Border Patrol

Immigration talks with a tourist who’s here to see the Queens of Queenstown; Customs uncover a mountain of tobacco concealed in a passenger’s suitcase and Biosecurity inspects a very hairy souvenir.

A traveller is caught sporting the wrong kind of South American souvenir; Customs inspect a pool filter and Immigration speaks with a Canadian visitor who has a chequered past.

We take a look at 10 years of the biggest busts Border Patrol has ever caught on camera.

A Chilean visa runner tries to dash across the ditch and Customs uncover a crafty concealment inside a wooden pallet. Immigration checks a Romanian’s hacker career is legit.

A returning New Zealand traveller experiences phone search fury in Customs red zone. Immigration turns up a problematic past with a US visitor.

Friendly or phoney? Customs uncover suspicious paperwork in the luggage of a New Zealand resident. A traveller from China tries to convince Immigration that she’s a genuine tourist.

A New Zealand national loses her cool over a permit for her favourite ginseng, an itinerary raises red flags at Immigration and Customs officers find MDMA hidden inside art supplies from France.

A mysterious vial of liquid puts Customs on high alert; Immigration officers play a confusing game of “he said, she said” with a traveller from Columbia.

A businessman from Pakistan keeps his visa history under wraps while an American Kiwi lands with a passport that says he’s 6 feet under.

A Customs investigation stops a massive cigarette-smuggling ring dead in its tracks, a woman arriving from Brazil has a ‘ticket to nowhere’ and Biosecurity intercept a man with ants in his pants.