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  • 2012-02-05T08:30:00Z on Seven Network
  • 30m
  • 10h (20 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Documentary, Crime, Drama, Reality
Takes viewers behind the scenes of Australia's Customs, Immigration and Quarantine departments. The people that work for these departments have been entrusted with protecting Australia's borders from drug smugglers, illegal immigrants, potential terrorists, harmful pests and exotic diseases. It reveals some of the methods that they use to separate the honest mistakes made by innocent holidaymakers from the much more sinister motives of criminals.

21 episodes

Season Premiere

2012-02-05T08:30:00Z

12x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

12x01 Episode 1

  • 2012-02-05T08:30:00Z30m

The discovery of a suspicious package causes an Australian passenger returning from Nigeria to go ballistic. A New Zealand man comes to Australia to start a new life until an Immigration check with Interpol uncovers a major concern. A hidden box contains the most unusual contents that Quarantine have ever seen.

2012-02-12T08:30:00Z

12x02 Episode 2

12x02 Episode 2

  • 2012-02-12T08:30:00Z30m

Two women are suspected of trying to hide something when their stories don't add up. A British traveller has a sudden case of amnesia, which could see him sent home. And some cheap wooden crates could be worth up to 8 million dollars.

2012-02-19T08:30:00Z

12x03 Episode 3

12x03 Episode 3

  • 2012-02-19T08:30:00Z30m

A family returning from a holiday in the Philippines have brought with them two religious statue souvenirs. Another family from Saudi Arabia have bags full of food at Quarantine. And Immigration's dawn raid of a farm in Broken Hill has uncovered two men; one Indian and one Nepalese. Both are here on student visas.

2012-02-26T08:30:00Z

12x04 Episode 4

12x04 Episode 4

  • 2012-02-26T08:30:00Z30m

A transsexual cabaret performer, Angie, arrives from Indonesia with costumes in her bag and a shaky story. Inconsistencies on an x-ray of a package sent from Hong Kong has officers concerned. Customs question an extreme sportsman from LA after noticing his unusual behavior. Five swabs come up for traces of heroin.

2012-03-04T08:30:00Z

12x05 Episode 5

12x05 Episode 5

  • 2012-03-04T08:30:00Z30m

An Australian returns from Canada after being refused entry. He's wearing two pairs of trousers, doesn't know much about Canada, and he's carrying $3000US. A heavy-metal musician arrives from the US on a tourist visa, for an 18-date tour with his band.

2012-05-08T09:00:00Z

12x06 Episode 6

12x06 Episode 6

  • 2012-05-08T09:00:00Z30m

A Chinese student arrives in Sydney with 'performance enhancing' pills. A couple returning from America have many unusual presents, including bear and wolf skins, an alligator head, a viper head, and ornamental tomahawks. Immigration conduct a raid on a house where they believe a Thai woman is living illegally.

Season Finale

2012-05-21T09:00:00Z

12x07 Episode 7

Season Finale

12x07 Episode 7

  • 2012-05-21T09:00:00Z30m

A Malaysian traveller has arrived at the Gold Coast Airport with a strange object strapped to his body. A package sent from Brazil ostensibly containing a jewellery box alerts the suspicions of customs officers.

2012-05-28T09:00:00Z

12x08 Episode 8

12x08 Episode 8

  • 2012-05-28T09:00:00Z30m

A black bag containing flick knives, has arrived in Perth without its owner. A package containing fuel filters arrives at the mail centre from Ecuador and officers notice something unusual about it. A Chinese couple say that they have no food in their luggage, but they are loaded with prohibited items such as fresh ginger, 2 whole chickens and a feather duster made out of real bird feathers.

2012-06-04T09:00:00Z

12x09 Episode 9

12x09 Episode 9

  • 2012-06-04T09:00:00Z30m

Compliance Raid in Adelaide uncovers two illegal workers who are owed $10,000 in back pay from their employer. An English passenger arrives at Brisbane airport on a working holiday. Customs find a small amount of cannabis in his luggage. A parcel from Canada is being x-rayed and shows that a jackhammer is inside, but there are some abnormalities.

