BORDER SECURITY: Australia's Front Line is a fascinating insight into the daily workings of the thousands of officers who dedicate their lives to protecting Australia's border.With unprecedented access to all areas of national security we patrol the front line with the men and woman of Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Biosecurity.No more than now has Australia's border been at such risk and Border Security is there capturing all the real-life drama at Australia's busiest airports, sea ports, cargo facilities, mail centres, and on operations in the community. Who is Mark Lau? - Part 2 Who is Mark Lau? Immigration has just uncovered a young Chinese man with a stolen identity. Although he insists that he is in fact Mark Lau, Immigration officers decide to look into his past, but Mark Lau has no past; this man has been issued a passport using another person’s identity.
The Australian Federal Police are called, and Mark Lau is charged under his real name of Hao Lui. Texas Jeff Customs alerted by Canadian customs that a suspicious passenger is on his way to Australia.
Customs officer John spots him and is convinced he’s got himself a hit. Jeff is nervous and weird and this search has some great moments. Turns out Jeff’s just one of life’s gentle weirdo’s and is as clean as a whistle! Dial H for Heroin It is hard to believe but almost every parcel and mail item that enters Australia is physically checked by the officers of Customs and Quarantine. Arriving from South Africa and the Customs officers believes there could be something more than just business cards in this suspicious package. Lizards in Socks At Sydney’s Cargo Mail handling centre, an x-ray sparks concern, identical boxes declared simply as dolls and boomerangs destined for Japan; Customs officers fear these boxes of socks could contain endangered reptiles. Investigations unit are contacted and the mysterious boxes are taken to Taronga Park Zoo for further examination.
Border Officers are surprised at what a passenger is packing, what they discover next leads them to investigate him further. Border Officers take a closer look at a suspicious package containing a vacuum cleaner sent from Malaysia. Immigration Officers suspect a traveller with a tourist visa is intending to work in the country illegally.
Quarantine Officers inspect the luggage of a passenger arriving from China and find a treasure trove of undeclared food items along with suspicious food packaging. A passenger returns to Australia at Perth airport with a big hangover, and a bag search reveals he's carrying knives. He insists he simply forgot, but an inspection of his hard drive leads to the discovery of something shocking and illegal. A package containing car parts arriving from Ecuador has Customs officers immediately concerned. These parts are very cheap so why would someone bother with this expensive postage?
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And when a family of three arrives from China, a dog unit picks up an undeclared banana. But that's not all quarantine officers find!