Customs (2009)

Unusual wine & excess tobacco

Two tobacco mules and prescription drugs

More drug traffickers, people smugglers and international terrorists are caught red-handed by customs officers. Presented by Damian Walshe-Howling.

Officer Tori has stopped a man who has come off the flight from Venezuela via Portugal on suspicion he has brought drugs into the country.

In the Port of Dover, a truck supposedly carrying a load of apple juice is scanned during a routine customs check where officers find there to be no juice in the tanker at all and instead large, suspicious boxes.

When a young man returns from the party island of Ibiza, he tests positive for drugs. His defence is that he is an epileptic and needs his medication; however, on closer inspection, he also appears to have someone else's credit card.

Officers routinely stop a man and his wife who are travelling to Afghanistan and find approximately 5000 pounds on him. When asked whether he has had any dealings with Customs or the Police in the past, he says he hasn't. However when they check, they find out that he is a repeat offender.

When a cruise ship is detained for failing a safety test just four hours before it is due to depart, the Captain and crew have to make some quick decisions as passengers' are about to board. Meanwhile, officer Fitz observes a man who is acting nervously in baggage reclaim.

At Gatwick, Officers are investigating a South African passenger who tried to avoid being detected by a sniffer dog and a swab test reveals his bag contains high traces of cocaine.

A man claims he is a doctor and that he has been living in the US. However, on transiting through Heathrow on his way to Africa, officers notice that he hasn't got any personal luggage and his suitcase is full of prescription drugs leading officers to think he will try and sell them on the black market in Africa.

A man claims to be in the UK to visit a book fair to purchase books for his business. But Sarah is concerned by the lack of clothes he's carrying for a two week visit.

While working packages and parcels from a DHL plane in cargo, Steve's dog Megan makes a strong indication on two bags. Officers see that they are both diplomatic bags and are therefore supposedly immune to being opened. However, upon closer inspection, officers see that they are fake diplomatic bags.

Super sniffer dog Diesel has alerted officers at Gatwick Airport of a suspicious vacuum cleaner. Information has been received that drugs in vacuum cleaners are showing up at airports all over the world. The Hoover is dismantled and 300g of cocaine are found inside.

His name is Dazzling and so is his story. Arriving in the UK for four months with only $40, he says a mate is going to look after him. But when officers find falsified documents in his possession, he quickly changes his story.

An Indian couple is stopped after customs find that their three large suitcases contain nothing except 18,000 cigarettes and 28kg of tobacco. Officers pull over a man and his girlfriend who have travelled back from the Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago and have tested positive for traces of cocaine.