150g Of Live Worms Found In Bag Can Get Fisherman Prosecuted 🪱🤢 | S10 E7 | Border Security Australia
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2024
- A fisherman is in trouble when live earthworms are found in his backpack; police officers think this young guy is hiding stash in a snowboarder, and a businessman is busted lying about his job.
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Kudos to the Argentinian guy for keeping his cool, and not losing it on the customs workers because he was innocent.
Not very smart tho
He sounded innocent too. Sounds like they were profiling him hard but luckily not all are guilty
A true fisherman would not bring live bait, but would source local bait. Since you want the fish to bite, they might not bite unknown bait
Even local bait can be a poison. Local to where? In Eastern Canada we have over a million lakes---- 500,000 in Quebec alone. Say you bring baby sunfish in a trout lake or walleye lake (sander if you are European), you will poison the lakes.
Lakes close to big cities like Montreal have all been poisoned in that manner. You can still fish but the native species are gone or depleted....
But to bring that in Australia it is a potentially bigger crime in my view than drugs.
The guy should spend time in jail as well. 300$ is a joke considering the risk could be measured in billions: fruit fly in the USA has cost billions to the Yanks.
Ragworms are in most all saltwater bodies of water but there are some found in fresh water. Sorry Marry-ruth Flores
@@getin3949 500 species across 42 genera, very high possibility those are not found in Australian waters and native shellfish may be much more vulnerable to them. Sorry get in 3949
Im a fisherman and usually live worm is considered as an universal bait.. and can be use in both salt and freshwater, and im sure all type of fishes would take it..
Well if I enter a new country for the first time, I would like to avoid the hassle of wasting my time finding fishing bait, as I had no idea where exactly to find it..
like with anchovies some say bait while some say snacks🐛🐜🦗🪱😋
Brings in an organism that could devestate an entire eco system and is only charged $300 - His response "very expensive fine".
Look at how they treat the ecosystems they live in, do you really think they care about one they don't?
Makes no scene why you would by live bait before the flight. Takes about 13h and 15mins to fly from Beijing to Brisbane, and let's say he was to go fishing the following day. Almost 3 days, he would be holding onto those worms. They would shorly die before he could use them.
Half of these employees aren't wearing gloves and then they're touching everyone else's luggage cross contaminating everything.
That’s what I thought too
Same.
can you imagine how many pairs of gloves they would go through? or how much time it would take to change them between each inspection?
the risk of contamination might not outweigh the benefit of constant glove changing.
They like to sniff their fingers afterwards too…
@@Tony_417so nasty.. ?? Lol lol
RE: the snowboard. I have often wonder if there is any compensation when nothing is found and an article is damaged .
Yeah insurance pay for it
My friend shows the invoice and get the money back after and still have the luagge
Probably not. Travelling and entering another country is a privilege not a right. Don't carry weird stuff, don't be a weird person, get online before you even buy a plane ticket and find out what the regulations for entry are and risk to your gear will be minimal. If in doubt, it's up to the traveller to buy insurance.
Snowboards are hard to travel with as by nature they are made up of multiple layers, with different composites sandwiched in the construction. Could look like a concealment very easily.
I'm not Australian so I don't know the rules there. But, in most cases, as long as law enforcement have reasonable suspicion and behave proportionately, you're not entitled to compensation.
Fines should be higher no matter what country you’re entering. Such low fines does not deterrent anyone from bringing anything illegal.
I agree
if they increase the fines than everyone follows the local law the government will lose a million dollars of income
I agree, it’s laughable. I had to pay $140 each way for excess baggage just going from one state to another for a wedding, how they get fined only $340 for lying and breaking the law in comparison is beyond me
If you're going to lie, at least practice the lie. If you show up representing your own company, you should know the name of said company.
To True ❤
Right?!
Change gloves in between inspections. Avoid cross-contamination; it’s not that hard.
You're ignorant.
Agreed. They should also be sanitizing or washing their hands. Same for the luggage tables they are using.
Also 20 seconds in the inspection officer touches his face with his gloves! Then what is the point of wearing gloves?! I work in healthcare and this would not be allowed.
