The BEST episodes of Border Security: Australia's Front Line season 8
Every episode of Border Security: Australia's Front Line season 8, 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 8!
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 2
Season 8 - Episode 12 - 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.
#2 - Episode 1
Season 8 - Episode 11 - 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.
#3 - Best Of British
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/2012
This special edition features a few British passengers in some tricky situations. A Scotsman's past comes back to haunt him. And why would a nervous passenger not admit to his numerous encounters with the law? And officers are surprised when a furious man demands to be searched
#4 - Anger Management
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/2012
Tonight, an explosive mix of feisty travellers, including a banker who has a meltdown at the border. A furious man claims that bugs were put in bags by the officers and an American demands a lawyer to help get her into the country.
#5 - Episode 1
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2012
The discovery of a suspicious package causes an Australian passenger returning from Nigeria to go ballistic. A New Zealand man comes to Australia to start a new life until an Immigration check with Interpol uncovers a major concern. A hidden box contains the most unusual contents that Quarantine have ever seen.
#6 - Episode 2
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2012
Two women are suspected of trying to hide something when their stories don't add up. A British traveller has a sudden case of amnesia, which could see him sent home. And some cheap wooden crates could be worth up to 8 million dollars.
#7 - Episode 3
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2012
A family returning from a holiday in the Philippines have brought with them two religious statue souvenirs. Another family from Saudi Arabia have bags full of food at Quarantine. And Immigration's dawn raid of a farm in Broken Hill has uncovered two men; one Indian and one Nepalese. Both are here on student visas.
#8 - Episode 7
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/21/2012
A Malaysian traveller has arrived at the Gold Coast Airport with a strange object strapped to his body. A package sent from Brazil ostensibly containing a jewellery box alerts the suspicions of customs officers.
#9 - Episode 4
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2012
A transsexual cabaret performer, Angie, arrives from Indonesia with costumes in her bag and a shaky story. Inconsistencies on an x-ray of a package sent from Hong Kong has officers concerned. Customs question an extreme sportsman from LA after noticing his unusual behavior. Five swabs come up for traces of heroin.
#10 - USA All The Way
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/2012
Forget the excitement of this week's US elections, the real all American drama is on Border Security with a US pro wrestler - who goes toe to toe with officers, a furious mother vows never to return and a young woman may end up stuck here way longer than she ever planned.
#11 - Episode 10
Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/9/2013
A body search ends up revealing something hidden on a passenger. Immigration officers pull aside an Ecuadorian national travelling on a tourist visa attempting to entry the country.
#12 - Episode 9
Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/12/2013
A Canadian woman is very excited to be here, but her mood quickly changes when officers check her bags. a Malaysian man is on a holiday visa, so how is working an option? Putting on a grumpy face isn't going to help this passenger.
#13 - Episode 8
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/5/2013
A body search ends up revealing something hidden on a passengerg. Iimmigration officers have stopped an Ecuadorian national travelling on a tourist visa. The man has been to Australia before but an anonymous tip off suggests that he's here for more than a holiday.
#14 - Episode 7
Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/2013
A man has just arrived in the country without any clothes in his bag and it could be the perfect hiding place for illegal items. After a group of men say they are only here to worship the gods at a temple but there's evidence they have other plans for their stay in the country.
#15 - Episode 6
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/10/2013
A Canadian man is detected with some traces of drugs and his suspicious and nervous behaviour have officers on his case. A man from Ghana has shows up and officers need him to prove his relationship to an Australian is the real thing.
#16 - Episode 5
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/3/2013
A woman suffers a meltdown after officers discover a big problem with her handbag. An elderly New Zealand man with a criminal record says he's turned over a new leaf but could his past could stop him from attending an important event.
#17 - Episode 4
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/24/2013
Officers discover some suspicious equipment hidden in the bags of a man who is travelling with his mother. An American woman says she is coming to Australia to tie up some loose ends of a failed relationship but when mystery man shows up to meet her at the airport he drops a bomb shell.
#18 - Episode 3
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/17/2013
Officers think that there are a few illegal stowaways hiding amongst a large tour group. There is a very shocking surprise in a shipment from Egypt.
#19 - Episode 6
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/8/2012
A Chinese student arrives in Sydney with 'performance enhancing' pills. A couple returning from America have many unusual presents, including bear and wolf skins, an alligator head, a viper head, and ornamental tomahawks. Immigration conduct a raid on a house where they believe a Thai woman is living illegally.
#20 - Episode 5
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2012
An Australian returns from Canada after being refused entry. He's wearing two pairs of trousers, doesn't know much about Canada, and he's carrying $3000US. A heavy-metal musician arrives from the US on a tourist visa, for an 18-date tour with his band.