Bug-Infested Items Exposed By Quarantine Unit! | S10 Ep19 | Border Security Australia

basically he went for a holiday he's had a change of ticketing so he's come back early he has items in his bag that could be a risk to our border there's some of the indicators we're looking at that he possibly could have a narcotic so I'm going to conducted baggage examination y these are your all your bags mine did you pack the bags yourself uh yes yes y so you know what's inside the bags I should this you should or you I should 100% okay what were you the purpose to your a family family yeah I hav't been there for over 30 years 30 years okay 30 years is a long time it's been a while so what did you get up to in Vietnam nothing much boring boring so are you married yes I and children two kids kids they didn't travel with you Vis it no okay what do you do for work how much do you ear as a bus driver uh about 1,00,000 a week about so that's enough to support you and your family for now for now having already declared that he knows 100% of the contents of his luggage the man now asks a surprising question can ask you a question what's in that bag you tell me what's in the bag do you know I don't know do you know what's in the bag I asked you before ask me um I thought it was some kind of noodles noodles yeah where did you get them from um my uh Auntie give it to me to give it to my auntie over here Auntie I wouldn't know what they they are and she told you it was noodles yeah I thought he just noodles as officers examine the two items which the man claims to be noodles it appears that he is not telling them the truth it's really heavy oh that one you think you feel [Music] that his behavior is just really consistent with someone who's bringing something back better establish what that is must be is this something serious I'm not too sure yet we'll have to conduct some tests at this stage there could be something in the food Parcels themselves but until we do further testing we're not going to know a swap is now taken from the suspicious package to test for tries of illicit [Music] [Applause] [Music] substances biocurity detector dogs help intercept thousands of high-risk items each year boy which potentially Harbor dangerous diseases and harmful pets wa you didn't notice all the ants on the fish when you come here to Australia no a detected dog's sense of smell is thousands of times greater than that of a human making them highly effective at locating organic matter come on today in Sydney detected dog Axel is about to go on duty he will be screening the luggage of incoming passengers including these Travelers arriving from China if Axel detects a Target scent he will stop and sit yes now the woman's luggage will need to be thoroughly inspected bring your trolley with me please come this way the dog has smelt something in the bag we're not sure what it is so the dog handler has asked me to run it through the X-ray and I can see organic images on the X-ray already this item here I would say it's a f him I'm not sure what it is but once I'll open the back up I'll know what it is a woman is traveling with her son and they have both declared that they are not carrying any food or other organic matter okay I need to ask you some questions are these your bags yes do you have anything else to declare at all I know okay but on opening the bags it's confirmed that detective dog Axel was correct yes is this food you must say yes to food and the passengers have made a false declaration which could incur a sizable penalty when he asked you the questions about any food you said you understand yeah so this is food why did you say no a swab test taken from items belonging to this man returning from Vietnam has failed to show traces of illicit [Music] substances but officers still hold concerns that the man has something to hide have you ever had any trouble with narcotics or being in any trouble with the police he's a little bit fidgety his answers and responses aren't what we would like to hear he's not confident it could be this or it could be that I'm not sure so there are reasons for us to look a little bit further you told the officer that these are not your noodles that's that's right that's not mine and who do the noodles belong to um this one I was going to give it to uh my auntie on my wife's side okay the person that gave it to me is who is the person that gave it to you it's her brother okay you obviously trust the brother to be bringing in wow you see cuz I wouldn't expect anything I mean like people ask you to bring oh can you give this to her because it's it's family thing and I thought it's food so I thought well I hope you can trust your family members well if they're not if if if you find something serious in there I'll my wife would be very upset criminal syndicates have been known to prey on unsuspecting family members using them to act as drug cuers what sort of noodles are they I I would to know they your bringing in things from overseas and you don't even know what they are it's family okay they're in your possession and you said you brought them out yes that's true it is in my possession and all that but I didn't know what they are do you know how many times this happens to people standing like you are in this position people have given them items of food yeah and it turns out there's something in it so at this stage the officer is going to unfortunately she's going to go through