BORDER SECURITY – AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE

7:30pm (PG)

The fight to protect our border continues on BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA’S FRONT LINE. In tonight’s episode, a mysterious passenger has Customs baffled because the story he has is falling apart. A cigarette smoker blows his stack. And Customs make a disturbing discovery in the Mail Centre.

A passenger who has just arrived from the Philippines has caught they eye of Customs officers. They’re concerned about the length of his stay and his lack of knowledge about Sydney. He says he’s here on a holiday, but with not a lot of money and holes in his story Officers Clarinda and Greg decide to dig deeper. The man’s story isn’t holding up and the plot thickens when Clarinda finds a message to the passenger from a friend. Will this information land the passenger in trouble? Or let him off the hook?

A passenger loses his cool in Customs. He’s brought with him five packets of cigarettes over the allowable limit. Although he’s declared them, to keep them all he must pay $100 excess duty and he’s not happy about it. Because the man is so obviously upset – he is not giving Customs a chance to explain the procedure. If he can’t afford to pay the excess now, the receipt officers want to give him will allow him to pick the cigarettes up at a later date. The hostile passenger refuses to hand over his passport and tries to leave the airport. His aggressive behaviour could leave officers with no choice but to call airport security. How will the standoff end?

At Sydney’s International Mail Centre, Customs Officer Kane has just made a shocking discovery in two packages sent from Thailand. After spotting oddly shaped organic matter on the x-ray, it appears there’s four snakes within two parcels. Many attempts are made to smuggle animals in the country. And officers have come across some very cruel concealments…and many animals don’t make it. Have these snakes survived the journey? And will the culprits be caught?