To Catch a Smuggler (TV Series 2020– ) 2020

Millions enter the US through airports each year, and hid amongst them are a stream of contraband ill intentions. Defending our borders are the vigilant men and women of the Department of Homeland Security, whose agencies make up a three-tiered defense of America’s airports. DHS will stop at nothing to catch a smuggler.

Genre: Documentary

1Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1

January 1, 2020

MIA CBP investigates a traveler suspected of smuggling drugs internally. JFK HSI conducts a controlled delivery of ecstasy to Wall Street in Manhattan.

2Season 1

Season 1, Episode 2

January 7, 2020

MIA CBP finds a package of ecstasy, which leads to a controlled delivery and arrest. JFK CBP questions a traveler connected to known drug smugglers.

3Season 1

Season 1, Episode 3

January 15, 2020

MIA CBP searches a traveler with a suspicious story and suitcase. JFK HSI works to open pistons filled with drugs, which leads to a controlled delivery.

4Season 1

Season 1, Episode 4

January 21, 2020

LAX CBP monitors suspicious bags. At JFK, officers find bottles of liquid cocaine. MIA HSI conducts a controlled delivery of cocaine found in paintings.

5Season 1

Season 1, Episode 5

January 29, 2020

An international operation to stop arms trafficking networks leads HSI and Argentinian authorities to raid the homes of possible weapons traffickers.

6Season 1

Season 1, Episode 6

February 5, 2020

CBP JFK finds drugs concealed in cans, HSI Miami stops a date rape drug from hitting the streets, and CBP LAX suspects a woman of marriage fraud.

7Season 1

Season 1, Episode 7

February 12, 2020

CBP gets the truth out of a suspicious Nigerian passenger arriving at LAX. HSI zeroes in on food couriers smuggling narcotics into JFK.

8Season 1

Season 1, Episode 8

February 19, 2020

HSI and CBP team up to stop drugs from coming through JFK, and in Miami, a passenger with ties to a known drug smuggler is questioned.

1Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1

January 20, 2021

HSI conducts a controlled delivery of meth, while CBP deals with an unruly passenger.

2Season 2

Season 2, Episode 2

January 27, 2021

Using an undercover agent, HSI finds a meth smuggler in Atlanta. CBP officers catch a passenger in New York with drugs inserted inside of her.

3Season 2

Season 2, Episode 3

February 3, 2021

CBP looks out for party drugs, prostitutes and counterfeit goods entering Miami during Super Bowl. HSI tracks the case of a drug-filled car battery.

4Season 2

Season 2, Episode 4

February 10, 2021

CBP investigates a trend of cocaine concealed in coffee bags, and cracks down on a series of wildlife trafficking crimes.

5Season 2

Season 2, Episode 5

February 17, 2021

HSI takes to the streets of Brooklyn to arrest the person picking up a suitcase of cocaine. CBP catches a man who has swallowed 85 pellets of cocaine.

6Season 2

Season 2, Episode 6

January 27, 2020

HSI disrupt a transnational meth ring and CBP seize a huge shipment of illegal shark fins.

7Season 2

Season 2, Episode 7

March 3, 2021

HSI pursues a case of cocaine-filled cakes across state lines, and CBP seizes more than $100,000 of undeclared currency.

8Season 2

Season 2, Episode 8

March 10, 2021

HSI takes down a suspected weapons trafficker with ties to organized crime. CBP is on alert for popular club drugs being concealed in liquid form.

9Season 2

Season 2, Episode 9

April 7, 2021

Hidden among the millions who enter the U.S. through JFK, MIA and ATL is dangerous contraband. DHS will stop at nothing to catch these smugglers.

10Season 2

Season 2, Episode 10

April 14, 2021

CBP finds a smuggler of so-called “crazy pills” at JFK and responds to the COVID-19 crisis on the southern border, seizing over 800 lbs of meth.

11Season 2

Season 2, Episode 11

April 21, 2021

CBP Nogales busts a man internally smuggling fentanyl from Mexico. HSI delves into the dark web to stop a deadly party drug linked to overdoses.

12Season 2

Season 2, Episode 12

April 28, 2021

CBP New York discovers priceless shipments of looted ancient artifacts. CBP Newark intercepts stolen luxury cars headed for the overseas black market.

13Season 2

Season 2, Episode 13

May 5, 2021

CBP finds multiple doses of lethal fentanyl hidden within passenger cars, and CBP Newark searches for an illegal stowaway onboard a cargo ship

14Season 2

Season 2, Episode 14

May 12, 2021

While inspecting commercial cargo from Mexico, Laredo CBP discovers liquid meth concealed within paint buckets. In Atlanta, HSI conducts a controlled delivery of an air conditioner filled with 2 kgs of meth.