all your sealed packages to make sure there's nothing in there okay just x-ray one of each you want take this one yeah officer Stella will now x-ray the suspect packages if they're noodles as the passenger claims they will appear orange but narcotics are a more dense type of organic matter and will appear green it's supposed to be noodles why is it green [Music] thanks to the help of detected dog Axel bio security officers have located Undeclared food in the luggage of this woman from China this this this food you must say yes to food and it's not just food that is being discovered but what appears to be a bag full of wood chips it's an unidentified plant material and because there's no label it's not commercially packed and it's got a bit of weeds in it so it's contaminated and that is not the only concern we actually found a uh insect uh crawling on the bag and we will send it off to our entomology lab to get further tested and to see identify what type of insect we have this goes to show why it's a very big risk uh to Australia because it introduces exotic peston disease and suspicions are raised further as more Undeclared items are discovered to be stashed in some odd places okay anything inside [Music] here this item concealed inside the kettle there is a lot of organic material in there lots of uh freshly cooked food items and I'm a bit concerned as to why they would conceal this in their bag in their bags but inside other uh containers with the officers suspecting that the passengers are deliberately hiding items attention is turned to a black and white jacket that the mother was trying to avoid having inspected the passenger was reluctant for us to have a look at this jacket and close analysis of the X-ray indicates that there may be a further concealment of hidden Goods obviously she must be hiding something in there so we want to see what it is [Music] [Music] inside each year millions of overseas packages arrive at Australia's international mail [Music] centers While most deliveries are legitimate there are others that are cleverly used to smuggle a wide range of illegal items into the country it's definitely a concealment in there yeah you can feel it and although some concealments are extremely sophisticated we can see this something shining in the weave in the fabric here looks like we've got an alarm for cocaine other attempts are very basic so I'd expect to see body wash inside here but immediately I can see some kind of package today in Brisbane officer Warren is about to x-ray a parcel arriving from the USA which has been referred to him for secondary inspection I can see why they referred this is a little bit of an anomaly in the middle of the package different color different texture to everything else that's around it so we'll just uh open it up and have a further look and see what we can find in [Music] there it's like a Pres for someone there we go teenage nin Ninja Turtle Deluxe Set it's com out of Las Vegas in the United States it's just like a child's toy set full of textures pencils I can feel a little bit of a lump here under the pad so we'll just have a look at what's under there and there it is that's what we would have seen on the X-ray hidden in underneath it's just a foil packet I can feel crystals inside the foil packet I'll take that into the deconstruction room have a look at what we've got and do some testing on [Applause] [Music] it in Sydney this woman has been caught smuggling in an item of major biocurity concern this is bird's nest I had a suspicion looking at the X-ray that it was bird's nest edible bird's nest is made from the spit of a small bird and is considered a delicacy in Chinese cuisine fetching up to $3,000 per kilogram but its importation into Australia is strictly prohibited a deliberate concealment definitely concealed they they didn't want us to find it that's right it's a high risk coming into the country you know we've had Birds Nest davean flew not that long ago this is what we're protecting our bird industry our coulure industry so bird's nest is the definite out and the situation becomes even more serious as yet another high-risk prohibited item is found to be concealed in the jacket not only do they have bird's nest we've got these Corps which are probably straight out of a market area CPS are a parasitic fungus used in Chinese medicine to improve sexual drive and virility and this poses a risk because of the bacteria contained in the item we've got some more bird's nest which was which was also concealed in one of the bags over here inside the clothing and lying at the bottom of the bag under all the clothing it's a whole fish the heads are still on the internal organs are intact there's probably maggots crawling in and out of this right now prohibited and infested items like these present enormous biological risks which is why the penalties for their importation can be severe the thing that I'm worried about is that these items can be prosecuted they can be prosecuted and it could go into the thousands of dollars I have a hard decision to make right now whether to F them or to prosecute them and there it is Australian Border Force suspected a silver package discovered taped to the underside of a child's drawing set contains a large amount of dangerous narcotics now I will uh take this I will weigh this and see what we've got here how many grams we're talking about you yeah quite a lot there looking at 64.7 