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00:09what does a drug runner look like you'd be surprised the game has changed and the rules
00:15are very different now they are hidden among the thousands of passengers who pass through
00:19our airports every day and what's stopping them from getting past our border could be
00:24the smallest of clues spotted by the offices of our brand new border security Australia's
00:29front line why are we getting readings of all your things a Taiwanese woman struggles to answer
00:35a barrage of questions not just one not just two but now everything we swab we get readings why
00:41you've already admitted your intention this passenger won't take no for an answer leaves
00:48me no choice and nothing declared and a whole family may have set a new record nearly every
00:55question's asked you about something that you actually have
01:14customs and border protection officers know that threats to Australia's border can come at any port
01:20that's why they maintain a strong presence at all international terminals so you're coming for six
01:28days yeah yeah one week today at Perth Airport a drug-detected dog reacted to this Taiwanese woman
01:37arriving from Malaysia what do you do while you're here I have a friend here know for internet oh just
01:42over the internet yeah I will know many years so what does he do yeah I'm not exactly know what
01:49does
01:49he do now I saw in your passport you were just in Australia a couple of weeks ago in Brisbane
01:56yes what
01:57was that for I was like for holiday just for holidays so what did you do in Brisbane actually I
02:06was playing
02:06stay one week I was got how was it the diarrhea very bad so I only stayed three days so
02:14I got home you come
02:15here for three days you get sick yeah and then you go home yeah and then you come back again
02:21yeah
02:23couldn't you have just stayed in the hotel for a few days get better I don't feel well I feel
02:27like dying
02:29how do you feel if you feel dying you want to go see your mom and family I really feel
02:34sick not when you come
02:35on this file only a few hours drive I'll find it's a long way unusual travel movements need to be
02:43investigated so officers will be sure to conduct a thorough search right what we're going to do we're
02:50just gonna have a look through your bags I just need to ask you some questions first have you ever
02:55been in
02:55contact with any drugs never has anyone asked you to bring anything on this trip
03:05okay so you think I carry drugs oh no that's what we check for that's our job
03:16in Sydney this Malaysian man has been referred to immigration after officers from customs and border
03:23protection conducted a bag search their investigation revealed several clues that raise questions about his
03:31real reason for being here they have got concerns about him because he's got a book and ticket for
03:36six days he works in a restaurant in Malaysia how do you know a bit more about his work and
03:41where he's
03:41working and if any members can confirm anything what about his travels on his passport nothing it's his
03:48first time out of Malaysia so with the help of an interpreter officers will try to understand why the sudden
03:56interest in coming here okay why have you come to Australia okay what did you do in Malaysia before
04:07deciding to come to Australia are you able to provide us numbers so we can confirm what you're telling us
04:16yeah yeah basically we're going to make some phone calls just to confirm the details a phone call to
04:24the passengers contact in Malaysia does nothing to help the situation he doesn't know his family
04:30composition he can't tell me whether he's married or single all he knows is that he's on holiday here
04:35and he's coming back in a few days that's all he knows immigration needs to establish the passengers
04:40true intentions but as the interview recommences he makes a surprising admission
04:47I come here to work and now you are not allowing me entry I'm sorry what did he say
04:56I'm coming here to work so you've traveled overseas many times and you've made a couple of things and
05:10every time you've come back you feel that one of these forms haven't you yeah I did a family has
05:15returned from a holiday in Fiji and officer Sean has begun inspecting their bags for any quarantine
05:21risks fresh produce but then that one is our mistake yeah I understand but we got this one
05:27from duty free they said it should be fine yeah these ones are fine this is definitely not allowed I
05:31know I know I know I know nearly every question is asked you about something that you actually have
05:35you have wooden articles you have shells you have seeds you have soil you have fresh produce I
05:41didn't know they put it in the back like my parents okay it's a legal document you're signing a
05:47form saying no I'm not bringing anything into the country yeah and even though your parents have
05:52had it you've obviously taken some responsibility for this for knowing that they've got that so you
05:56should have marked them on your car yeah it's my bird well I speak to my supervisor now because
06:00obviously there's we give you some consideration for forgetting that you have some things thanks but
06:07the amount of things that you have here this is going to take you over the top
06:17Australian mobile on a recent trip this Taiwanese woman went to Brisbane but this time she has landed
06:24in Perth so when you leave here you're going straight back to Taiwan yeah Malaysia and Taiwan
06:30officers need to know why she travels so frequently and how she funds these trips obviously with the
