Sun, Jul 22, 2007
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.
Sun, Jul 29, 2007
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.
Sun, Sep 2, 2007
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.
Sun, Sep 16, 2007
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.
Sun, Sep 30, 2007
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.
Sun, Oct 14, 2007
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.
Sun, Oct 21, 2007
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.
Sun, Oct 28, 2007
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.
Sun, Nov 4, 2007
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.
Sun, Nov 25, 2007
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.