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00:09the game has changed the criminals are playing smarter and they're getting more devious every
00:14single day so how do our offices stay one step ahead as you'll see in tonight's show
00:20all it takes is one small clue tonight on border security there's a chance this
00:29traveler has decided to dump some evidence my mom was saying that she was like James don't do
00:35anything stupid has he followed her advice a woman is caught lying about her traveling
00:43companions a simple farewell card may get them all into trouble there's something inside the
00:51pockets but it's stitched up and a wardrobe malfunction reveals an elaborate concealment
01:14traveling the world has become a rite of passage for many young Australians but a few get a bit
01:20carried away during their adventures and wind up in a sticky situation
01:26this young Aussie has arrived home after spending nine months in Canada and Mexico and his unusual
01:33behavior has caught the attention of customs and border protection how do you get up to
01:39uh just a lot of partying just drinking surfing snowboarding got a Montreal chick she was pretty
01:47cool yeah she was nice and then yeah got a couple of mama's eaters Jimmy's told officers that he'd been
01:56traveling with a mate but he's returned home on his own and what makes a mate come back early um
02:02he ran out of
02:03money he ran out of money yeah bro you didn't want to lend him any no I didn't have any
02:08money in the
02:10so how long are we on your own for after your mate came home um probably about two weeks yeah
02:18officers are concerned by his increasingly nervous behavior
02:27a swab is taken from jimmy's belongings that will test for traces of narcotics
02:55immigration officers at the gold coast international airport are constantly on the alert for people
03:00coming to work illegally on Queensland's fruit farms
03:04how about these here
03:05a budget flight from Malaysia has just arrived
03:09do you want to come over here guys
03:11among the passengers a young woman who says she's planning to backpack with four men
03:17you're translating for everyone nobody else can speak English
03:20no no
03:21so where are you all staying
03:22Brisbane I plan to book an apartment
03:26okay so have you booked an apartment
03:28no no yet
03:28you haven't got any accommodation
03:30I want to take bus to the beach home
03:32so what are your plans
03:34maybe go to the Gold Coast
03:37mm-hmm
03:38or Rockhampton
03:39okay
03:40so that's quite an unusual place to go on holiday to Rockhampton
03:43the woman claims she has enough money to fund her travels
03:47how much money have you saved
03:48how much huh
03:49yeah
03:51ring it
03:51yeah
03:54so how much money have they got with them
03:56can you ask them for me
03:59for a two-month stay
04:00yeah
04:01they've only got a thousand dollars
04:03yeah because we got the ATM card
04:06immigration needs to establish exactly who is traveling with the woman
04:12so cousin cousin friend
04:13who else is in your group
04:15this one's my uncle
04:16your uncle
04:17but officer Mick may have found an extra member of her group
04:21are you with these people here
04:22yes
04:23okay
04:24now the woman has some more explaining to do
04:28this guy here is not with you
04:30he's not with your group
04:31not with you
04:32okay
04:32so do you know why he would say that he's with your group
04:41at the Sydney Mail Centre quarantine officer Dahl is screening a plane load of parcels
04:47that just arrived on a flight from South America
04:50okay
04:52we've got something here that we certainly need to look at
04:55the parcel's from Bolivia
04:57and when we check the declaration on it
04:59it actually states that there are souvenirs
05:01religious material
05:02vases and lucky charms
05:04and by the look of the image on the screen
05:06we can see these are vases
05:08they appear to be quite an unusual shape on it
05:12possibly a vase for religious purposes
05:15and at the back we can see something else which is organic
05:19and by the shape of it
05:20it's possible it may even be an animal bone
05:23but to check that we really need to get Australia Post away from the parcel
05:29only Australia Post employees have the legal authority to open mail
05:34right thank you very much
05:35another quarantine officer Nick will examine the contents of the parcel
05:40it's pretty unusual
05:41that's for sure
05:42the first item out of the box provides a shock for the officers
05:47what happens I didn't expect to see that in there
06:02this is a lamp for cocaine and MDMA so ecstasy
06:05this young man's coming back from Canada
06:08he's travelling by himself
06:09we've noticed that he's been a bit fidgety and a bit nervous
06:12it could be that he's just in a hurry to get a connecting flight
06:14which he's travelling on to Brisbane
06:17or he could have something more
06:18so we're just going to find out a bit more
06:21but this is certainly a start to go off
06:25we've got a positive reading for coke and MDMA
06:28yeah off that one so well that wasn't actually my bag like my mate let me use that from Mexico
06:34because I had a bit more stuff like to bring home so he gave me that but like yeah that
06:38was in Mexico with us