06:38amount of travel that people do like short periods of stay in different countries and a lot in a small
06:45amount of time we're actually wondering how they're funding these these travel movements so what sort
06:52of work do you do in Taiwan I work in the restaurant I'm the manager oh manager what sort of
06:58restaurant
06:58it's a waste and waste and we sell miss Chinese and that's in Taiwan yeah where did you buy your
07:06ticket
07:11so he paid for your ticket no he paid now but I will give him back later but he he
07:16bought your ticket for
07:17you have you seen one of these this picks up any traces of narcotics so it tells us whether you've
07:29been in
07:30contact with any narcotics drugs yes have you been in contact with any no a detected dog had a positive
07:54reaction to this Taiwanese woman but now officers may have come to a dead end so we'll just keep
08:03testing and see whether she's got anything when you're in Malaysia what did you do I look around
08:11yeah what did you say the twin tower twin towers anything else so did you take lots of photos I
08:19lost my
08:19camera you lost your camera so you're not carrying a camera with you today no I lost the camera in
08:25in the
08:26train in Malaysia so who did you meet in Malaysia where I meet who did you meet taxi driver yeah
08:34every
08:34day because yeah but any friends yeah a couple couple yeah who are your friends in Malaysia is a
08:44students students officers will continue swabbing the passengers bags to test for traces of narcotics
08:58again it's negative but they'll x-ray just to be sure that there are no concealments the handle it looks
09:07consistent but it's quite dense so we're just going to run a swab over and if we're that actually detects
09:13something we'll actually have a better look at it so nothing declared yeah a supervising officer has
09:36been called after a family returning from Fiji was found to have a large quantity of undeclared
09:44items oh we got some fresh fruit as well yeah that's the issue there got a whole bevy of
09:51quarantine concerns I said there's every question there and he's is applicable to what he's got the
09:57family also brought a large amount of seashells have a good look at them because as I said they
10:03could be even you know you could even have live little permit crabs or anything in there yeah I'll
10:08have a quick quick sniff and see if anything stands out straight off the beach definitely I'm gonna go
10:13and wash this off I've got a whole heap of issues that we need to deal with here today yeah
10:21that's
10:21right um you've got some fresh fruit okay which obviously falls under any food including dried fresh
10:28preserved cooked or uncooked and you've answered no that's right yeah realize that those two pieces of
10:45you're coming here to work can you a Malaysian passenger has just come clean that he lied to
10:51officers that he was here for a holiday okay all right okay where did you want to
11:03work if you want to come and work in Australia there is appropriate visas you can't come in on a
11:18tourist visa and decide that you want to work well basically you know you have provided us false
11:27information and you've admitted to me that you've come here to work and it leaves me no choice I have
11:34to serve you with the notice of intention to consider cancellation of your visa and on no you cannot
11:53work here we've actually swabbed the handle of the bag and it's come up with cannabis and marijuana we swabbed
12:01the handle of your bag and that gives us a reading for drugs are you carrying anything in your bags
12:08drugs drugs yes never touch drugs has anyone asked you to bring something for them no so if we open
12:14your bags and x-ray we are in charge yeah no problem no drugs I know I don't even smoke
12:21no smoke have you ever come in contact with any drugs never does any of your friends use drugs 100
12:27% never any of your friends use drugs
12:30officers officers have determined there are no concealments in the handle of her bag but the drug reading still causes
12:37concern they're also worried about documentation they found in her bag which shows she's receiving funds from someone in Australia
12:45so why is he sending you money because I need money to travel so you do all this traveling but
12:52you have no money you're asking people for money I have money then why are you asking him to send
12:57you money and why do you ask him later but you say you have money you ask someone to buy
13:03you a ticket you ask someone in Australia to send you money I'll ask you again are you carrying anything
13:11that anyone has asked you to bring in
13:13no so everything the baggage the whole lot everything belongs to you yes and you know what's in everything yes
13:21so there's nothing here that belongs to anyone else
13:37we do a swap from this bag and it comes back again for drugs for opium
13:42which is the base for heroin it's not possible not possible yeah because I'm sorry it's no drugs
13:59quarantine officer Sean is removing potential soil contamination from a pair of shoes belonging to a member of a family
14:07they have returned from Fiji with fresh fruit that is extremely high risk
14:12there is a degree of non-compliance with him for fresh fresh produce is prosecutable items yeah so he's in
14:22dangerous ground to be honest with you I accept my fault so let's see what happens next basically because you
14:29failed to declare there will be a fine of $220 today imposed just have a read through that he did
14:35get away lightly if he did what he's supposed to do we wouldn't have had this problem at all but
14:39he was very close to prosecution
