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: 4/19/2025Network: SevenStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Episode 4

Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2010

Officers 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. - Quarantine takes a closer look at a family from Indonesia carrying nine bags but has not declared any food item

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#2 - Episode 3

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2010

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.

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#3 - Episode 2

Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/10/2013

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.

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#4 - Episode 1

Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/3/2013

An American college student might be in the country hoping for 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.

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#5 - Episode 4

Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/2011

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.

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#6 - Episode 5

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2010

A young Aussie is stopped at the border, he says his bags had been tampered with. Officers are amazed at the length smugglers will go to. A mans desperate search for his mom could end when he is confronted with a shady past.

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#7 - Episode 1

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2010

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.

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#8 - Episode 2

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2010

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.

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#9 - Episode 6

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2010

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.

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#10 - Episode 5

Season 17 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/2017

The man who set up two elderly Australians is caught at the border. Also, a man is travelling on a Chinese passport which officers believe could be fraudulent.

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#11 - Episode 14

Season 15 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/21/2015

Border Force officers are left in shock when inspecting the luggage of a Vietnamese woman suspected to be involved in drugs.

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#12 - Episode 4

Season 17 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/2017

An unsuspecting elderly couple are found to be carrying a supply of something illegal and possibly deadly. Also, biosecurity catch a Vietnamese couple with a bag full of restricted items.

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#13 - Episode 2

Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/2020

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.

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#14 - Episode 1

Season 20 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/16/2020

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#15 - Suspicious Package/Stowaway/Shopping Spree

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/29/2004

The dog squad is sent in to identify the contents of a suspicious package, and a passenger returning from Southeast Asia appears to have picked up a stowaway.

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#16 - Episode 12

Season 16 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/25/2016

A Vietnamese man causes concern when he claims he doesn't know what's in his bag. Officers fear the worst when an x-ray shows something suspicious. Officers find a deadly concealment in a kid's toy.

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#17 - Episode 11

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

Officers spot a traveller behaving very strangely and he acts up when he's caught out breaking the law. Also, a US citizen is detained when officers suspect he's been working unlawfully in the country.

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#18 - Episode 10

Season 16 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/21/2016

An English ex-con tries to hide his dangerous past and it could stop him from entering to meet his new born granddaughter

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#19 - Episode 9

Season 16 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/14/2016

Officers are on high alert when an Italian man's luggage appears to have been tampered with and they suspect they're dealing with a drug courier.

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#20 - Episode 8

Season 16 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/7/2016

Officers fear a cocaine user may be smuggling drugs in a dangerous place after his quick trip to South America.

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#21 - Episode 7

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

Officers question an American woman when they suspect she's arrived to perform unlawful work in the sex trade. Also, a Chinese mother and son get caught red-handed with high-risk concealment.

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#22 - Episode 6

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

A Malaysian man says he's here for a holiday but officers suspect he's here to work. Also, a shipment of water looks to be loaded with an illicit substance.

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#23 - Episode 5

Season 16 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/31/2016

A passenger travelling with a snow board during summer has officers concerned he's got something hidden inside. Later, a Hong Kong fisherman is found to be carrying live bait.

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#24 - Episode 4

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

High Traces of Methamphetamines are detected on an American woman's luggage and officers suspect a pregnant Japanese woman is trying to courier drugs.

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#25 - Episode 3

Season 16 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2016

Officers must establish whether an Indonesian woman is lying or the victim of identity theft. Also, officers catch a Vietnamese student with a stash of seafood infested by exotic pests.