Biggest Con Man Tries To Fool Customs | S10 EP 11 | Border Security Australia Full Episodes

Australian Border Force officers uncover a Chinese national using fraudulent documents and attempt to smuggle drugs via food packages.

Key Takeaways

Fraudulent passports and driver's licenses can be detected through forensic and UV light examinations.
Drug smuggling attempts may involve unsuspecting travelers carrying concealed packages.
Border security involves multi-agency cooperation including biosecurity and forensic teams.
Suspects may provide inconsistent or unusual explanations for travel changes and document possession.
Visa cancellation is a key enforcement response to identity fraud at the border.

What the video covers

Australian Border Force officers in Sydney suspect a Chinese national's passport and driver's license are fraudulent after initial security checks.
The passenger is taken to a private room for further baggage search, revealing more questionable documents.
Forensic examination and formal interviews are conducted to verify the authenticity of the documents and the passenger's identity.
An elderly Australian couple is involved in a related case, carrying food packages containing substances that could produce methamphetamine.
Officers track down the couple's friend arriving from Vietnam, suspected of involvement in drug smuggling.
The suspect changes his flight last minute, giving unusual reasons including personal issues.
UV light tests and other document security checks confirm the documents are fake.
The passenger is issued a notice of intention to cancel his visa due to the fraudulent identity.
The case highlights the complexity of detecting sophisticated attempts to enter Australia with fake identities and smuggle drugs.
Biosecurity officers also play a role in stopping high-risk items from entering the country.

Chapters

How did the Australian Border Force identify the passport as fraudulent?

The passport failed an initial security check at the primary line, showed no UV reaction under UV light, and had telltale signs like incorrect date of birth formatting, prompting forensic examination.

What illegal substances were found in the food packages?

The food packages contained 5 kg of IDR, which could have produced 2.5 kg of methamphetamine or ice, with a street value of up to $700,000.

What consequences did the passenger face for using fraudulent documents?

The passenger was issued a notice of intention to consider cancelling his visa and was subject to further investigation to determine his true identity and intentions.

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Speaker A

Today in Sydney, Australian Border Force officers have major concerns about the passport of this Chinese national as it failed an initial security check at the primary line, suspecting it may be fraudulent. The man is escorted to a private room where officers carry out a baggage search, and their concerns are raised even further when they locate yet another questionable document.

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private room where officers carry out a baggage search and their concerns are raised even further when they locate yet another questionable document have you seen this one before no I've seen many Chinese driver's license and it's they're not like these no his passport

Speaker A

Have you seen this one before? No. I've seen many Chinese driver's licenses, and they're not like these. No. His passport and driver's license will be forensically examined to check their authenticity, while a formal interview will be conducted with the passenger to determine how they came to be in his possession.

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from me get this passport I don't know where you put the application to I didn't ask did you have to fill out an application for the passport Pusher uh no I didn't feel out anything did she buy it of somebody

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Mr. Lee, can you tell me where you got your passport from? From me. Get this passport? I don't know where you put the application to. I didn't ask. Did you have to fill out an application for the passport? Pusher? Uh, no. I didn't fill out anything. Did she buy it off somebody?

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to the passenger we believe that that driver's license itself is not genuine we also believe that the passport is not genuine therefore putting your whole identity into [Music] question previously on border security an elderly Australian couple arrived at

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[Music] Else? I don't know. Uh, what about your driver's license? Can you tell me where you obtained that driver's [Music] license? A driving school. Okay. He's not admitting to anything, so Officer Alex puts forward his suspicions directly to the passenger.

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go there yeah em but at the last minute the wedding was cancelled then there something wrong with the PIP that que get mared so the wedding never went ahead and the wouldbe groom asked the couple to bring a suitcase with them

Speaker A

We believe that that driver's license itself is not genuine. We also believe that the passport is not genuine, therefore putting your whole identity into [Music] question. Previously on Border Security, an elderly Australian couple arrived at Sydney airport and told officers they had been invited to a wedding in Vietnam by a family friend.

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contained a total of 5 kg of IDR that could have produced 2 1/2 kg of methampetamine or ice with a street value of up to $700,000 positive to drain okay guys your food packages have come back for traces of drugs I don't know nothing B

Speaker A

So how do you know this friend? Is just a friend from Melbourne. When your money was baby? Oh, okay. Your friend organized your trip to go there? Yeah. Em, but at the last minute, the wedding was cancelled. Then there something wrong with the PIP that que get married? So the wedding never went ahead, and the would-be groom asked the couple to bring a suitcase with them back into Australia, which contained amongst other things nine packets of food.