I'm sure they do, they just don't film them washing or changing gloves
@@katedutchie it's not really safe to wash one's hands that many times a day. Changing the gloves should cover it.
The fisherman should be fined and kicked out.
That may seem like a lot of cash to be carrying but apparently they don't realize that each one of those bills is only worth 12 cents USD.
They realized it. They counted it and determined it was below the $10K threshold.
Only 18 Australian cents
Why would be to bring pesos with you to Australia, what use are they?
@@carlosquinto1383 he said there was a huge foreign transaction fee on Argentine credit cards. Maybe just exchanging pesos for AU dollars and paying in cash makes financial sense
@@carlosquinto1383May be exchange rate at an Australian airport is reasonable, which is normally a few percent above the official rate. He said that in Argentina, they charge 50 percent more to take money out, meaning they add 50 percent to the official rate when you exchange peso for foreign currency at an Argentinian airport or an Argentinian bank. Some countries have limitations on buying foreign currencies as their foreign exchange reserves may be low. If you are a student, who want to study abroad, then you need to apply for permission to exchange currency, and upon approval, you can exchange at an official rate for the amount approved.
I could never work at a place where you come into contact with so many people and their bags and not wear gloves.
In Canada, the minimum fine is $800. Their officials UNDERSTAND that fines must DETER intending LAW BREAKERS, not ENCOURAGE them with pathetically LOW fines. To the Australian authorities this is Fiscal Rocket Science. They are totally mystified why so MANY people keep trying to break the Law. Probably take them another TEN years to marginally increase the fines. High intelligence people. These criminals should fund the Border Control, not Australian tax payers. Another unsolvable MYSTERY.
Too all the genius in the comments saying that worms aren't insects, although the officer misspoke, if you pause the video at 13:56 you'll see the declaration form does say "Animals, parts of animals, ..." and the visitor still ticked no.
The explanation I didn't know I needed
I'm amaze how respectful and professional border security are specially declaring animal+plant products well officers from border security officers
WHAT is this obsession with some of these countries bringing in food and ALL of it completely disgusting: worms, raw meats, teas w/dried snake and lizard skin, dried deer genitalia, regurgitated bird saliva… maggots crawling in food and carriers looking like it’s perfectly normal???
Jaw dropping. Truly jaw dropping! 🤮
Cultural exchange.
A lot fo the food YOU eat would be considered disgusting to THEM.
the worms aren't for eating though
I posted something similar a couple of days ago. It’s like they have no respect for the country they’re entering.
Those sure don’t look like the earthworms I used to fish with!
Bait worms aren't usually earthworms. They come from under beach sand at low tide
They are definitely creepy looking!
They look like ragworms.
Seaworms, and they bite!
Jajajjaaj pobre argentino. How to explain Argentina's disastrous economy in 2 minutes! 😂
The sad reality is that, that pile of cash is probably worth maybe A$1000.
The finger nails 😳
The fisherman also had toilet paper in his luggage. We do have it here !
You never know when you'll get caught short😂😂😂😂😂
The fines are just not high enough!
Improving ability to find crimes > high fines
I saw one episode where everyone got a fine, and they all got fined $420! 😂😂😂
Oh my goodness, the man carried a bunch of the live fish worms to another country just for fishing with his son? I'm stunned!!
Doesn't Australia have bait shops?? Can't you buy worms there - or does he think Chinese worms are better than Australian worms??😊
@@mariahillenbrand8396😂😂😂😂😂
You'd be surprised at how superstitious they are
never trust a dude with a coke fingernail
Not even Bob Ross? Even though he's deceased
@@planetx1595 No dead person has ever been truthful with me!
4:56 As a businessman, I often forget the name of the business that I created and run too. Happens all the time ...
I don't have a business so I forget my own name.
Every respect to border security for the work they do. Just want to say, worms are not insects and the declaration sheet should be specific for invertebrates or nematodes. I believe it should also specify ANY type of animal, living, dead, processed - anything. Then the Chinese guy would have no excuse whatsoever. If the worms were diseased and he's putting them in our waterways to catch fish.....