15Season 2

Season 2, Episode 15

May 19, 2021

HSI tails a truck loaded with narcotics to a meth compound near Los Angeles, and CBP discovers fentanyl and meth in cars using trusted traveler lanes.

1Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1

February 9, 2022

CBP Nogales uncovers cocaine in the bumper of a car crossing from Mexico, and CBP Atlanta stops a woman smuggling underaged puppies from Brazil.

2Season 3

Season 3, Episode 2

February 16, 2022

CBP hunts for drug runners off the coast and in the jungles of Puerto Rico, while CBP Laredo seizes 130 lbs of marijuana hidden inside BBQ grills.

3Season 3

Season 3, Episode 3

February 23, 2022

Officers confront human smuggling at the border and nab a car loaded with fentanyl

4Season 3

Season 3, Episode 4

March 2, 2022

HSI nabs car loaded with a medley of narcotics, while CBP seizes looted ancient artifacts.

5Season 3

Season 3, Episode 5

March 9, 2022

CBP screens for club drugs hidden in toiletries, while HSI uncovers meth buried in garlic.

6Season 3

Season 3, Episode 6

March 16, 2022

HSI busts an illegal gun operation in NYC, while CBP confronts a meth surge from Mexico.

7Season 3

Season 3, Episode 7

March 23, 2022

HSI snags a truck loaded with meth, while CBP’s beagles sniff out contraband.

8Season 3

Season 3, Episode 8

March 30, 2022

HSI finds cocaine-filled tire rims in cargo and nabs a car loaded with meth and fentanyl.

9Season 3

Season 3, Episode 9

April 6, 2022

HSI seizes counterfeit cash and vax cards. CBP pulls 205 kilos of meth out of one car.

10Season 3

Season 3, Episode 10

April 13, 2022

CBP pulls a line of meth from a gas tank and stops an internal body carrier with fentanyl.

11Season 3

Season 3, Episode 11

April 20, 2022

HSI takes down a multi-million-dollar, transnational smuggling ring of airline employees.

12Season 3

Season 3, Episode 12

April 27, 2022

CBP seizes counterfeit medications, and HSI pursues a series of maritime smuggling cases.

1Season 4

Season 4, Episode 1

September 14, 2022

HSI Miami catches a shipment of cocaine-filled fish, CBP takes on human smuggling at the border, and agriculture specialists in ATL search passengers.

2Season 4

Season 4, Episode 2

September 21, 2022

HSI busts a ketamine smuggler in Miami, K9s sniff out fentanyl in San Diego and JFK officers uncover ancient gold looted from Afghanistan.

3Season 4

Season 4, Episode 3

September 28, 2022

AMO Puerto Rico sinks a marine smuggling op. In San Diego, HSI shuts down a tunnel dug under the border by a cartel, and a CBP K9 finds drugs in a car.

4Season 4

Season 4, Episode 4

October 5, 2022

HSI busts a notorious dark web trafficker in France, while CBP screens travelers for fentanyl in AZ and airline passengers for illicit cash in FL.

5Season 4

Season 4, Episode 5

October 12, 2022

AMO agents in Puerto Rico chase smugglers at sea who toss their load overboard, while meth pops out of a car after a fender bender in El Paso.

6Season 4

Season 4, Episode 6

October 19, 2022

HSI stakes out a cartel handoff of cocaine in Texas, while CBP finds coke hidden on ships in Miami and screens for duty violations at JFK.

7Season 4

Season 4, Episode 7

October 26, 2022

HSI tracks an ecstasy package through Chicago, while CBP finds fentanyl abandoned in a bathroom in Texas and searches travelers for narcotics at JFK.

8Season 4

Season 4, Episode 8

November 2, 2022

HSI executes a controlled delivery of meth in Brooklyn, while CBP finds 2C on partiers in Florida and a vehicle bursting with meth in San Diego.

9Season 4

Season 4, Episode 9

November 9, 2022

CBP finds 142 kilos of coke in a shipment of avocados in Florida, while CBP, HSI and Border Patrol pursue human smuggling leads in Texas.

10Season 4

Season 4, Episode 10

November 16, 2022

HSI executes a controlled delivery of ketamine in Queens, NY, while CBP recovers stolen artifacts in Miami and finds a mega shipment of meth at LAX.

1Season 5

Season 5, Episode 1

May 10, 2023

CBP finds an SUV loaded with meth at the border and counterfeit cash in Atlanta. Operation Blood Moon yields 2000 kilos of cocaine in Puerto Rico.

2Season 5

Season 5, Episode 2

May 17, 2023

In the heat of El Paso, CBP stops 30 kilos of cocaine from crossing the border. Officers intercept $150K worth of illegal pills in Philadelphia.