Speaker A

prove their innocence this man your friend is coming back tomorrow tomorrow so today in Melbourne officers are sure they have now caught up with the couple's friend we have a passenger coming in now he's arriving from Vietnam we believe he's um got something to do

Speaker A

Oh, they gave you these ones? Yeah. They've got all these food items. Someone's left them a note for them to bring these packages back. Okay. And it was confirmed that they contained a total of 5 kg of IDR that could have produced 2 1/2 kg of methamphetamine or ice with a street value of up to $700,000. Positive to drain? Okay, guys, your food packages have come back for traces of drugs. I don't know nothing. B

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packages on his body and the lower part of his back what's your backg are you I'm a truck driver you're a trucky oh right all right so a key question is why did he suddenly decide to Trav travel a

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I've never done this before. Nothing. We, we just got a the PA were clearly shocked, and the officers believed that they had no idea of the bag's illegal contents. I'm clean. I going to do that things, but there is one way that could prove their innocence. This man, your friend, is coming back tomorrow. Tomorrow? So today in Melbourne, officers are sure they have now caught up with the couple's friend.

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in trouble with me get the man decides to remove his false teeth and gives the most surprising reason officer Ben has ever heard for someone to delay their flight she caught me cheating oh you got caught cheating how'd she um catch you cheating her

Speaker A

We have a passenger coming in now. He's arriving from Vietnam. We believe he's, um, got something to do with a seizure that we just had in Sydney, and we're going to try to find out if he's involved with that. They are already suspicious that he is transporting illegal drugs himself. We believe that he could be carrying packages on his body and the lower part of his back.

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initial Security check at the primary line and we believe that the the passport itself has been fortunately altered can you tell me anything about that no well I have no idea claiming his wife gave him the passport and that he knows

Speaker A

What's your backg? Are you? I'm a truck driver. You're a trucky? Oh, right. All right. So a key question is why did he suddenly decide to travel a day later than he originally booked on the 11? Oh, so you said you had to change your ticket? To change your ticket, stay longer. Oh, why'd you decide to stay longer? An extremely unusual moment because I was in trouble with me.

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not reacting in the way that I would expect the paper is not UV dead and there are other more obvious telltale signs that this document is a fake it's not normal for birthday to be written instead of date of birth against

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Get the man decides to remove his false teeth and gives the most surprising reason Officer Ben has ever heard for someone to delay their flight. She caught me cheating. Oh, you got caught cheating? How'd she, um, catch you cheating? Her brother SE me. Oh, okay. Oh, that's a bit awkward, isn't it? My question is, tell me the truth about your passport.

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features embedded throughout its Pages while they cannot all be revealed for security reasons if these indicators are not found then the document is not genuine our points of concern were the check sum the number on the top of that

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Where did you get it? In Sydney, Australian Border Force officers are interviewing a Chinese national after his passport failed an initial security check at the primary line, and we believe that the passport itself has been fortunately altered. Can you tell me anything about that? No. Well, I have no idea. Claiming his wife gave him the passport and that he knows nothing.

Speaker A

serious offense and Border Force officers need to try and find out who this man is and what he is really up to look I want to know your passport no good it's fraudulent your driver's license also fraudulent tell me about

Speaker A

It will be taken for further analysis, while the driver's license found in his luggage will also be inspected to determine if it is legitimate. One of our, uh, checks is for UV. I put it under our UV light, and it is not reacting in the way that I would expect. The paper is not UV dead, and there are other more obvious telltale signs that this document is a fake.

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passport I don't know she has already gone through she's already gone through officer Alex is surprised when the Man reveals his wife was on the flight and passed through the primary line ahead of him interpret I'm going to be suspending

Speaker A

It's not normal for birthday to be written instead of date of birth against someone's biodata, so that also concerns me. I think, uh, this man has a collection of fraud altered documents. To confirm Officer Barbara's suspicions, the passport is handed over to document examiners who will look for a number of sophisticated security features embedded throughout its pages.

Speaker A

urgently before she leaves the airport Australia's biocurity officers have the enormous task of stopping exotic pests and diseases from entering the country this ones here they're not allowed the seeds that you have here in your bag these are high-risk items be brought

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While they cannot all be revealed for security reasons, if these indicators are not found, then the document is not genuine. Our points of concern were the checksum, the number on the top of that, and there's some other features that we're also concerned about. We have sought advice from our documenting seminar, and they agree primer Facey this is a fortunately altered passport.