G there we have it some beige crystals I'm sure it's not a kid's toy I'd hate to be trying to control the kid that's playing with that one a swab of the packet will help to determine if the substance is as deadly as it looks right there you go it's methamphetamine so you never know what you get based on the iron scan reading and uh the look of the the product we'll be referring this to the [Music] AFP this passenger returning from Vietnam has admitted to carrying unknown food items over the border for a family member I thought it was some kind of noodles X normally show food items as orange colored but when his package is scanned there is a clear problem as it's definitely not what he thinks it is it's supposed to be noodles why is it green there's the rest of his food which is quite consistent of food being orange but why do you reckon it could be green doesn't quite look like noodles doesn't look like noodles does it no okay these items of f look okay on the X-ray unfortunately these do not telling me the tests it doesn't look normal you've got an opportunity to let us do you want to tell us anything about these items no uh as I said I don't know what they are I thought it was food given to me by someone by someone you keep saying by someone un by someone it's telling me it means that it's not personally to me me why would you accept something as a family yeah obviously it's not look good I'm not laughing because it's it's it's funny I'm laughing because this is so ridiculous that if it comes out something which I'm obviously don't know anything about it as far as I'm concerned that was your suitcase your box you told the officer you pack your bags yourself you know what's inside I know what's inside but I don't know what they are it's a family thing how could they do anything to me so that's that's the only reason why ask you again have you ever had any problems with the police have you ever dealt with narcotics have you taken narcotics in the past because we have some concerns I'm going to caution you now that you do not have to say or do anything anything you say or do may be held in evidence okay do you understand what I'm saying yes I do okay I'm now going to take these and have them further tested okay mores mores [Music] okay secondary testing will now be conducted to confirm what exactly is contained in these highly suspicious passels [Music] order Force officers suspect that packages in this man's possession may be concealing an elcd substance extensive secondary testing to determine what that substance is has now been completed okay all good fortunately for you today it is good so what was it and you you guys you were actually very lucky because somebody was able to identify this it's actually seaweed seaweed oh and it's heavily coated with salt and that's what's giving the green appearance on our x-ray okay now the confusion set in when you told quarantine officers I'm carrying nood yeah fair you I didn't you didn't know what you were now what would you have done if I said that's full of heroin and I could have come back and said that because you had no idea what was in your bag my heart would fall out for sure cuz you now wouldn't be going out to see your wife or your children you'd be going to mascot police station well thank you so for today all the best thank you for your patience and please I still I still learned that lesson I'm not going to in future it's not going to happen again okay take things that's not right man is now free to keep his seaweed and cross the border Having learned a valuable lesson thanks guys they had the bird's nest hidden inside the bags right and inside the pockets as well this mother and son arriving from China have been caught with a large amount of high-risk items deliberately concealed in their belongings the main concern for us is our agricultural industry in Australia and having traveled before they know the rules the passengers are now facing a large fine even prosecution it's quite clear to me that you can actually speak English and you and I can communicate so tell me why did you not declare any of these food items on this card I don't know this well you have whole fish you have bird's nest this bird's nest was hidden inside your jacket why did you hide it inside the jacket I don't know no it's not okay it's not okay you're going to be find $340 for not declaring this items my colleague and I have discussed that you're lucky you're not going to be prosecuted the consequences can be much more than $340 that could be thousands of even imprisonment do you understand yes what you did today was very wrong okay with their exotic Goods being confiscated along with the cost of their fine it's an expensive lesson for this mother and son [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music]

Channel: Border Security

Views: 349,098

Keywords: border security, special reaction teams, documentary, contraband, police, border security: international, Immigration, security, customs, border patrol, airport patrol, reality tv shows, airports, news, border security force, border force, smugglers, agents, customs border, Bug-Infested Items Exposed By Quarantine Unit, infested food, border security australia, border security australia season 10, illegal custom items, customs clearance, bag search, caught smuggling, illegal goods

Id: r3BE_9eSQVA

Length: 21min 52sec (1312 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 01 2024