Passenger Erupts Over Search of Unusually Heavy Bag | S2 Ep 2 | Border Security Australia

At Sydney Airport, tensions rise when a woman becomes increasingly agitated as her suspiciously heavy bag is searched by Customers Officers. A mail centre worker finds a quantity of heroin concealed in a book about marriage. The situation soon escalates, requiring intervention from the AFP. A Brazillian traveller is requested to surrender her wooden beads for a gamma radiation screening in order to bring them into Australia.

There's never a dull moment for the men and women who work at Border Security as they secure the world's major borders. From smuggling contraband to seizing human bones: you'll never guess the next thing our officers will unearth from traveller's bags!

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[BorderSecurityOfficial]

How do you feel about the way officers dealt with the aggressive traveller?

[janinacooper]

Getting upset doesn’t really help with anything.
However being held at the airport for 3 hours and then having to get an internal body search sounds like a nightmare if you’re just traveling and not doing anything illegal.

[mrpicto]

Had a mate in Aus customs, he said “the ruder they are the slower we go”

[robertmatthews]

I found that life goes much more smoothly when I talk to people respectfully and politely.

[mskayla]

I'm amused by these people who go off on customs and quarantine. Do they really think having a screaming fit is going to get the officers to give up?

[Fridaygirrrllll]

Anyone else really wanted her to have something 😂

[geneappeal]

The agitated woman spilled the beans towards the end and they totally missed it - "I want to get out of here have a cigarette and move on".
No wonder she was irritable.

[roscoepatternworks]

Many years ago, mom was the observer of the x-ray screen at an airport. In a suitcase she saw some electronics surrounded my some coiled material. The guy said he'd open it. He was immediately surrounded by security. Turns out he was an exotic dancer. The suitcase contained his boa snake and a heater.

[louiso]

The more aggravated you are, the more you are suspicious🤔😂

[JackDouglas-lr]

Note to passenger: If you don't want your bags exammened, don't fly.

[braydonkanjira]

The girl talking to the blonde, needs to get promoted for her relaxation.

[ragsrichez]

That first lady just put herself through so much unnecessary stress...crazy😝

[johnthomasmoulton]

So her bag was suspicious because it was "heavy, " so that justifies a body cavity check? Ridiculous

[kingslaphappy]

Yelling and tantrum throwing only makes it worse, makes it take longer. Even a child knows that.

[randomvintagefilm]

I traveled a lot in my teens and early 20s, and I remember coming back from Brazil and going through customs. I turned around and saw an agent running at me with a huge smile on his face. He was so sure he had a drug smuggler and made me empty everything in my backpack. He couldn't believe a kid was traveling that far alone. The smile on his face went away when he found nothing. I was so dumb then, I knew nothing about drugs!

[sarahhale-pearson]

She has no idea how guilty these histrionics make her look.

[gaylespicer]

If she is a biologist, she should know that taking seed out and bringing it back in is a no no.

[colleendacamara]

3 hours waiting, I wouldn't be happy either. I wouldn't have a screaming match, but it would be super frustrating.

[Jennifr]

Excuse me, but I'm a bit confused. The woman who was detained for several hours and appeared to be quite frustrated was actually innocent? Her emotional reaction may have given the impression of guilt and contributed to the extended detainment, but I'm curious as to why it took so long to determine that there was no issue.

[KimberlyLetsGo]

Michael, you didn't do enough to calm down the out of control woman. You walked away and left a regular staffer to deal with the harassment. That is not a good manager. He should have stayed there until the situation was solved. Letting this smoker go have a supervised smoke would have gone a long way to have de-escalated the problem.