The BEST episodes of Border Security: Australia's Front Line season 7
Every episode of Border Security: Australia's Front Line season 7, 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 7!
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 - Episode 4
Season 7 - 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.
#2 - Episode 5
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/2011
Border Officers are surprised at what a passenger is packing, what they discover next leads them to investigate him further. - Border Officers take a closer look at a suspicious package containing a vacuum cleaner sent from Malaysia. - Immigration Officers suspect a traveller with a tourist visa is intending to work in the country illegally. - Quarantine Officers inspect the luggage of a passenger arriving from China and find a treasure trove of undeclared food items along with suspicious food packaging.
#3 - Episode 6
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/2011
Tonight, a cocky passenger admits to criminal behaviour, but evidence is found that will wipe the smirk off his face. Elsewhere, a fifteen-tonne concealment is discovered inside a truck. Then, officers try to stop a woman from causing a biological disaster.
#4 - Special delivery, Small box - big problems
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/20/2011
Officers suspect a passenger is here to make a special delivery to a mystery woman she met in a bar in Bali. Elsewhere, a man is enraged when his wife denies they have any relationship. Then, a simple box of food hides a very clever secret.
#5 - Strange bottle and suspicious bag
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/27/2011
This week, a brazen smuggling attempt is stopped at the Border with the discovery of a hidden compartment inside a bag. Meanwhile, see how a couple from the UK start their dream holiday in chaos. Then, a large compliance operation needs to rely on police backup.
#6 - Episode 9
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/3/2011
In this episode of Border Security Australia's Front Line, Immigration Officers received information that could help them foil one man's plan of illegally working in the construction industry; is this the right man? Is this pretty woman just a model? A boxing trainer from L.A. becomes aggressive towards Customs Officers.
#7 - Episode 10
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/10/2011
A man tells officers he travelled to Bali for fun. However, a positive drug reading may prove he had ulterior motives. Elsewhere, what is with this shampoo? It definitely won't give your hair any bounce and shine. Then, a major crime is averted when a woman simply removes her shoes.
#8 - Episode 3
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/20/2011
All the indicators suggest a Chinese passenger is smuggling drugs, but a surprise phone call leads to a manhunt. One tiny clue unveils a Malaysian passenger's hidden secret. A major threat to Australia's border is concealed in the image of a former South African President.
#9 - Wardrobe Malfunctions
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/28/2012
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?
#10 - Episode 17
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/21/2012
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.
#11 - Episode 16
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/30/2012
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.
#12 - Episode 14
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/16/2012
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.
#13 - Episode 13
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/9/2012
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.
#14 - Episode 12
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/2/2012
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.
#15 - Episode 11
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/18/2012
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.
#16 - Episode 10
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/11/2012
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.
#17 - Episode 9
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/4/2012
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.
#18 - Episode 8
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/28/2012
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.
#19 - Episode 2
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/13/2011
An unhappy passenger pushes Customs officers too far. Immigration officers conduct a massive hunt for evidence in a huge operation to catch illegal workers. A doctor's wife suddenly feigns sickness after Quarantine discover undeclared food in their bags.
#20 - Episode 1
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/2011
A Nigerian woman claims to be a fashion designer, but Customs officers don't think her story measures up. A sudden memory lapse could be a problem for a Polish passenger who has just travelled for 23 hours to visit his girlfriend. A mysterious box has Quarantine officers digging for answers.