The BEST episodes of Border Security: Australia's Front Line season 9
Every episode of Border Security: Australia's Front Line season 9, 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 9!
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 11
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/16/2013
A woman with protruding buttocks attracts the attention of Customs and officers attempt get to discover the truth. Quarantine dogs stop a passenger, and officers discover a bag of meat in his posession.
#2 - Episode 12
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/2013
A woman with expensive tastes attempts to smuggle an expensive gift back into the country. A male escort and his boyfriend are held in separate immigration interview rooms and after the truth is revealed, it could leave one travel companion shocked.
#3 - Episode 13
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/14/2013
A passenger refuses to loose his cool by a positive drug readings from his suitcase but Customs believe that there is something sinister hidden in the bag. A woman says she has special psychic powers, so how did she miss this one? And an odd concoction has quarantine concerned.
#4 - Episode 14
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/21/2013
After a man is stopped by customs, he attempts to blame his travelling companion. An immigration raid takes place at an taxi rank.
#5 - Episode 15
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/3/2013
Custom officers find a concealment of white powder in the belongings of a nervous passenger travelling into the country. Quarantine are on the run after a couple of Chinese passengers attempt to smuggle a concealment out the exit.
#6 - Episode 16
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/10/2013
A passenger becomes furious at being searched but some positive drug readings have Customs worried. Quarantine officers discover a Chinese couple attempting to get rid of a high-risk item.
#7 - Episode 20
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/8/2013
This man insists he got nothing on him, but officers have reason to be concerned. A passenger learns the hard way that using another language does not work. Is this the worlds most expensive bottle of wine?
#8 - Episode 19
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/1/2013
This foolish passenger is carrying someone else's bags, and she is in for a nasty shock. These two lovers might be separated at the border because she's just been caught. He says he has no money, but why does he need so many wallets?
#9 - Episode 18
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/24/2013
A French backpacker with a suspicious scent is forced to come clean. A Chinese tourist has three bags full, all packed with surprises. And this guy is on the run, but his past might have just caught up with him.
#10 - Episode 10
Season 9 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/3/2014
A passenger discovered with clumps of human hair becomes hysterical after her luggage returns positive readings for drugs.
#11 - Episode 9
Season 9 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/27/2014
A drug runner conceals his stash in the most unlikely of places. A heartbroken Frenchman has fallen for Australia, but for Immigration it's time to separate. Experienced officers are shocked by a disturbing item in the mail.
#12 - Episode 8
Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/20/2014
A devious passenger attempts to get past Immigration. A disturbing discovery is made by officers in a Chinese student's bag.
#13 - Episode 7
Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/13/2014
A woman who has just had her breasts enhanced is caught carrying drugs. A passenger has a run-in with an officer.
#14 - Episode 6
Season 9 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/3/2014
#15 - Episode 5
Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/27/2014
#16 - Episode 4
Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/20/2014
A father and son duo are returning from a holiday in Thailand. Officers discover the men have had trouble crossing borders in the past when the father openly admits he was once caught with ten Tasers. He's also packed something illegal before this flight. But that's not all officers find, when a swab test comes back positive for traces of heroin. Flights are arriving in the Top End, carrying passengers attending a music festival, so the Customs drug dogs are out in force. Then, a package containing pool toys arrives from Argentina and raises suspicions when officers discover a hidden substance.
#17 - Episode 3
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/13/2014
A passenger returns to Australia at Perth airport with a big hangover, and a bag search reveals he's carrying knives. He insists he simply forgot, but an inspection of his hard drive leads to the discovery of something shocking and illegal. A package containing car parts arriving from Ecuador has Customs officers immediately concerned. These parts are very cheap so why would someone bother with this expensive postage? And when a family of three arrives from China, a dog unit picks up an undeclared banana. But that's not all quarantine officers find!
#18 - Episode 2
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/6/2014
#19 - Episode 1
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/27/2014
#20 - Episode 17
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/17/2013
A patrol boat is sent out to try and rescue a sinking vessel full of people. An unruly passenger has Customs wondering what might be the cause.