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Border Security: Australia's Front Line Season 5 Episodes

22 Episodes 2007 - 2007

Episode 1

Episode #5.1

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Episode 2

Episode #5.2

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Episode 3

Episode #5.3

Customs want to know what a talkative English passenger might be hiding. Customs officers uncover a most unexpected crime when they find cocaine concealed in an angle grinder. Immigration try to find out why a Malaysian cook is being so evasive.

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Episode 4

Episode #5.4

A Filipino passenger claims to be a tourist, but Customs officers don't buy his constantly changing story. A disturbing discovery of beautiful but dangerous snakes shocks everyone involved. A returning Australian passenger gives Customs officers more than lip when he has to pay excess duty on some cigarettes.

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Episode 5

Episode #5.5

Will the shady past of a passenger travelling on a New Zealand passport prevent him from entering the country? Quarantine officers make an amazing discovery when they find documents signed by King George III in a routine inspection of packages from England. Customs officers dig up a treasure-chest of trouble after Quarantine find a suspicious quantity of undeclared jewellery in the luggage of a Chinese passenger.

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Episode 6

Episode #5.6

Children become innocent pawns in the international drug trade when Customs find narcotics concealed inside a children's book. Customs target a 1 billion dollar criminal industry when they examine containers with several boxes of counterfeit clothing. Immigration have to work out if their suspicions about a Korean passenger are a case of mistaken identity or if she is trying to avoid detection.

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Episode 7

Episode #5.7

Immigration need to find the truth about a secret that an Iranian passenger from New Zealand has. Customs find that a children's book from Brazil contains a surprise ending. A newlywed's return creates a Cuban crisis when Quarantine find undeclared wooden items and cigars in his luggage.

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Episode 8

Episode #5.8

Immigration want to know why two Portuguese passengers are bringing work documents into Australia. A problem with a heavily padded jacket has Customs officers on the hunt. A German artist has a brush with Quarantine when undeclared food is found in his luggage.

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Episode 9

Episode #5.9

A Thai passenger could hold the key to a crime syndicate. Customs mount a massive operation to stop a multi-million dollar tobacco haul, including a dramatic pursuit. Is a large quantity of medication brought in by an elderly Chinese couple an innocent mistake or a deliberate breach of the law?

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Episode 10

Episode #5.10

A passenger breaks the air travel rules that have changed since terrorism by carrying fireworks in their luggage. Immigration interview a New Zealand man who has a criminal record. Customs officers target a multi-million dollar black market trade in Medicare-subsidised prescription drugs.

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Episode 11

Episode #5.11

An officer's search for the right answers leads to a verbal stoush in Customs. Immigration officers interview an Irish bricklayer that they suspect is double-dipping on his working holiday visa. A passenger's bad behaviour has everyone on edge in Quarantine.

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Episode 12

Episode #5.12

A passenger's nervous behaviour has everyone in Customs on edge. Off the central Queensland coast, Customs search an enormous cargo ship where every nook and cranny is a possible hiding place. A passenger's startling comment makes Customs officers concerned that his life may be in danger.

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Episode 13

Episode #5.13

A phone call could change the fate of a passenger who is desperate to stay in Australia. Customs officers investigate a suspicious package from India. Unusual behaviour from a Chinese student in Melbourne attracts the attention of Customs.

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Episode 14

Episode #5.14

Unusual behaviour from a passenger leads Customs to wonder if he is playing games. Immigration compliance officers face some unexpected hurdles in the search for an illegal worker hiding in a market garden in western Sydney. A passenger is suspected by officers to be carrying drugs, but the situation takes a dramatic turn.

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Episode 15

Episode #5.15

Customs officers suspect that two female passengers are trying to hide something. A passenger who failed to declare some tapa mats gets upset over his treatment in Quarantine. Customs officers board a mystery ship after it fails to respond to their radio calls.

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Episode 16

Episode #5.16

A Colombian dance instructor may have stepped out of line when Customs officers find heroin readings on samples from his bags. Quarantine officers at the Internation Mail Handling Unit receive a box that smells so foul that it gives them a headache. Immigration compliance officers search a western Sydney warehouse, but obstructions could help a Filipino man they suspect of being an illegal immigrant to get away.

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Episode 17

Episode #5.17

A Californian passenger is unhappy about being questioned by Customs. A Customs officer has suspicions about a parcel that has arrived at the International Mail Handling Unit from Peru. A student returning from China tries to con Quarantine by smuggling bags of food and then "declaring" it on a second passenger card.

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Episode 18

Episode #5.18

Customs suspect that a Malaysian passenger that is hiding something may not be working alone. Some filthy clothes could hold the key to a major Customs investigation. A suspected illegal non-citizen keeps Immigration compliance officers on their toes during a raid at a steel fabrication plant in outer western Sydney.

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Episode 19

Episode #5.19

Immigration interviews a Phillippine tourist who has a stash of male student identity cards and some undeclared medication. In Brisbane, when a Lebanese passenger gets upset after Quarantine seizes some food that she has brought into the country as gifts for her family, her son in law makes a political issue out of it. In Sydney, a passenger returning from a round-the-world trip catches the attention of Customs officers.

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Episode 20

Sweat and Tears

Looks back at some emotional and nervous passengers that Customs, Immigration and Quarantine have interviewed.

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Episode 21

Episode #5.21

Looks back at some memorable characters encountered by Customs, Immigration and Quarantine officers and their attempts to enter Australia.

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Episode 22

Episode #5.22

Customs officers are horrified by the mysterious contents of an unidentified bag. The Navy, Department of Fisheries and Customs combine in a big operation to stop illegal fishing boats poaching in Australia's rich northern waters. Customs officers find narcotics elaborately concealed inside two printer cartridges.

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