06:39were you in contact with any cocaine MDMA
06:42yeah well like there was probably like a little bit when we were over in Mexico
06:45how long ago was the last time that it took drugs
06:48oh probably in Mexico
06:50probably Mexico yeah
06:51how long ago like a week ago or
06:53nah it was probably two weeks ago now
06:54probably about two weeks ago
06:55I'm sure
06:58previous narcotic use overseas doesn't concern officers but their focus is to stop any from
07:04crossing the border
07:07I don't know man
07:08I've been over for nine months
07:10probably I don't know
07:12I thought if you're buying drugs at the beginning of the tracking where they were
07:15yeah we lost some as well
07:19if officers discover a stash of narcotics
07:22then a claim that they were merely forgotten
07:24will not get Jimmy off the hook
07:26my mum was saying that
07:28she was just like
07:29James don't do anything stupid
07:31so James did you do anything stupid
07:35yes
07:43in Sydney a passenger's just arrived on a flight from China
07:47with enough food in his bags to open a small grocery store
07:51and he failed to declare any of it
07:54this is anchovies
07:56okay
07:57and it's still got the head on
07:58it's the whole fish
07:59it's not actually allowed into Australia
08:02it's restricted this one
08:04okay
08:06yeah it doesn't matter
08:07it's still got the head on
08:09it can bring diseases into Australia
08:10as the search continues
08:12officer Kim discovers what appears to be
08:15a deliberate attempt to conceal some kind of plant root
08:18what's up
08:20some Chinese medicine
08:23you've got some more in here as well
08:26how come you put them in your shoes
08:27did you put them in your shoe
08:30my mum and my auntie
08:33and there's even more concealed items found that the passenger should have declared
08:38you've got cigarettes here
08:41it's in a tea bag
08:42the excessive amount of tobacco will be referred to customs and border protection
08:49but the cigarettes won't be the only problem handed over
08:52quarantine have just found three pairs of jeans with the pockets sewn shut
08:57and there's something hidden inside
08:59we need to check what's inside your jeans
09:02do you know what's inside there?
09:04I don't see
09:05you're not sure
09:11are you travelling with any of these gentlemen?
09:14what about some of those people over there?
09:16are you with them?
09:17immigration is finding that there are more members to this Malaysian group than they have admitted to
09:23there's other two
09:25one said they've said they're not travelling together originally
09:28and then the other one said that they were travelling
09:29the other guy said no
09:31that's another whole different ballgame
09:33this guy said that he's with this group
09:35now they're saying that he's not with this group
09:37it turns out all eight passengers are from the same village
09:41okay so you didn't tell me
09:42in the beginning you didn't tell me he was in your group
09:45no no he didn't come with us
09:47he didn't come with you?
09:48yeah yeah
09:49we are only five people
09:50so how why is he saying that he's in your group?
09:53I don't know
09:54to clarify the situation each passenger will be interviewed separately
09:58do you want to follow me?
10:01bring your bags?
10:03okay
10:03and their luggage will be examined for evidence that they are planning to look for work
10:08their itineraries are for three months time where they've indicated that they're travelling here for two months
10:13somebody else appears to have filled out their passenger cards which is this woman here
10:18a portable hard drive belonging to the woman is found to contain a number of documents that may reveal the
10:24group's true intentions
10:26customs have found some information that might relate to work
10:31there was some diplomas, resumes
10:34so this is all information on working holiday visas
10:37visa requirement
10:40what's this Queensland?
10:44fruit picking Queensland
10:45fruit picking Queensland
10:46fruit picking Queensland
11:11the whole thing
11:12the whole thing and it is trapped in a sort of a wall
11:15some sort of a hoofed animal you'd think
11:18yes it's hoofed
11:19the parcel also contains small glass jars filled with mysterious objects
11:24it's interesting we've got a seed inside
11:27seed inside yes
11:28shells
11:29shells
11:30closer inspection of the jars confirms they contain an extremely serious quarantine concern
11:36they're commonly known as a strychnine seed
11:39yeah poisonous
11:40but what the officers find next is even more disturbing
11:44oh here we go
11:45we've got more bones here as well
11:48this looks like it's the skull of something
11:59so James did you do anything stupid?
12:02yes
12:03well obviously I did
12:05Jimmy's just returned home from holidays
12:07and his bags have tested positive to traces of cocaine
12:11he's obviously admitted that he's been partying
12:13and living the high life as a young Aussie kid would over there
12:17so whether he's stupid enough to have anything left over
12:20and bringing it home with him
12:21or whether he's running out of money
12:24and making an extra bit of cash
12:27so that you don't have anything on you
12:28I'm going to ask you now
12:29do you have anything left over?
