The BEST episodes of Border Security: Australia's Front Line

Every episode of Border Security: Australia's Front Line ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Border Security: Australia's Front Line!

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.

Last Updated: 5/11/2026Network: SevenStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Episode 06

Season 16 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/3/2016

Passengers with unusual travel plans are questioned; a high-stakes attempt to smuggle cocaine is busted.

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#2 - Episode 1

Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/25/2015

A couple from Vietnam come to claim a lost suitcase but what's hidden inside will change their lives forever; some suspicious-smelling parcels land at the mail centre.

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#3 - Episode 07

Season 16 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/31/2016

A UK cricketer is questioned; a wedding guest has powder tubs bulked with the wrong supplement.

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Customs Discovers 70g of Heroin Smuggled Internally
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#4 - Customs Discovers 70g of Heroin Smuggled Internally

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2007

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#5 - Episode 04

Season 16 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/27/2016

Officers find a secret inside a shipping container from China; a Vietnamese traveler is caught in a lie.

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#6 - Episode 11

Season 16 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/28/2016

An influencer's baggage tests positive for narcotics; a shipping container holds undeclared goods.

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Overdose at Customs
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#7 - Overdose at Customs

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2007

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#8 - Texas Jeff

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2004

It's a close call as Customs makes a big discovery inside a phone book. And a passenger learns his fate after trying to fool our border security.

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#9 - Refusing a Search at Customs

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/13/2007

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#10 - Hidden Ecstasy Stash Uncovered

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/20/2006

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#11 - Episode 09

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/27/2007

Immigration question a man who may be the key to a crime syndicate. Customs launch a massive operation.

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#12 - Episode 02

Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/2017

A nervous passenger draws the attention of officers with his foul-smelling luggage, a French tourist claims she has no plans to work, and a couple pretends to not know what's in their luggage before shifting the blame on their children.

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Broke Brit Gets Grilled
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#13 - Broke Brit Gets Grilled

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/11/2008

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#14 - Customs Officer Gets Tough on a Kiwi

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/2007

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#15 - Episode 16

Season 13 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/6/2017

A young Peruvian woman is stopped by officers after they discover drug paraphernalia in her luggage, and an Indian man is questioned about his intentions in Australia.

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#16 - Episode 14

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/1/2007

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.

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#17 - Episode 16

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/15/2007

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.

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#18 - Episode 5

Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/22/2015

A woman shocks the team with an incredible revelation as her bags are searched when a drug detector dog raises the alarm; a nervous passenger attracts attention

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#19 - Episode 3

Season 14 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/1/2019

A dog detector finds something in a Brazilian woman's luggage with unusual souvenirs, the compliance team has a search warrant in Brisbane that leads to an urgent man hunt, and a Vietnamese man in Sydney has a box full of nasty surprises.

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#20 - Sweat and Tears

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/12/2007

Looks back at some emotional and nervous passengers that Customs, Immigration and Quarantine have interviewed.

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#21 - Episode 01

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/2/2007

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#22 - Episode 02

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/9/2007

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#23 - Episode 04

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/23/2007

A 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.

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#24 - Episode 05

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/30/2007

Will 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.

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#25 - Episode 02

Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/8/2021

A passenger tests positive for cocaine, leading to a Federal Police investigation and a hospital trip.