The Force: Behind the Line is an Australian documentary reality television series that premiered on Seven Network on August 22, 2006. It stars Simon Reeve.
The Force: Behind the Line is an Australian documentary television series about the Western Australia Police, hosted by Simon Reeve and aired nationally on the Seven Network from 22 August 2006. Similarly to Border Security: Australia's Front Line and the American Cops series, each episode intermixes three or four investigations per episode.
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The Force: Behind the Line is an Australian documentary television series about the Western Australia Police, hosted by Simon Reeve and aired nationally on the Seven Network from 22 August 2006. Similarly to Border Security: Australia's Front Line and the American Cops series, each episode intermixes three or four investigations per episode.
Tonight, the police's eye in the sky spots a hoon, a desperate and dangerous man at a service station and a small child in distress.
April 11, 2010
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Tonight, Police go all out to destroy forests of cannabis and catch the growers, plus brazen crooks on camera in a wealthy suburb.
April 18, 2010
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Tonight, GPS technology leads police to the location of a stolen car, a suspected cannabis growers multiple sites are searched.
April 25, 2010
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February 6, 2011
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February 13, 2011
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February 20, 2011
Season 9 preview8 episodes total
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101
May 8, 2012
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May 22, 2012
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May 28, 2012
Season 10 preview21 episodes total
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February 3, 2013
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February 10, 2013
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111
February 17, 2013
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July 16, 2014
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July 23, 2014
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July 28, 2014
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August 12, 2015
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August 19, 2015
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August 26, 2015
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In Gunderworld, a drug smuggling syndicate has been arming organised crime gangs in Sydney with overseas weapons. Police raid the house of a suspected drug dealer in Victoria.
June 7, 2017
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Redfern Police are on patrol in an unmarked police car looking for wanted offenders and people who have breached their bail conditions. Also, police respond to a grass fire on the Hume Highway.
June 14, 2017
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Operation Permute targets large scale cannabis cultivation activities of a number of Vietnamese immigrants in Melbourne. A P-plater is detected speeding at 146km/h in a 100km zone.
June 28, 2017
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Police searching for illegal firearms in semi-rural Serpentine locate a 'Bag Lab', a cooler bag filled with noxious liquids and compounds used in the illicit manufacture of methyl amphetamine.
July 31, 2018
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Police exercise a warrant at a house suspected of having a hydroponic cannabis setup. A Nigerian woman is caught in a huge credit card skimming scheme. A P Plater is caught doing 45kms over the limit.
August 28, 2018
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A police pursuit through suburban streets to stop a man in a stolen car. Three men are caught up in a massive drug bust. Detectives catch a burglar and find more than they bargained for.
July 3, 2019
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July 17, 2019
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Police conduct a search warrant on a drug premises, to locate a suspected clan lab protected by guard dogs. A disqualified driver spins a fanciful yarn as to why she is standing beside her car.
September 17, 2019
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Over 80 police conduct six dawn raids on homes scattered across western Sydney to arrest numerous targets for their involvement in the illegal supply and sale of firearms.