12:31do you have anything on you?
12:32no I don't
12:34we've got to make sure that you're not bringing anything over the border
12:36I just want to detain you for the purpose of a frisk search
12:39I need you to read both sides of the card
12:41it explains your rights
12:43and what's going to happen
12:49so you consent to the search
12:51you fully understand what's going to happen
12:56so I'll get your stand up
12:58and I'm going to go through your whole way
12:59including your point here
13:07everything seems to be okay
13:10and he should be free to leave
13:12until an officer notices something suspicious at Jimmy's feet
13:18I don't know
13:19I need to see her then
13:21I didn't notice
13:22that might be out of there
13:32on the Gold Coast
13:34immigration officers have found more evidence to suggest the Malaysian tourists are planning to look for fruit picking work
13:41it was just a guide to picking fruit in Australia
13:43where to go
13:44what areas
13:45there's also
13:46quite a number of them have messages on their phone
13:48some of them have said good luck for work in Australia
13:52the woman speaking for the group insists they're only here for a holiday
13:56I want to go to the beach
13:58I want to go to the beach and farm maybe
14:00and I want to hiking
14:02but this farewell card's just been found in her bag
14:06basically what it does is it makes a reference to
14:09now you are busy with picking apples, grapes and etc
14:12so it makes a reference to picking fruit in Australia
14:16it's time to confront the woman with their findings
14:19firstly there's some information on fruit picking
14:23we downloaded that off a memory stick
14:25we located in your bag
14:27there's a card here that obviously maybe that
14:30you got from, is that from work or something?
14:34no, no, my friends
14:35this makes reference to fruit picking
14:38so two references there
14:40that indicate to me that you're here to work in the fruit picking industry
14:44no, no
14:45I never contact them and I just put
14:48the other indicator is that you actually told me down in the baggage hall
14:51that you wanted to stay on a farm
14:53yeah, but this is the for
14:55because I, if work here we need the working visa
15:00I don't have the working visa so I don't want to work here
15:03yeah
15:04the woman's sticking to her story
15:06but officer Mick's not convinced
15:08okay, so I just handed her a notice of intention to cancel her visa
15:12and given her 10 minutes to respond
15:13it's not 100% that we'll cancel her visa
15:16it's purely dependent on her response to the notification
15:24another statue
15:26another statue
15:27yeah
15:27at the mail centre
15:28this parcel from Bolivia is proving to be full of surprises
15:32well, what we've found so far
15:34is the skeleton
15:35of some type of animal
15:38not sure what it is
15:39and we've also found
15:42the skull
15:44of what looks like
15:45a monkey
15:47the parcel also contains statuettes
15:50and glass vials
15:52stuffed with unusual items
15:54the officers call in supervisor David
15:56to see if he can shed some light on the package's contents
15:59it's actually a llama fetus
16:02significantly they put it underneath their houses
16:04and it wards off evil spirits in your house
16:07I'm taking that this parcel is out of South America
16:09because all of these artifacts here are linked with witchcraft
16:14some of these other artifacts here
16:15will have come from the witch markets in South America
16:18but there'll be no spells cast in Australia
16:21with the contents of the glass vials
16:23couple of seeds here that I'm aware are prohibited
16:27as they're presented now
16:28they won't pass import conditions
16:29I'd be concerned what these colored things are
16:32whether or not they're wood
16:33or whether they're bone or plastic
16:34so
16:36we've got the concerns here with the monkey head
16:38the fact that it's a little bit dirty
16:39and require treatment
16:41but our biggest concern I'm looking at here
16:43is this llama here
16:45cloven hoofed animal
16:46large number of countries in South America
16:48have foot and mouth disease
16:49huge quarantine risk
16:51foot and mouth disease
16:52into Australian agriculture
16:53and before we can consider giving this to
16:55forwarding this to the client
16:56it would require treatment
16:57gamma radiation
16:59if the client chose not to
17:00to take the treatment option
17:02then we would destroy it
17:03at no cost to them
17:05but um
17:05would fine general
17:12looks like there's some peels over here
17:17what do you reckon?
17:18a bit of organic stuff over here
17:19yeah
17:20customs and border protection
17:22have been called over to quarantine
17:23to examine three pairs of jeans
17:26that have something hidden inside
17:28all of the pockets
17:29which are sewn shut
17:30my auntie take them
17:33okay
17:34do you know why your mother or auntie
17:36would stitch your pockets?
17:38there's something inside the pockets
17:40yeah
17:41but it's stitched up
17:42do you know why they would stitch it up?
