The WORST episodes of Border Security: Australia's Front Line
Every episode of Border Security: Australia's Front Line ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - Tobacco Raid
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/14/2005
Cecilia learns the true identity of someone she has been dating on the Internet for two years. Quarantine officers avert a possible disaster when they discover taro bulbs concealed in a blanket. A romance novel proves that truth is stranger than fiction when it hides some ecstasy tablets.
#3 - Stacks of Cash with No Story
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/21/2005
A discovery by Customs that the contents of a container are tobacco and not glassware leads to a major raid. Quarantine discover undeclared food with a high risk of Avian influenza. A British passenger gets the third degree from Customs after his baggage tests positive to traces of cocaine.
#4 - Smuggling Prescription Pills
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/2/2006
#5 - Soccer Quarantine
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/9/2006
#6 - 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.
#7 - Episode 3
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/2010
Three men arrive with clues in all their bags, it might prove one thing. A search ends with a dramatic walkout. And officers think this laptop hides evidence of a massive scam, but the passenger claims he is innocent.
#8 - Episode 5
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/2010
A woman attempts to blough her way across the border, but officers will find all the answers they need. This is not the first time immigration has had a problem with this passenger. And a surprise find ends in tears.
#9 - Episode 6
Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/2015
He's had a holiday with his mates in Bali and returned with a bag full of mischief. The fashion world is in for a shock with this incredible concealment. And the investigation which may prove this Irish backpacker is involved in a massive scam.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Romanian Boxer Stopped by Customs
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/2004
A Chinese student is cautioned by the Australian Federal Police for carrying a large wad of cash. Customs Officers X-ray a video casing containing possible drugs. Hosted by Grant Bowler.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#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 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.
#17 - Illegal King Cobra Skin
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/7/2005
A fashion forward passenger brings back a king cobra skin for a designer friend, only to find out that it is protected and may be seized. A man from Ohio is depending on an Australian internet girlfriend he has never met for financial support. A farmer is caught trying to bring in illegal taro plants.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - Episode 11
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/13/2009
Why are drug detector dogs reacting to these two passengers? The discovery of an extremely expensive and highly prohibited item. This New Zealand passengers violent criminal past poses a threat.
#21 - Episode 13
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/20/2009
#22 - Episode 14
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/2009
A strange bulge on a passenger's body raises suspicions; and there's a major problem with a shipment of cosmetics.
#23 - Episode 15
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/2009
#24 - 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.