Airport Security: USA — Season 1, Episode 7: Episode 7
Documentary • 42 min • 1 season, 12 episodes
Episode synopsis
A tip-off about a passenger from Barcelona reveals some very unusual items in their luggage, leading to a lengthy search. A second tip-off about a woman suspected of wanting to work as a prostitute ends in a visa cancellation. In Detroit, dried citrus fruits found in a passenger’s bag raise alarms about a potential plant virus. At Atlanta, GBL (Gamma-Butyrolactone), a substance used in date-rape drugs, is found in the luggage of a party organizer. A Burning Man festival visitor at San Francisco is caught smuggling illegal pills and forbidden dance sticks. At Honolulu, a Japanese tourist is questioned for carrying contact lenses in three different colors, which raises suspicion.
About Airport Security: USA
Every day, 3 million airline passengers travel into the United States— and every one of them is screened and their baggage checked by one of the 40,000 officers who work on America’s front line. This series documents the challenges faced by CBP at four of the busiest airports in the US including Atlanta, Honolulu, Detroit, San Francisco and Newark. From career drug smugglers and human traffickers to less serious visa and passport defaulters, everyone who comes into the United States by air is subject to scrutiny.