3Season 5

Season 5, Episode 3

May 24, 2023

CBP and HSI target 25,000 ecstasy pills intercepted in Germany bound for PHL. CBP finds $143K of meth at the border, and an ancient statue at JFK.

4Season 5

Season 5, Episode 4

May 31, 2023

At Philly Seaport, CBP finds containers loaded with coke. In El Paso, the cartel thwarts HSI’s controlled delivery of 40 kilos of marijuana.

5Season 5

Season 5, Episode 5

June 7, 2023

CBP questions a man traveling from Panama suspected of ingesting pellets of coke. PR AMO agents track down a boat loaded with $51M worth of cocaine.

6Season 5

Season 5, Episode 6

June 14, 2023

HSI in California organizes undercover drug buys with numerous traffickers. CBP El Paso intercepts Coyotes heading back into Mexico.

7Season 5

Season 5, Episode 7

June 21, 2023

HSI in San Diego tracks a vehicle stuffed with meth all the way to Long Beach. CBP & HSI in Philly test a new drug detection device.

8Season 5

Season 5, Episode 8

June 28, 2023

CBP in El Paso finds $1M of cocaine hidden in a refrigerated cargo truck. LA HSI executes controlled delivery and arrests recipient of date rape drug.

1Season 6

Season 6, Episode 1

July 26, 2023

An HSI stakeout leads to nearly $500K of meth and fentanyl in San Diego. CBP finds concealed cash and a carload of cocaine at the El Paso border.

2Season 6

Season 6, Episode 2

August 2, 2023

PR AMO team hunts down boat loaded with $41M of coke. CBP gets a tip about money smugglers and finds cocaine and people inside car trunks.

3Season 6

Season 6, Episode 3

August 9, 2023

HSI Orange County performs 3 undercover drug stings with multiple arrests. CBP finds cocaine hidden under a vehicle's backseat in Rio Grande Valley.

4Season 6

Season 6, Episode 4

August 16, 2023

CBP's K9 sniffs out stacks of hidden cash in Atlanta. HSI air surveillance tracks a multi-level drug deal in San Diego, seizing $2 million of dope.

5Season 6

Season 6, Episode 5

August 23, 2023

After fentanyl bust at JFK, CBP blitzes food courier bags. SD HSI arrests dealer trying to ship kilo of fentanyl to NY. CBP RGV finds meth and weed.

6Season 6

Season 6, Episode 6

August 30, 2023

HSI helps Colombian National Police take down illegal gold mining ring. CBP finds almost $1.5 million cartel drug haul at RGV port in Texas.

7Season 6

Season 6, Episode 7

September 6, 2023

HSI runs multiple money laundering stings in Chicago. CBP has two of the largest crystal meth seizures in LAX history.

8Season 6

Season 6, Episode 8

September 13, 2023

HSI runs a human trafficking sting at a KC hotel. CBP in Philly is on the hunt for a passenger suspected of making terroristic threats in the US.

1Season 7

Season 7, Episode 1

April 24, 2024

HSI San Diego runs down a drug smuggler during a parking lot cocaine transfer. CBP at JFK discovers gold coins and ancient artifacts in mail parcels.

2Season 7

Season 7, Episode 2

May 1, 2024

A mother crossing by car with her kids is caught smuggling cocaine in El Paso. AMO shoots out the engine of a boat loaded with coke in Puerto Rico.

3Season 7

Season 7, Episode 3

May 8, 2024

HSI tracks a shipment of $12.6 million worth of cocaine hidden in gardening pots. CBP seizes illicit ammo and cash traveling to Mexico.

4Season 7

Season 7, Episode 4

May 15, 2024

HSI chases fleeing coke smugglers near a school. CBP finds shipments of pills, ketamine, & counterfeit cash, and stops knockoff shoes at the border.

5Season 7

Season 7, Episode 5

May 22, 2024

HSI Miami encounters mysterious new drug; CBP finds invasive snails in mail.

6Season 7

Season 7, Episode 6

May 29, 2024

CBP finds weed worth $200k inside a passenger's luggage. HSI in Colombia raids apartment filled with counterfeit sneakers. CBP finds coke in a bumper.

7Season 7

Season 7, Episode 7

June 5, 2024

Undercover HSI Agents bust multiple drug traffickers seizing 30 kilos of meth and fentanyl. CBP finds cocaine hidden in oatmeal and medicine boxes.

8Season 7

Season 7, Episode 8

June 12, 2024

CBP discovers ketamine and human remains in packages from Europe. U.S. Border Patrol intercepts smugglers bringing migrants across the Rio Grande.