17:46I'm not sure
17:47maybe they want to protect them
17:48or anything else
17:50they want to protect something
17:52yeah
17:52okay
17:54well
17:54inside is
17:57do you know what this is?
17:58great
17:59so
18:01yeah
18:07jimmy has returned back to Australia
18:10after causing a bit of mischief overseas
18:12he's admitted used to cocaine and ecstasy and marijuana
18:16whilst he's been over in Mexico and Canada
18:18We went through his bags, he snowboarded, and we frisked him.
18:21So we're happy that he doesn't have anything on his body
18:24or anything left in his bag.
18:26But officers have now noticed a suspicious substance at his feet
18:30that could have been deliberately dumped.
18:32There's white powder on the other side of the barrier, on the floor.
18:35The powder will be tested with the itemiser
18:37to see if it is an illicit substance.
18:52It, um, yeah, it's not alarming to anything.
18:56With the negative reading, officers are satisfied Jimmy's clean,
18:59and he's free to go.
19:02Hi, guys. Have a lovely day.
19:06Thank you very much.
19:08He's also admitted to us right at the end
19:11that he's been drinking on the plane,
19:13so that explains his, you know, erotic behaviour
19:16and, um, his fiji-ness and things like that.
19:19I thought I was gone, mate.
19:21I always let them stop by my mate cos that's his bag.
19:32OK. Do you know what this is?
19:35At the other end of the arrivals hall,
19:37officers want to know what's been sewn
19:39into the pockets of this man's jeans.
19:41Do you know what that is?
19:44He's the...
19:45the...
19:46Bird's nest is a Chinese delicacy,
19:49one of the most expensive foods on earth.
19:52The man claims his mother and auntie
19:54concealed it in his jeans.
19:56OK. Do you know why they'd stitch it up in there?
19:59Maybe...
19:59maybe they worry about the...
20:01that it's not allowed to...
20:05past the...
20:06Have you brought this in before?
20:08Has somebody in your family brought this in before to Australia
20:10and has it been taken away from them?
20:13I'm not sure.
20:13You're not sure?
20:14The man also blames his mum for the cigarettes
20:17hidden in a tea packet in his bag.
20:19You're carrying more than 250 cigarettes.
20:21You need to declare that as well?
20:25Alone, there's some cigarette in the bag,
20:27but I'm not sure how much.
20:29You've got about 800 cigarettes.
20:32800.
20:33Roughly around...
20:33The man's now facing more than just a fine
20:36from Customs and Border Protection.
20:38He's got cigarettes that have been concealed as well,
20:40so if you're going to fine him for that,
20:41and he's got to pay duty and tax on that.
20:43And quarantine officers want to word with him
20:45about the bird's nest found in his jeans' pockets.
20:48The fact that he hasn't declared a bird's nest is a serious offence
20:52that carries a penalty of $220.
20:56I know that is illegal, but please give me a chance.
21:03The polite request for leniency is denied.
21:08The bird's nest was exported to China
21:10at the election of the passenger.
21:12The passenger paid $220 for not declaring the bird's nest.
21:25There seems to be overwhelming evidence
21:28eight people have arrived from Malaysia
21:30and planned to work illegally.
21:32Now the group's leader has just responded
21:34to Immigration's notice of intention
21:36to consider cancelling her visa.
21:39She basically said,
21:40why would I want to work in Australia?
21:42Did she say that any hardship would be caused
21:44to have her visa was cancelled?
21:45No.
21:47I think that we'll proceed with cancellation.
21:50OK.
21:51OK.
21:56All eight have been interviewed.
21:58We've established one of them has admitted
22:00that they were here, the whole group were here,
22:02to work on a farm.
22:03So they've now had their visa cancelled
22:07and they'll be returned on the next flight,
22:09which is tomorrow morning back to Malaysia.
22:11They'll have a possible exclusion period for three years.
22:15Individual employers face fines of up to $13,200
22:20and two years imprisonment for hiring illegal workers,
22:24while companies face fines of up to $66,000 per illegal worker.
22:33Next week on Border Security.
22:37Officers are stunned when a man offers them cash to enter the country.
22:41I've never seen anyone offer a bribe here before.
22:43And it may prove that he has something to hide.
22:46Because I'm thinking about detaining you to send you to the hospital.
22:50Someone has a sinister plan for these cuddly characters.
22:54It does worry about it could be something other than stopping for possibly narcotics.
22:59It'll be embarrassing to go home and tell everybody in Australia and kick me out.
23:03And a band's dream of a national tour could be shattered.
23:07It's really gonna ruin my day.