Border Security: Canada's Front Line

How Canadian border-protection agencies combat terrorism, drugs and illegal immigration

How Canadian border-protection agencies combat terrorism, drugs and illegal immigration

A Korean bride-to-be tries to enter Canada as a tourist, and the Marine Enforcement Team deals with a Japanese freighter carrying an illegal passenger

A student learns a valuable lesson, while a traveller who has spent a long time abroad gets caught out

A baggage search turns cheesy for Canadian border services, and an agent must determine whether a traveller is telling lies

The contents of a suitcase reveals a surprise to air cargo officers, and a traveller turns on the charm at Vancouver airport

Text messages create suspicion about a traveller's intentions, and a European visitor makes a surprising admission about his past

Air cargo officers discover a suitcase packed with surprises, and a traveller turns on the charm at Vancouver Airport

An American family gets caught taking an arsenal of weapons on their holidays, and Alberta officers uncover a half-baked scheme

Sailors are stopped for questioning at Port Metro in Vancouver, while the dogs are brought in to help officers in Montreal

The officers tackle suspicious packages, dubious passengers and undeclared dogs on Canada's borders

Officers suspect a travelling chef is cooking up a story, while the arrival of a gun shipment raises big questions in Alberta

The captain of a luxury yacht sails into problems near Vancouver Island, and suspicions are raised about a doggedly determined driver in Alberta

A student learns a valuable lesson, while a traveller who has spent a long time abroad gets caught out

A baggage search turns cheesy for Canadian border services, and an agent must determine whether a traveller is telling lies

The contents of a suitcase reveals a surprise to air cargo officers, and a traveller turns on the charm at Vancouver airport

Text messages create suspicion about a traveller's intentions, and a European visitor makes a surprising admission about his past

Air cargo officers discover a suitcase packed with surprises, and a traveller turns on the charm at Vancouver Airport

An American family gets caught taking an arsenal of weapons on their holidays, and Alberta officers uncover a half-baked scheme

Officers suspect an IT consultant has arrived for more than just a holiday, and a surfer returns from Southeast Asia with a dodgy souvenir

The Inland Enforcement Team tracks down an alleged sex offender, while a detector dog sniffs out trouble in an unclaimed suitcase from Dubai

A Canadian wanted in Alberta is stopped en route to Ecuador, and a parcel of baby food contains surprising ingredients

A Russian dissident's complicated past raises questions, and officers wonder why a Korean tourist would bring his CV and school diplomas on holiday

The Inland Enforcement Unit tracks a pair of Honduran drug runners, while an American tourist seems to have already put down roots in Canada

Trouble looms for a young Asian woman carrying someone else's bag, and a pair of Canadians return from a concert in California with more than a T-shirt

A hostile traveller spits out her true intentions, while a farmer's choice of crop makes him inadmissible. Plus, mail room officers smell a rat

A street performer is caught in the middle of an escape act, while a cheeky bus passenger answers questions about his mischievous past

A distinctive bag has officers seeing double, and a photographer misses the big picture. Plus, a heavily modified truck causes concern

Officers uncover questionable hard drives and unusual weapons when they search an RV in Alberta, while suspicious X-ray images give agents cause for concern

A businesswoman's personal items sound alarms when she tries to cross the border, and a crew member on a cargo ship is caught stashing something in the ceiling

Partygoers cause a commotion for officers at the Coutts crossing, a retired judge finds himself back in court, and mail centre staff make a surprising discovery

A plane passenger's story raises alarms at customs, as the documentary follows the work of officers of the Canada Border Services Agency

Marine officers in Vancouver make a shocking discovery, and a tourist's papers arouse agents' suspicions about her true motives for coming to Canada

The mail centre at Vancouver makes a worrying discovery and an airport passenger seeking entry for the third time in two months raises suspicions

The work of officers of the Canada Border Services Agency as its staff enforce customs, quarantine, immigration and finance laws

The work of officers of the Canada Border Services Agency as its staff enforce customs, quarantine, immigration and finance laws

The work of officers of the Canada Border Services Agency as its staff enforce customs, quarantine, immigration and finance laws

The work of officers of the Canada Border Services Agency as its staff enforce customs, quarantine, immigration and finance laws

A traveller's textbooks teach him an unexpected lesson, and a tourist hits a snag instead of the slopes. Plus, officers inspect a shipment of cosmetics

Officers add more charges to a woman's lengthy rap sheet, before stumbling upon a hair-raising package that has been sent from Malaysia

Officers are stumped by a backpacker carrying photos of his criminal activities, and an American band gets in a jam

Staff confront an American soldier running scared, and a British woman causes confusion with her bag of tricks