Speaker A

biological threats all right we've got see over here hick and we've got company bag here it's a large organic mess in the middle of the bag it's taken up quite a lot of the bag some of the material to me looks like some sort of

Speaker A

Yeah, totally agree. Attempting to enter Australia under a false identity is a serious offense, and Border Force officers need to try and find out who this man is and what he is really up to. Look, I want to know your passport. No good. It's fraudulent. Your driver's license also fraudulent. Tell me about this.

Speaker A

the rice that we saw on the X-ray looks like it's bag that's broken open yeah container of it yep can you have a look at that one for me mate I'll go through the rest of the bags and it seems that checking this

Speaker A

Yeah, again, he saying he doesn't know. Got it from me. Did you know that it was fraudulent? He saying he doesn't know anything about a passport. Not sure what happened. That's why I had it. Now, what about your wife's passport? I don't know. She has already gone through. She's already gone through.

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revealed she was on the flight with him and has already been clear but officers suspect the woman he has referring to may not be his wife at all it's possible um that the woman is actually an escort an escort in this

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Officer Alex is surprised when the man reveals his wife was on the flight and passed through the primary line ahead of him. Interpret, I'm going to be suspending the interview. Current time is 12:06 hours. Attention quickly turns to trying to locate the man's wife out in the arrival hall. She's U born in '93. Uh, she, if she is also traveling on a fake passport, officers need to find her urgently before she leaves the airport.

Speaker A

passport but it's strongly suspected that she's been recruited to pose as his wife to give the impression that they're a legitimate couple simply here for a holiday no no I'm just going to go straight in and ask him okay after obtaining an image of the

Speaker A

Australia's biosecurity officers have the enormous task of stopping exotic pests and diseases from entering the country. This one's here, they're not allowed. The seeds that you have here in your bag, these are high-risk items to be brought into Australia. However, not every bag that arrives is accompanied by its owner due to the bag being delayed, diverted, or lost while in transit.

Speaker A

and whether they are in fact actually husband and wife back in the interview room officer Alex questions the passenger about the woman you stated that you're traveling with your wife uh can you tell me how long have you been married

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But before they are delivered or picked up by the owner, they need to be checked for any biological threats. All right, we've got see over here, Hick, and we've got company bag here. It's a large organic mess in the middle of the bag. It's taken up quite a lot of the bag. Some of the material to me looks like some sort of grain, grainy type material. I can see that, and the rest of it all sper, not too sure what it is, so that definitely needs to be investigated.

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who says she's here to meet him has been located but it's not his wife so the onshore contact UM has identified Alex's passenger as um as her uncle that she met 6 years ago in China a distant relative yeah okay it appears that the

Speaker A

All right, we'll definitely look at that. Okay, thank you. Whoops, look what we got here. That's the rice that we saw on the X-ray. Looks like it's a bag that's broken open. Yeah, container of it. Yep. Can you have a look at that one for me, mate? I'll go through the rest of the bags.

Speaker A

first time is this happened to me or is oh you got searched no no I've never never been searched yet by Customs I've always had nothing to just going straight through he has arrived in Melbourne but has made no mention of the

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And it seems that checking this particular bag has stopped an extremely high-risk item. Oh, what do we got? [Music] Here, Australian Border Force officers have confirmed that this Chinese national is trying to enter the country on a fraudulent passport. He claims his wife gave it to him, and he has just revealed she was on the flight with him and has already been cleared.

Speaker A

yeah got nothing to finally a question about the man's day trips makes a direct link to the couple cuz you just went on the tours by yourself at the time I had friends with me they Vietnamese friends no no no I had I took some great friends

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But officers suspect the woman he is referring to may not be his wife at all. It's possible, um, that the woman is actually an escort. An escort in this context is someone facilitating the safe entry, um, into Australia.

