Drugs aren't the only thing criminals try to smuggle past Australia's border. Tarantulas, piglets and other animals harmful to the nation's biosecurity. Illegal animal imports have significant impacts on our crucial agriculture industries. These sorts of imports are usually orchestrated by organised crime groups who use the revenue to fund other illegal activities and their extravagant lifestyles.

An armed robber has once again hit a tobacconist in Queensland. The balaclava clad man armed with a machete stormed the Rasmussen store and demanded cash and....cigarettes. The 45 year old female attendant was not hurt but severely shaken up.

And South Australian police have uncovered a steroid lab in Adelaide. Police identified a number of packages they thought were suspicious and tracked it down to a huge steroid operation. Find out the extraordinary excuse the man's legal team used on this episode of BUSTED.

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