To Catch a Smuggler: South Pacific

Soup sachets, airsoft gear, and suspicious behavior raises red flags.

Drugs, cash, fake jobs and a slippery souvenir test border security. 

An unusual wardrobe, a wrong visa, and some creepy crawly stowaways. 

Christmas gifts filled with drugs, and a passenger claims to have millions. 

A young woman's birthday trip comes to an end in the customs red zone.

Sketchy behaviour puts a man with an unusual diet in the customs red zone.

A chef's text messages reveal he's cooking up a drug deal; a business meeting is almost cancelled when a man is questioned about his travel plans.

A shipment with over $1 million of crystal meth is found in Auckland; a Bible is used in an unholy way; a tour guide with a nicotine habit must pay up.

A doctor with unclaimed cargo and unprescribed pills creates suspicion.

A 19-year-old is of interest after a drug dog smells illegal activity.

The weight of over a dozen cameras from China raises a red flag in customs.

A business trip is cancelled when a man's dark past sends him back home.

It's a celebration when sea cargo reveals one of the largest drug busts.

A bulk shipment from Hong Kong disguises over $900k of crystal meth.

A pair of Russian students arrive in New Zealand to visit a friend they barely know; all hands are on deck when a slippery stowaway lands; a card skimmer is caught.

A rare culinary delicacy poses a biosecurity risk; a passenger gives customs a piece of her mind; a weed enthusiast's plans go up in smoke.

False passports and identities; unique souvenirs; withdrawals and desperation.

A marijuana farmer; a frightening new narcotic; a Brazilian magician.

A soap opera story; a foiled drug smuggling attempt; an expensive gamble.

Making a hash of it; a bucket list find; a Russian with eccentric antics.

A suspicious barista; Customs pulls out a plum; a holiday, or immigration?

A questionable photo portfolio; a sex offender; solar panels hide meth.

A man with 18 credit cards; tape dispensers hide meth; a risky cereal box.

A former smuggler protests screening; batteries with crystal powder inside.

A Customs operation; snowboarders are stuck; millions in meth.

A meth smuggler; a man fishing for trouble; a woman with flashy diamonds.

Bottles of trouble; endangered butterflies; a toy piano made of meth.

A tour guide seems on edge; turtle stowaways; a mysterious powder.

A regatta full of risks; a dog sniffs out undeclared cash; written in meth.

A man with drugs in his undies; illegal weapons stopped; a fleet of racecars.

A traveler vents; a TV crew claims they are on vacation; a man with hidden MDMA.

A suspected drug smuggler; a gambler rolls the dice; a slippery eel.

Drug smuggler or sports fan? And a pair of vets with unusual equipment.

A stolen ID; gallons of milk; drugs packed in LED lights.

A snowboarder packing pills; unbelievable artefacts; a grr-eat detective.

Credit card fraud; a backpacker's worst nightmare; a flying crocodile.

Two travelers arrive for a one-day stay with strange baggage; a prickly passenger gives Customs a hard time; drugs are found packed in security cameras.

One passenger uses someone else's passport; a first-time traveller finds himself on a bad trip; a shipment of taxidermy comes with extra bugs.

Fruit outrage; a detector dog sniffs out drugs; a man with sketchy plans.

Lies and cigarettes; a zoo for a day; in a jam; jackets lined with meth.

Suspicious stories; fish & chips; toys stuffed with drugs.

An amnesiac traveller; nonsensical tourist plans; a familiar character.