Off course the border security is doing a good job but sometimes l think that they are on a witch hunt😢
I just want to say, nematodes are invertebrates, too.
@@ellenkarlsson9490 True!🙂
And they weren’t worms, more like millipedes/ centipedes (see the legs?). The average joe wouldn’t know invertebrates from insects, just a generalization.
@@punkpoodle22 They're polychaetes, members of phylum Annelida, i.e. segmented worms. You can easily tell by the body segments and the chaetae (what you think are legs).
Also, insects are invertebrates.
/Biologist specialized in zoological taxonomy
I’d like to see this guy worm his way out of this one!😂
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why bring insects to australia? they already have enough of those.
It dumbfounds me that people would smuggle drugs or other prohibited items.
Desperation or greed. Someone would pay someone else to act as a mule to smuggle the drugs.
How can they go through that guys phone though?
Probable cause. If they have solid grounds to believe there's a crime committed, they can do a search. They have to be able to prove that their suspicions are valid though or they could be in deep trouble.@@Chris.in.taiwan
I have brought a sandwich through on accident.
@@Chris.in.taiwanthey have the authority to do so at the border. It’s like that all over the world. In the US the first thing they’ll do is take your phone and search through all your messages, social media etc.
The fisherman serious penalty is a 350$ fine. This is why people take these countries penalties as a joke. He should have gotten a 3000$ fine.
I would imagine it goes on his record as well, but yeah. So many fines are outdated and should be based on % of income, not a flat fee.
Hard disagree. He didn't know, the fine could be 1,000,000 and he still wouldn't know.
You don’t seem to realize that these fines are quite hefty for people from the poorer countries!
Maybe the fines need to be according to an income or a country one is from!!
inb china that 350 fine is over a week's salary
This aired in 2015. Penalties are much higher now.
The fines should be trebled. Those poor worms 🤦♀️
Fines should be higher it's $500 - $1300 in per violation in Canada
Que alegre que no le encontraron ninguna droga. Estoy bien orgullosa del Argentino.
Make the “exclusion period” MUCH longer than 3 measly years.
Ban him until 2046...
It stays on their history after the exclusion period is up.
To say you didn't know not to bring in live worms baffles me.....pretty sure every country has that rule...and why would you carry worms in a bag....so gross. A 340 fine is nothing....no wonder so many try to get away with it.
6:52 That looks like a lot of money but it is not. Each bill you see is worth $0.12! He's got maybe $200 there.
More like $1.23 USD to 1,000 Argentina pesos
si, son U$200
Poor worms gonna get destroyed. That’s a cheap fine and i would pay in a heart beat rather than go to jail.
Man travels with live worms and bags full of toilet paper.
would you compensate that guy for ruining his board?
No. Why should they? They had reasonable grounds to inspect the board in the first place and they tried to do as little damage as possible while getting a sufficient sample.
That's not true! If there damage the insurance pay for it - I know it because I friend get money back
How can insurance cover it when you are traveling outside your country of residence? And they should, because they were wrong about it, didn’t read the X-ray correctly, and they destroyed his lawful belongings. He was not breaking any laws.
Omgosh, the officers have a hard time admitting when wrong.
I think so too. I get that what they are doing is to protect their ecosystem but some of them are just straight up a**holes.
why should they apologise for doing their job..?
@@Mister0menBecause a number of them are obnoxious, rude and unprofessional! They give a bad impression of the country itself!
Ceramis? he is lieing 10000000% just cancel his visa forever
Yeah, as soon as he "couldn't remember" the name of the company he worked for I stopped believing anything he said.
It's amazing how many idiots think something like thst is going to work. Who forgets what company they work for? So many of these people seem to think that the officials are rookies who were born yesterday rather than experienced officers who have seen and heard it all dozens of times before and can see through it all immediately.
Amazing editing! Great quality Lego review! I am really amazed
This “ Mr. Wang’s” pinky finger nail is longer than the rest of his finger nails…..the man takes drugs-
When the day comes that I i visit Australia for the very first time, I'm not wasting any time touring or visiting anything famous. I'll be going fishing. 😂
For crying out loud, wear eye protection when drilling metal. Geeeez!!
