First Aired: October 13rd, 2004
Status: Continuing
Genre: Documentary
Network: Seven Network
Summary: 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.
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Season 12
Episode 6: Episode 6
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Episode 8: Episode 8
Air Date: May 28th, 2012
Summary: 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.
Episode 9: Episode 9
Air Date: June 4th, 2012
Summary: 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.
Episode 10: Episode 10
Air Date: June 11st, 2012
Summary: 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.
Episode 11: Episode 11
Air Date: June 18th, 2012
Summary: 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.
Episode 12: Episode 12
Air Date: September 2nd, 2012
Summary: 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.
Episode 15: Season 12, Episode 15
Air Date: May 28th, 2012
Summary: A passenger flies into Australia at Perth airport with a big hangover. A bag search ends up revealing that he's carrying some knives. An inspection of his hard drive reveals something something very shocking and illegal. A package containing car parts shows up from Ecuador and has Customs officers immediately concerned. After a family of three shows up on a flight from China, a dog unit picks up an undeclared banana which leads to a much bigger find.
Episode 16: Episode 16
Air Date: September 30th, 2012
Summary: 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.
Episode 17: Episode 17
Air Date: October 21st, 2012
Summary: 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.
Episode 22: Season 12, Episode 22
Air Date: September 9th, 2012
Summary: What should of been a romantic holiday for a young couple ends up with a customs search and a very unhappy ending. A man manages to get himself into trouble and claims he had no idea of what is in his bags. Questions are asked after a woman using a different name attempts to sneak across the border.
Episode 29: Season 12, Episode 29
Air Date: November 18th, 2012
Summary: The show features a mixture of feisty travellers, including a banker who has a meltdown at the border. An angry man claims that bugs were put in bags by the officers. An American passenger demands a lawyer to help get her into Australia.
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