The BEST episodes of Border Security: Australia's Front Line season 1
Every episode of Border Security: Australia's Front Line season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Border Security: Australia's Front Line season 1!
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.
#1 - Who Is Mark Lau? Part 1/Cocaine Soup Part 2/Suspect Ferrari
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2004
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.
#2 - Smokin' Daryl: Part 2/Indonesian Restaurant
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2004
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.
#3 - The Man Who Smelt Too Much/Chilean Coke/Cocaine Man
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2004
In this episode of Border Security Australia's Front Line, a man has traveled around the world without luggage; his visa doesn't have a name on it and is behaving strangely. - Two men returning home are suspected of drug smuggling after one of them suffers stomach pain and their luggage weighs more then it should.
#4 - Ice Man/Crying Banana/Smokin' Daryl: Part 1
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/2004
Does a Japanese passenger that only decided to come to Australia two days before he arrived have something to hide? A South African passenger's criminal past catches up with him. A difference of opinion about whether items in a couple's baggage are weapons buys a whole lot of trouble.
#5 - Chinese Student Accountant Home Video
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2004
#6 - UK Girl: Part 1/Bug Investigations/Nelson: Part 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2004
Inside a cover japanese sting operation. Deborah shock welcome home. Remember Nelson? The drug verdict is in.
#7 - Cocaine Soup: Part 1/Korean Runaway/Two Boats
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2004
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.
#8 - False Passport/Fruit Fly/Nelson Part 1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2004
In this episode of Border Security Australia's Front Line one man's passport stamps appears to be fake and his Italian Nationality is questioned. - A man seems anxious and keep switching lines, a swab from his wallet and luggage test positive for cocaine. - A couple from New York is caught undeclared food items.
#9 - Lord of the Rings/Korean Impostor/Numchucka Couple
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2004
Inspectors think a Korean man might be traveling on another mans passport.
#10 - UK Girl: Part 2/Trochus Shells/Internet Lover
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2004
In this episode of Border Security Australia's Front Line, Custom agents question how an unemployed American will fund his fifteen days stay. In Ashmore Reef National Park, Custom board's a boat and finds 1.5 tonnes of illegally fished Trochus Shells. A United Kingdom woman has one more chance to convince Immigration Agents to not cancel her visa.
#11 - Who Is Mark Lau? Part 2/Texas Jeff/Dial H for Heroin/Lizards in Socks
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/2004
Who is Mark Lau? - Part 2 Who is Mark Lau? Immigration has just uncovered a young Chinese man with a stolen identity. Although he insists that he is in fact Mark Lau, Immigration officers decide to look into his past, but Mark Lau has no past; this man has been issued a passport using another person’s identity. The Australian Federal Police are called, and Mark Lau is charged under his real name of Hao Lui. Texas Jeff Customs alerted by Canadian customs that a suspicious passenger is on his way to Australia. Customs officer John spots him and is convinced he’s got himself a hit. Jeff is nervous and weird and this search has some great moments. Turns out Jeff’s just one of life’s gentle weirdo’s and is as clean as a whistle! Dial H for Heroin It is hard to believe but almost every parcel and mail item that enters Australia is physically checked by the officers of Customs and Quarantine. Arriving from South Africa and the Customs officers believes there could be something more than just business cards in this suspicious package. Lizards in Socks At Sydney’s Cargo Mail handling centre, an x-ray sparks concern, identical boxes declared simply as dolls and boomerangs destined for Japan; Customs officers fear these boxes of socks could contain endangered reptiles. Investigations unit are contacted and the mysterious boxes are taken to Taronga Park Zoo for further examination.
#12 - 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.