To be fair, one Australian dollar is worth about 550 Argentine pesos. Piles of 100 peso notes doesn't mean much.
If they cut out all the recaps and stock footage, this programme would only last about 15 minutes. It's unnecessary filler imo
Frank's face on that last one!😂
14:58 What? They don’t have worms in Australia?😂 There’s no logic to some of the things people try to hide in their luggage.
Good work 👍
I don't understand why fines for traffic infringements in Australia are higher than for attempting to smuggle organic material or living organisms (!) through an airport which can cause pests and diseases in the country that pose a potential risk for economy, environment and community. Doesn't make any sense.
lol those 'fish worms' were absolutely vile
Most of these shows are at least 10 years old and fines have greatly increased.
Imagine going to jail for some worms 🐛🪱
That officer who thinks worms are insects 😂😂
When you purchase your ticket, you should be given all these restrictions printed out so you dont get blindsided. These agents let the obvious bad guys come on in and send others like that girl who was going to get married, back to England.
Rag worms are great bait. They are found in most coastal areas.
Love this show. Good job !
That Silent Hill soundtrack in the background XD
Seriously, fine is too cheap to be true!
Dude with the worms should have been sent home. He knew what he was doing, and he’s only going to take undersized fish and ignore all fisheries laws.
The guy with the live worms. they will never ever ever tell you the truth
What??? Worms 😹🫣
A lot of foreigners have different moral guidelines, if any. Especially the Chinese.
@@superleggendaYep. The Chinese are about getting to the goal,no matter how. This is why people shouldn’t be impressed when they see them do well in school here. They get the grade by any means necessary. I’ve seen it over and over.
@@germyw considering that the Chinese plan generations ahead, and we apparently cannot think MONTHS ahead, that’s scary.
When they lie they should be banned for life
Blatant disregard for the rules.
I find it ‘interesting’ that the majority of passengers breaking the laws are of Asian descent.
Bringing in so much food, seeds and ‘nonsense’ and then pretending they don’t understand.
They need to be prosecuted.
Not just given tiny fines of a few hundred dollars. Disgraceful.
Their behaviour is Criminal.
Should be deported and fined if caught.
At least the Asian man was pleasant enough...He admitted his wrong & paid the fine.. Good on you..Why can't all people be like this...After all the law is the law..
I will never carry worms what for? you can buy them right there in Australia
Lindo el Argentino LIMPIO desde la cabeza hasta los pies.
Is the fisherman kidding?
There is no worms in Australia, so you need to bring your own worms?
What nonsense 😮
And where's the rest of the equipment?
Even normal person can see the snow board was in same shape across and even small dots were same on both side but not for Australian customs clowns
I'm Australian and I could tell that snowboard is fine 😂
I agree, the guy came across as honest to me.
I don't even snowboard and I know it's perfectly fine! 😂
It was a pretty high reading and you can replicate things pretty well
If border security destroy an item looking for drugs and then there is no drugs, is it just the passenger's tough luck? I'm assuming they have some sort of immunity from claims.
When I went to Buenos Aires, I would say their money was worthless. Even though it is bundled its value would be trivial. Also, the conversion of money in Argentina’s bank is 50% lower than in Western Union
Considering that the whole economy collapsed, it is not unexpected. The guy was carrying 50 billion pesos, equaling 50 Australian Dollars.
@@superleggendaare you exaggerating? Hahah 50 aud is around 33 thousand argentinian pesos
why is it always someone from my country with the contaminated food?💀💀
The man who can't remember the name of his company has dirty fingernails. Not a promising sign. Also - ick. A pet peeve of mine - dirty fingernails on anyone [male or female].
OMG...the Cash ..!
no gloves ?
It would be easier to tell the truth! Why do people lie ???
