The ABC was granted rare access to official operations at Gold Coast Airport, where passengers are searched for illegal weapons, drugs and animal products.
Tinned whale meat, a whip made from a zebra's tail, throwing stars and flick knives are just some of the illegal items seized by Australian Border Force officers at Queensland airports.
"If they don't do the due diligence, then obviously, they're not going to realise that it's prohibited and we'll have to seize it at the border."Endangered animal products, including snake wine, whale meat and ivory were still detected at Australian ports, despite attitudes to animal cruelty changing, Ms Rulli said.
ABF also detected more than $4.7 million of undeclared currency, more than 14,000 kilograms of illegal drugs and almost two tonnes of undeclared tobacco."All we ask you to do is complete a form and that tells us exactly how much money is coming into Australia and how much money is leaving Australia.ABC Gold Coast: Alexandria Utting"You can carry as much cash as you want but anything over $10,000 or equivalent Australian dollars, you need to declare.
Australian Border Force officer Andrea Rulli says this knuckleduster clutch purse was taken from a passenger at the airport.According to the Therapeutic Goods Administration, the maximum penalty for unlawfully importing vapes into the country is seven years' jail and more than one million dollars for an individual.
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