Customs - Season 3

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Episode 1

1 - Episode 1

Air Date: February 13, 2011

Unusual wine & excess tobacco

Episode 2

2 - Episode 2

Air Date: February 20, 2011

Two tobacco mules and prescription drugs

Episode 3

3 - Episode 3

Air Date: February 27, 2011

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

Episode 4

4 - Episode 4

Air Date: March 6, 2011

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.

Episode 5

5 - Episode 5

Air Date: March 13, 2011

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.

Episode 6

6 - Episode 6

Air Date: March 20, 2011

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.

Episode 7

7 - Episode 7

Air Date: March 27, 2011

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.

Episode 8

8 - Episode 8

Air Date: April 3, 2011

Episode 9

9 - Episode 9

Air Date: April 10, 2011

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.

Episode 10

10 - Episode 10

Air Date: April 26, 2011

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.

Episode 11

11 - Episode 11

Air Date: May 3, 2011

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.

Episode 12

12 - Episode 12

Air Date: May 10, 2011

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.

Episode 13

13 - Episode 13

Air Date: May 17, 2011

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.

Episode 14

14 - Episode 14

Air Date: May 24, 2011

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.

Episode 15

15 - Episode 15

Air Date: May 31, 2011

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.

Episode 16

16 - Episode 16

Air Date: June 7, 2011

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.

Episode 17

17 - Episode 17

Air Date: June 14, 2011