Im curious: Gregg is talking to a Chinese man who seems to KNOW what Gregg is saying but then answers through an interpreter. Does the man know English or not! Also Australia needs to up their fines . All these people know they can’t bring in various articles, so they’re going to get a fine. The officers lead the offenders to believe they’re going to get a HUGE fine…and then slap them really, really hard with -OMG -a whopping $220!!! “Please Mr officer, that’s too much; I have no money , blah, blah, blah.” What I’m saying is, the fines are laughable..
People should realize as soon as you say the words, it’s not mine or I am carrying that for a friend, is red flags for drugs. By saying it doesn’t belong to you does not mean you’re off the hook.
The Chinese guys nails just give me nightmares. My wife’s family has those and I can’t take it.
At least the guy was bringing the worms for fishing and not farming.
He doesn’t remember the name of the company he works for or owns or represents? Right!
The dogs ❤️
Omg, how long these insects might have suffered without oxygen and tied in a bag. Omg, for money, humans can go to such an extent. Just $ 350, I would atlest charge him $10,000 plus 5 days incarceration on charges of animal cruelty. He has suffocated the worms, must have bigger plans. It seems like he has brought a live chicken so that he could enjoy a chicken curry with his son. You find all stuff all over the world.
The Chinese man should have said, "Worms are not insects, they belong to the phylum Annelida. Therefore I did not answer your legal declaration form incorrectly, and I should be free to go without penalty."
So funny when the camera keeps zooming in on those gross finger nails
The nails where their on character
Having been to Argentina, when I saw the large bundles of cash, I knew it was not enough to worry about. Once I exchanged about a thousand US dollars there, and they were out of the largest denomination, so they gave me an absurdly large pile of money. It was comical, but annoying to carry and spend.
Ruined his homies snow board for no reason lol
Who is going to pay for the damaged snowboard?????
But on the declaration form, worm is not on it. Plus worms are not insects.
A worm isn't an insect?!
@@dericofdorking nope
It also said 'animals, or parts of animals'.
TO THE NARRATOR: you need to do research before assuming that all worms are earthworms. Ragworms live in water not dirt and they prefer saltwater but some DO live in freshwater. They burrow into sand on the shoreline.
You know the narrator is reading a script, right?
It's just a voice, mate.
Does the narrator write the scripts??
Finding prohibited and dangerous bugs or meat and touching them with bare hands or a pen?? Who trains those officers??
1$ million spread across 2000 grams makes each gram $500 🤣
Not worms but centipedes
Did they ever deliver the part and catch the receiving party?
Yeah, its called a controlled delivery and done by the Australian Federal police
if i guy say my dad works for western union i would arrest him on spot :))
These are not worms ...They are centipedes.
no you're wrong. They are a type of bristle worm. They live in the ocean.
Correct, worms are animals not insects
He doesn't know the name of the company that he works for????? 😂😂😂😂😂
do they reimburse people for damage caused to stuff that they have drilled?
What happened to the snowboard, who pays for that?
Strange that no staff or security knows how a snowboard is made, or skateboard, or surfboard, etc. They are made in a bunch of different parts and materials, for strength and flexibility. If they drilled a hole in mine, even after I told them this, I would make then pay for a new board.
The money problem is something that I understand, I’m from Venezuela
A worm? They eat anything
What happens if they drill a part and it comes back clear.... do they pay for a new one or just send you a now broken part?
As with the snowboard, (test was clear when drilled), and the guy got his snowboard back with a new ventilation hole. There is almost certainly some small print T&C that states the authorities have the right to inspect and test in any way they deem necessary in order to protect borders.
Surely they should pay for a new board? Or at least cover repair costs?
If they had drilled into my £3000 MacBook to check for drugs, only then hand it back saying "oopsie, it's all clear" I'd be furious
@@lozkongif damaged goods need to be compensated then smugglers would simply hide their illegal stuff in expensive items. Lol.
It doesn’t work this way. It’s not your right to enter a country but an entitlement. You are just a guest n can easily be denied entry.
@@KKohl well, if a smuggler hides their drugs in something expensive and it gets drilled and identified as drugs, then obviously they would forfeit the right to any compensation for damage to that object. After all, they were actively breaking the law