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A cool customer is unshaken by the positive drug readings from his suitcase but Customs suspect there is something sinister concealed in the bag. Biosecurity discover an odd concoction in the bag of a traveller.

A lively man from the US arrives on a tourist visa, but Immigration believes he may be here to work illegally. And despite his claim of a clean criminal record, officers' findings prove otherwise. A shipment from Hong Kong ostensibly containing three standard household doors provokes officers' interests when one of the doors is heavier than the others. An X-ray shows there may be organic matter concealed inside. Then, two men from the Philippines arrive for a holiday after spending time working in Papua New Guinea, but Customs and Border Protection officers are concerned about their last-minute flight changes and lack of knowledge about what to see and do in Brisbane. Narrated by Grant Bowler.

A father and son duo are returning from a holiday in Thailand. Officers discover the men have had trouble crossing borders in the past when the father openly admits he was once caught with 10 tasers. He's also packed something illegal before this flight. That's not all officers find when a swab test comes back positive for traces of heroin. Flights are arriving in the Top End, carrying passengers attending a music festival, so the Customs drug dogs are out in force. Then, a package containing pool toys arrives from Argentina and raises suspicions when officers discover a hidden substance.

Officers discover a man has a surprising concealment in his pants. An imported vacuum cleaner is more likely to clean you out than clean your house, and a rock band's national tour may have to be cancelled when their lead singer has problems entering the country.

An Australian returns from the Middle East, and a discovery in his bag could lead to a major fight. A Korean student keeps digging himself into a big hole, and a narcotics concealment seems to vanish before officers' eyes.

Students address the circumstances of their past. The debate team preps to face the University of Vermont. Some make strides academically, others are accused of breaking prison rules.

At O'Hare International Airport, a returning American's bananas cause a slip-up in secondary. A mother covers for her kid at Detroit's Ambassador Bridge.

A man struggles to explain why he has arrived but officers think they know what he is up to. Officers gasp for breath when a mysterious package is opened. And an investigation into a young mother suddenly becomes a matter of life and death and shocks everyone involved. Narrated by Grant Bowler.

Eighteen years after he was convicted and almost a year after he won a new trial at the PCR hearing, Adnan Syed faces yet another hurdle - the endless morass of the appeals process. The state has appealed the decision to grant Adnan a new trial, and the episode begins at this appeal hearing, where we dig deeper into state's prosecutor Thiru Vignarajah and his motivations for taking Adnan's case.

Every day, 20,000 passengers enter Canada via Vancouver International Airport. Phony tourists, aggressive visitors, drug filled toys and weapons disguised as phones are all just a normal day for the security team.

Officers suspect a passenger is here to make a special delivery to a mystery woman she met in a bar in Bali. Elsewhere, a man is enraged when his wife denies they have any relationship.

Some cocky men return from Asia with dangerous contraband and play dumb when the officers find a large amount of strange pink pills in their possession. Elsewhere, suspicions are raised when a pair arrives for a conference that has almost ended. Then, an officer is bitten by a new arrival and is at risk of contracting a deadly disease.

Incarcerated men and women are admitted to the Bard Prison Initiative and discover they are held to the same academic standards as students on the Bard College main campus.

Every day, 20,000 passengers enter Canada via Vancouver International Airport. Phony tourists, aggressive visitors, drug filled toys and weapons disguised as phones are all just a normal day for the security team.

An American college student may be here for a good time but there is strong evidence in his bags that this isn't the case. Smugglers try to beat Australia's Customs officers but they haven't accounted for the detector dogs. A young mother tries to bluff her way past officers but they are onto her shocking secret. Narrated by Grant Bowler.

Every day, 20,000 passengers enter Canada via Vancouver International Airport. Phony tourists, aggressive visitors, drug filled toys and weapons disguised as phones are all just a normal day for the security team.

A strange bulge on a passenger's body raises suspicions, unusual steps are taken to calm an angry American and there's a major problem with a shipment of cosmetics. Narrated by Grant Bowler.

A passenger is stopped at the border but claims someone has tampered with his bags. Officers inspect a package and are amazed at the lengths people will go to smuggle contraband, while a man's desperate search for his mum could end when he's confronted with a shady past.