The BEST episodes of To Catch a Smuggler

#1 - Decoys, Diversions and Drug Busts

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/19/2020

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.

#2 - Cocaine Sausages

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/12/2020

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

#3 - Meth Inside the Machine

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/16/2024

#4 - Drugs, Bugs and the Big Buy-Bust

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/9/2024

#5 - No Rest for the Wicked

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/2024

A 48-hour sting leads HSI to a stash house; CBP finds drugs in gas tanks.

#6 - These Bedsheets Are Dope!

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/25/2024

CBP Dulles finds outbound drugs; Border Patrol tracks human smugglers.

#7 - Spiced and Loaded

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/2024

HSI tails vehicle transporting meth; CBP seizes looted Ukrainian relics.

#8 - Blitzed at the Border

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/11/2024

CBP in McAllen faces a possible bomb; HSI arrests fentanyl traffickers.

#9 - Meth Lab Takedown

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/19/2021

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.

#10 - Weed In, Weed Out

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/2024

Border Patrol chases suspect fleeing arrest; CBP stops weed leaving U.S.

#11 - Cocaine Shoes

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/7/2021

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.

#12 - Fentanyl Within

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/21/2021

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.

#13 - Express Delivery Ecstasy

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/5/2021

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

#14 - Mega Millions Meth Stash

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/12/2021

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.

#15 - Not My Meth

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/1/2024

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.

#16 - My Big Fat Weed Run

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/29/2024

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.

#17 - Mobile Meth

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/28/2021

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

#18 - Guac and Coke

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/2022

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.

#19 - Drugs, Guns and Money

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/5/2020

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.

#20 - Flesh, Bones, Ketamine and Drones

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/12/2024

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

#21 - Coked-up Oatmeal

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/5/2024

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

#22 - New Drug on the Block

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/22/2024

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

#23 - Coke and the Kids

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/15/2024

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

#24 - Pots of Coke

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/8/2024

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

#25 - Cocaine Leaks and Ancient Greeks

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/24/2024

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.