UK Border Force

Legitimate Business or Not (1x1)

Ausstrahlung: Sep 09, 2008

At Terminal 3 Immigration Officer Lisa Lea check the passport of a man from Pakistan who says he’s here to do some marketing for his fruit and veg business. Lisa is suspicious from the outset when she looks at his passport stamps. She finds out he’s living in Britain and running businesses based in Britain. This is illegal. He denies everything despite compelling evidence. He is refused entry and returned on the next flight back to Pakistan. Another officer at Heathrow, Tim Wetherall, picks up an Indian couple who are found by customs carrying 18,000 cigarettes and 27kilos of tobacco. After the interview the man threatens to kill himself. They are offered asylum and accept. The couple changes their mind at the last minute and the Chief Immigration Officer does a deal with them to protect them from any potential legal problems on return to India.