14:41it could have been thousands of dollars going to court paying fines a record
14:46the passengers paid the $220 fine and officers believe they've learnt their lesson
14:52okay thank you thank you thank you very much take care okay see you later
14:56simple matter of crossing the box and no problem at all but uh
15:01they will cross boxes in the future I'm sure
15:03just take care everyone and be careful when you come here
15:06don't forget to declare everything okay
15:19in immigration this Malaysian man has made a startling revelation
15:26he's admitted to lying and providing me false information initially his intentions are to come here and work to pick
15:33apples
15:33he has been served with a notice of intention to consider cancelling his visa
15:38you have any reasons to justify to me that you know why your visa should not be cancelled
15:53no I'm trying to explain to you you've already admitted your intentions that you're you lied
15:59before you gave me false information you've admitted that your intentions are here to work
16:05for immigration there is only one decision to make
16:08I cannot justify to the department immigration clearing you
16:12it's 1142 your visa's been cancelled and you're detained under section 189 under the Migration Act
16:20it is an unfortunate situation he's given us a false information initially so I can't justify letting him in
16:26so he's got to go back and when when the time is right for him he cannot apply for an
16:31appropriate visa
16:33the passenger was returned to Malaysia that same day he will be subject to a three-year exclusion period
16:45why do you think we would be getting readings off your bags for drugs
16:49where you can tear it out really no drugs where have you used this bag where yes I travel all
16:56the time
16:56I'm pretty so you use it all the time yeah even your age as officers continue the search the woman
17:03seems to be increasingly nervous
17:09she's taking time to actually think of the answers which is a bit concerned concerning for us because if you've
17:17traveled and traveled legitimately
17:19you'll actually answer those questions fluently
17:21while officer Chris continues his questioning officer Sandra conducts another narcotic swab test
17:27this swab that's actually come up as heroin and marijuana
17:31everything we swab now is telling us drugs
17:34why would that be? I never take drugs
17:36I'm not asking you if you take drugs it's what you might be carrying that worries me
17:40okay go check
17:41that's what we are doing
17:50officer Chris thinks he's found a problem inside the woman's empty suitcase
17:55bottom of the bag
17:57it feels quite thick
18:02looks like it's been taped around the edges
18:06and there's actually a screw loose screw in the bottom as well
18:09what one?
18:18why are we getting readings off all your things not just one not just two but now everything we swab
18:23we get readings why?
18:24I don't know
18:27I don't take drugs
18:31can I have a glass of water?
18:33John would you like to get a glass of water?
18:37in Perth officer Chris thinks he has found a problem with the passenger's large suitcase
18:42bottom of the bag
18:45it feels quite thick
18:50looks like it's been taped around the edges
18:52okay
18:54and there's actually a screw loose screw in the bottom as well
18:58so it actually feels quite thick
19:03hello ma'am I'm the supervisor here today
19:04can you tell me what's in the bottom of this bag?
19:08I don't know
19:11can you tell me why it's taped up ma'am?
19:13I don't know
19:14you don't know why it's taped up?
19:20wow
19:26so we've got really high ratings of heroin, opium and marijuana
19:30tell us about this bag
19:34what do you believe is inside the bag?
19:37I don't know
19:38you believe you're carrying something that you shouldn't be carrying?
19:41I don't think I carry anything
19:42okay
19:43an x-ray will confirm if there's anything concealed within the suitcase lining
19:48possibly a concealment in here
19:56the x-ray is inconclusive
19:59do you know what is inside the bag?
20:01I don't know
20:01I swear I don't know
20:04you can see there's a concealment inside the bag?
20:07can you tell us what it is?
20:09I don't know
20:10okay at the moment
20:10I don't think I have something inside
20:13okay
20:13okay so at the moment we're going to find out what it is
20:16okay?
20:16okay
20:19let's see what comes out of the drill bit
20:20yeah
20:34okay I'm happy
20:34they'll conduct a narcotics field test in the safety of the fume cabinet
20:48it's come back as opium
20:50yep
20:51but it's a small amount
20:52yep
20:52it's a light pink so it's still for opium
20:54excellent
20:55would you like us to do
20:56that's all we need to do at this stage
20:58if they were on their way
20:59it was just
21:00anything you say or do
21:02will be recorded and might be used in evidence
21:04so just understand that anything you say
21:06we will record and it might be used in evidence
21:08do you understand?
21:09okay
21:14the passenger was found to be carrying 1.2 kilograms of heroin
21:19it has a street value of nearly $500,000
21:33next week on border security
21:35there's white powder on the other side of the barrier
21:37on the floor
21:38there's a chance this traveller has decided to dump some evidence
21:42my mum was saying that
21:43she was just like
21:44James don't do anything stupid
21:46has he followed her advice?
21:50a woman is caught lying about her travelling companions
21:53in the beginning you didn't tell me he was in your group
21:56a simple farewell card may get them all into trouble
21:59there's something inside the pockets
22:01but it's stitched up
22:03and a wardrobe malfunction reveals an elaborate concealment