daughter couple returning from Vietnam. An x-ray image on a package from Tanzania shows something that looks like a head.
When officers stop a woman from Canada, they suspect she's not here for business as she claims. This investigation unravels one of the most elaborate concealments ever seen at the Border.
A man with a shadowy past claims to be a devoted father, but doubts arise as his dark history is revealed. In the mail centre, a suspicious jar of Biscoff spread has a bit of ‘extra crunch’ inside.
A cookery student from India finds himself in hot water. Biosecurity finds something alarming in food from Indonesia, and a discovery in some motorcycle mufflers could be a hammer blow to smugglers.
A French party-goer is lying… and officers need to find out what's he's hiding. A traveller has something dangerous hidden in her jewellery box, and a parcel is painting a suspicious picture.
Officers uncover a secret hiding inside a shipping container from China. A detector dog responds to something hidden in a passenger's luggage, and a Vietnamese traveller is caught telling porky pies.
An American is caught with large quantities of undeclared medicines. A couple from Korea draw attention for all the wrong reasons... and officers make a chilling discovery inside a fridge from Spain.
Unusual travel plans and strange documents have officers concerned, and Border Force isn’t playing games when it comes to busting an attempt to smuggle cocaine through the border.
A cricketer from the UK isn't playing by the rules. An Irishman may have had too much fun at his brother’s wedding... and tubs of powder are bulked up with the wrong supplement.
Bags full of designer goods have officers suspicious. A box of natural medicines is not what it seems... and Biosecurity isn't horsing around with a Mongolian delicacy in this passenger’s luggage.
An African man may be travelling on false documents, a package from Hong Kong has biosecurity officers digging deeper and detector dog Ralphy sniffs out some high-risk snacks.
Two businessmen from Thailand keep changing their stories. A woman may be the victim of a romance scam and shipment from Africa has officers at the pointy end of biosecurity.
An influencer’s baggage returns a positive reading for narcotics. A student from China attracts the attention of detector dogs, and a shipping container is carrying a lot more than just corn oil.
A Vietnamese student tells officers that someone else packed his suitcase, but border force will sniff anything he might be hiding. An Australian resident has some seriously leaky luggage. Biosecurity are not the only ones upset by what's inside. A cheeky Irish backpacker has taken up some inappropriate work, what officers find might wipe the smile off his face.
A nervous passenger gets the attention of officers when a vile stench is detected in his luggage. A Chinese couple try to blame their children for bringing a major biosecurity risk.
Officers know a male passenger is lying to them, they just need to work out what he is hiding. A grisly package containing animal parts has Biosecurity officers on edge.
A nervous man alarms officers. Two Brazilian men claim to be best friends but officers suspect it's a cover for illegal activity. A huge amount of prohibited food shocks Biosecurity.
A young designer from LA arrives with a suspicious bag. Biosecurity officers uncover a huge quantity of high-risk items in the luggage of a Chinese student.
Officers come across a box from Malaysia that seems a little unusual and reveals something frightening. Officer Shane investigates a delivery of chip packets that contain something less than savoury.
Officers are concerned by a passenger's bizarre behaviour when traces of a drug known as 'Charlie Sheen' are found. A gruesome find in the mail room may be linked to witchcraft. Immigration suspect a baby-faced tourist may be an imposter.
A bungling drug mule tries every trick to avoid being caught. An elderly gambler’s luck runs out when Immigration uncover his ongoing scam. Biosecurity intercept a delivery from Russia which is suspected to be part of the illegal trade in endanger animals.
A bunch of Aussies returning from Thailand are all packing a shocking concealment. A man on the run from Immigration detention tries to escape capture. Officers smash a sophisticated drug syndicate.
When a woman pushes away a sniffer dog officers hone in on what she has stuffed in her undies, a young man’s past is exposed and two Indian passengers will say just about anything to get out of a fine.
A drug detector dogs sits at a woman’s bags and officers need to investigate further. A nervous passenger attracts the attention of Biosecurity and what he’s hiding may be deadly.
Two brothers from Thailand claim they're just tourists but after talking to their sister, Border Force discovers something that makes their story likely to be a lie.
A nervous man says he's here to visit his wife for their wedding anniversary but what's in his luggage may spell the end of his trip. An officer's skills stop a drug delivery through the mail.
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