Border Security: Australia's Front Line — Season 8
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 (15)
1. Episode 1
Aired 13 September 2009 • 30 min
Unusual clues could mean there's trouble ahead for an American designer. Officers have serious questions for a very flamboyant traveller. And a passenger tries to start a food fight.
2. Episode 2
Aired 20 September 2009 • 30 min
A former Miss USA contestant has officers suspicious, and officers find bizarre contents inside a bag. Plus, a romantic reunion on hold, and one of the most brazen attempts at smuggling contraband into the country.
3. Episode 3
Aired 27 September 2009 • 30 min
Staff are given enough reason to suspect a bomb is in someone's luggage and the entire airport is shut down. Elsewhere, travellers challenge the highly trained intuition of Customs officers and a businessman's ambitions hit a snag.
4. Episode 4
Aired 28 September 2009 • 30 min
A nervous traveller arriving from China raises suspicion. A family from the US have nothing to declare, but their luggage suggest otherwise. And a Romanian man struggles to get his story straight.
5. Episode 5
Aired 11 October 2009 • 30 min
Customs officers look closely at a curious keyboard. Then, a delay at Quarantine results in a lovers quarrel, and suspicious letters from India have the Mail Centre on alert.
6. Episode 6
Aired 18 October 2009 • 30 min
The conclusion to the Romainian keyboard mystery, an Aussie's questioned after partying hard in Mexico and a traveller argues that he's not who officials believe him to be.
7. Episode 7
Aired 25 October 2009 • 30 min
An Italian man may want to clown around illegally, a German passenger's nervous behaviour raises alarm and a couple is suspected of sneaking in treats.
8. Episode 8
Aired 1 November 2009 • 30 min
A passenger is removed from a plane before take-off, a couple makes a desperate plea, and a New York graffiti artist claims he has been framed.
9. Episode 9
Aired 4 November 2009 • 30 min
A New Zealand passenger is unhappy about being questioned about his visa, an incredible situation in customs and a passengers life could be in danger. Three agencies join forces to target illegal taxi drivers.
10. Episode 10
Aired 8 November 2009 • 30 min
Tonight on Border Security, a heated standoff after the discovery of an illegal weapon, a first time traveller is on a high and seems oblivious to what is at stake. And a shoe concealment has a passenger lost for words.
11. Episode 11
Aired 11 November 2009 • 30 min
12. Episode 12
Aired 15 November 2009 • 30 min
13. Episode 13
Aired 18 November 2009 • 30 min
14. Episode 14
Aired 22 November 2009 • 30 min
15. Episode 15
Aired 25 November 2009 • 30 min