2012-06-11T09:00:00Z

12x10 Episode 10

12x10 Episode 10

  • 2012-06-11T09:00:00Z30m

A father and son arrive back from a holiday in Thailand, carrying an insect in a tube for good luck. When their bags are swabbed they come back positive for heroin and amphetamine. A detector dog has picked out a package from Argentina. An angry Chinese Australian returning home has declared nothing on his card.. But when his bags are inspected they find pet food for fish and birds.

2012-06-18T09:00:00Z

12x11 Episode 11

12x11 Episode 11

  • 2012-06-18T09:00:00Z30m

An American DJ arrives in Sydney with only $50. A swab comes back positive for meth & cocaine. He admits that he did drugs a couple of days earlier in the US. Two Philippine men arrive in Australia as tree quality checkers. A shipment of doors has come in from Hong Kong. After weighing them - it is discovered that one is heavier than the others.

2012-09-02T09:00:00Z

12x12 Episode 12

12x12 Episode 12

  • 2012-09-02T09:00:00Z30m

A man arrives from Bangkok with a false passport and an old ratty children's book. A man arriving from Lebanon gets very angry at his wife for hiding undeclared food from him. DAF officers scan a parcel from Germany that contains an animal once thought to be extinct.

2012-09-09T09:00:00Z

12x13 Episode 13

12x13 Episode 13

  • 2012-09-09T09:00:00Z30m

A couple who broke up during a holiday to the US have arrived in Brisbane where a detector dog has a reaction to one of their bags. A Japanese woman, under an exclusion period tries to enter Australia under a married name.

2012-09-16T09:00:00Z

12x14 Episode 14

12x14 Episode 14

  • 2012-09-16T09:00:00Z30m

An Australian boxer just arrived from Dubai is found to be carrying 16 vials of Testosterone. A Korean man arrives wishing to re-enter Australia. A Thai lady arrives with almost 10kgs of food in her bags.

2012-09-30T09:00:00Z

12x16 Episode 16

12x16 Episode 16

  • 2012-09-30T09:00:00Z30m

A man's erratic behaviour has caught the eye of officers. He says he is here to see his sick father and has no money as he lost it all gambling in Las Vegas. Two teenager 'computer technicians' arrive at Gold coast claiming to be here on a holiday. A container full of fish is opened at Melbourne Cargo.

2012-10-21T08:30:00Z

12x17 Episode 17

12x17 Episode 17

  • 2012-10-21T08:30:00Z30m

A NZ welder is coming into the country to work and Customs need to make sure that he is not bringing contraband into the country. Two young Israli guys arrive in Sydney from NZ and DIAC officers suspect that they are here to work, either selling paintings or selling beauty products in shopping malls. A Vietnamese man is in danger of missing his connecting flight, after undeclared food is found in his bag.

2012-10-28T08:30:00Z

12x18 Wardrobe Malfunctions

12x18 Wardrobe Malfunctions

  • 2012-10-28T08:30:00Z30m

A special episode of Border Security's best wardrobe malfunctions featuring a woman who claims to be a fashion designer, but it's her hairstyle that is highly questionable. Why has a young student arrived with all his pockets sewn shut, and why does this man seem to be able to move a muscle when officers question him?

2012-11-04T08:30:00Z

12x19 USA All The Way

12x19 USA All The Way

  • 2012-11-04T08:30:00Z30m

Forget the excitement of this week's US elections, the real all American drama is on Border Security with a US pro wrestler - who goes toe to toe with officers, a furious mother vows never to return and a young woman may end up stuck here way longer than she ever planned.

2012-11-11T08:30:00Z

12x20 Best Of British

12x20 Best Of British

  • 2012-11-11T08:30:00Z30m

This special edition features a few British passengers in some tricky situations. A Scotsman's past comes back to haunt him. And why would a nervous passenger not admit to his numerous encounters with the law? And officers are surprised when a furious man demands to be searched

2012-11-18T08:30:00Z

12x21 Anger Management

12x21 Anger Management

  • 2012-11-18T08:30:00Z30m

Tonight, an explosive mix of feisty travellers, including a banker who has a meltdown at the border. A furious man claims that bugs were put in bags by the officers and an American demands a lawyer to help get her into the country.

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