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you've known him for a long time then yeah there is still a good chance the man is also trying to bring drugs into Australia a swab test could establish if this is the [Applause] [Music] case biocurity officers have opened an

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unaccompanied bag from China after the X-ray indicated that there were a number of organic objects inside oh something in there looks like a duck egg duck eggs from Asian countries can pose a serious risk of transmitting Aven influenza

Speaker A

otherwise known as bird flu I can see there's more in here think it's a concealment I mean it clearly looks like one I think I've got something else of Interest here as well I'll take that out eggs and

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rice look at the size of those those are either very large duck eggs or goose eggs and it's a pong to them as well actually these might be those Chinese thousand- year old eggs the ones that they bury in soil they dig them up

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about 6 months later and eat them it was extremely important that these eggs were stopped from entering the country the risk with eggs of course is there are a number of diseases that affect Birds which can be transmitted by the egg

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which are not found in Australia things like newcastle's disease and Aven influenza which can be transmitted to people as well but if either of those diseases got out in Australia it would completely devastate the egg industry the poultry industry and could also

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affect our native Wildlife as the bag is unaccompanied the owner cannot be questioned the eggs are seized and a notice will be placed in the bag to explain why they were taken and some information about a Australia's biocurity

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laws officers have linked this man to an elderly couple who claim he tricked them into carrying 5 kg of a precursive drug used to produce ice and now a swab of his own bag has returned a positive reading the officer

Speaker A

before he did Trace detection swab he came with a reading for aetam check it would you know why it could we could get a idea there at all I've never even had anything to do with that H okay

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the man has told officers that he booked the couple's flights and filled out their incoming passenger cards and in a worrying sign officers have found a number of blank cards in his bag he had about another 10 incoming passenger

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cards that he intends on um completing for other friends and family that will be going on tours to Vietnam this was in his bag and this was in here okay he just he got he grabbed a bunch of cards

Speaker A

on the way in okay cuz you can fill them out before you get you get to the airport you got it all filled out you know what you're doing this may suggest he might be planning to Swindle more

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unsuspecting people into transporting drugs oh you fill them out for them you're saying you often travel to Vietnam with like friends from Australia and your your message wants you to bring more friends over yeah because she enjoys it you planning on going back

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there again soon oh hope so hope so it won't be much of a relationship if I don't go back and supervising officer Craig has just noticed something else that seems suspicious why do you have a bag inside a bag because didn't write a carry B all

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right that one's got a duner in that's all it's got in okay a duner you don't need a duner in Vietnam do you no the bags and the bed cover will be x-rayed but officers are more concerned that he

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may be cons sealing narcotics somewhere else it appears the the passenger could be um carrying packages on his body he could be body packing just because there seems to be um lumps around his back the lower part of his back so you don't have

Speaker A

anything on your body today T you T yeah you took them out cuz they were falling out keep them in your pocket all right also we've had uh positive um readings from the inside of his bag for amphetamines so because of

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that we're going to do a f search [Music] this Chinese National has attempted to enter Australia on a fake passport with a woman posing as his wife she has already left the airport and there is now a different woman claiming to be his

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niece who is waiting for him the onshore contact has identified him as a distant relative but called him Uncle she met him in China 6 years ago it's been confirmed that the woman he was traveling with holds a legitimate

Speaker A

passport but when officers check with the hotel that they're supposedly staying at there is another reason to suspect this has all been an elaborate scam we called to confirm the booking um about 15 minutes ago there was a booking

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in um the passenger's wife's name however he was told that the booking had been canceled about a minute before he rang oh right so this also adds to our concern that uh the person claiming to be his wife is actually an

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escort border Force officers believe they have uncovered a very sophisticated plan designed to get the passenger across the border with a fake [Music] identity he is is issued with a notice of intention to consider cancelling his visa and given a final chance to offer

Speaker A

an explanation okay Mr Lee what is your response are fake can I go back to China I want to go home now he finally admits that he knew the documents were fake and it's a clear-cut decision for Border Force officers and the man's Visa

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is cancelled as you are no longer the holder of a Visa you have been refused immigration clearance you are now detained under Section 189 of the migration [Music] Act it looks like the story that an elderly couple told officers that this man had

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set them up to transport illegal drugs into the country might be true yeah he's told me that he knows the people um that were involved in the seizure in Sydney they're uh a lifelong friend that he's known from his

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hometown although all his bags and belongings have been thoroughly checked and x-rayed nothing has been found he is also undergoing a Frisk search because of a concerned that an unusual bulge around his waist could be a concealment I'm May the risk is negative

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we're satisfied that the passenger isn't carrying any elicit substances today however we do believe that he is involved with the the Sydney seizure so we've referred that to investigations branch and they'll be talking to him [Music] now [Music]

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Topics:Australian Border Forcefraudulent passportfake driver's licensedrug smugglingborder securitycustoms inspectionpassport fraudmethamphetamineairport securityidentity verification

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