Border Security: Australia's Front Line — Season 7
About this season
Border Security: Australia's Front Line is an Australian television program that airs on the Seven Network. The show follows the work of officers of Australian Customs and Border Protection, the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship as they enforce Australian customs, quarantine, immigration and finance laws. Most of the programme is filmed at Sydney and Melbourne airports. Occasionally, the program features other locations such as Brisbane Airport, Perth Airport, seaports, international mail centres, raids on workplaces suspected of employing persons contrary to the restrictions of their visa or immigrant status and the work of Customs vessels and aircraft in the waters of Northern Australia.
Episodes (10)
1. Episode 1
Aired 8 February 2009 • 30 min
A sweet-sounding French student is suspected by Customs to be concealing drugs. A Malaysian passenger is betrayed by his wife in Immigration. Customs search the contents of a couple of plastic bottles with something concealed in them.
2. Episode 2
Aired 15 February 2009 • 30 min
An Australian passenger returning from the Philippines tries a few moves on Customs. A Malaysian person doesn't let the truth get in the way of his story in Immigration. A woman from Hong Kong becomes very nervous when Customs officers discover suspicious documents.
3. Episode 3
Aired 22 February 2009 • 30 min
A drug swab could tell Customs a different story. Document experts find multiple cases of identity fraud .. have they uncovered a crime syndicate? And someone has gone through a lot of trouble for a box of cheap toys.
4. Episode 4
Aired 1 March 2009 • 30 min
A days traveller struggles to answer Customs' questions. Is he involved with an international drug running operation? A surprise dawn raid sends workers into hiding. And officers discover that the most innocent items can be the most dangerous.
5. Episode 5
Aired 8 March 2009 • 30 min
Immigration is not interested in emotional baggage, but this passenger's violent love life is raising alarms. A horrifying and potential deadly discovery has arrived in the mail. And finally, we discover the truth behind this day's traveller.
6. Episode 6
Aired 15 March 2009 • 30 min
A high-flying socialite with royal connections has a lot of explaining to do. A Police report triggers a disturbing confession. An athlete with nowhere to run.
7. Episode 7
Aired 22 March 2009 • 30 min
A professional wrestler faces an unexpected opponent. Customs are stunned when they see what a Frenchman is really up to. And a bag inspection turns nasty.
8. Episode 8
Aired 29 March 2009 • 30 min
Drug detecting dogs are used to screen thousands of airport passengers moving through custom passport checks and waiting at the baggage carousel.
9. Episode 9
Aired 5 April 2009 • 30 min
10. Episode 10
Aired 12 April 2009 • 30 min
This is Ronald. Immigration wants to know if this passenger has been straight with them. A deejay has been spinning tunes in some dodgy places.