BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE

7:30pm (PG)

A man’s nervous behaviour has everyone on edge tonight on BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONTLINE. Another passenger claims he’s been poisoned. Is he telling the truth or has an internal drug concealment ruptured? And Customs search a coal ship for any signs of illegal trade or activity.

At Sydney Airport, Customs are running an operation on a flight from Vietnam. A passenger’s recent excursions in and out of the country have caught their attention. Officers are trying to work out how this passenger has travelled to Vietnam three times in nine months with very little money. They’re suspicious he might be up to something.

Passengers arriving at Australia’s international airports are stopped by Customs for a variety of reasons: inconsistencies in travel documents, odd travel movements and nervous behaviour. Sometimes the signs are subtle; often they are not. Today this passengers’ confused manner has aroused concerns. The man’s profuse sweating could indicate he’s hiding something, so the officer decides to question him but he’s certainly not prepared for the passenger’s bizarre answers. The man claims he’s been poisoned. However, Customs is concerned that the man’s extreme discomfort could be a sign on an internal drug concealment rupturing and that the man’s life could be in danger. Officers need to act fast to find some answers.

Mackay, on the Central Queensland Coast, is the third busiest shipping port in Australia. Shipping poses potentially the biggest threat to the security of Australia’s borders. And the only way to police these ships effectively is by air. Officers spot a massive cargo ship. Although it looks clean and ordered, it’s recently been in some high risk ports and it’s vital that Customs does thorough checks of both the ship as well as its crew. And on ships that size, the number of potential hiding places is extraordinary. Will officers find any signs of illegal trade or activity?

At Sydney Airport, Quarantine Officers have spotted something suspect in the bag of a passenger just arrived from Hong Kong. The man is in transit in Australia for just two days before he returns home to Tahiti. On his landing card, he claimed he had nothing to declare. But he’s brought with him dozens of packets of traditional medicines and what appears to be soup. The man appears amused by the turn of events. But for Quarantine, it’s no laughing matter. His false declaration could land him in serious trouble.