The BEST episodes of To Catch a Smuggler
Every episode of To Catch a Smuggler ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of To Catch a Smuggler!
Millions enter the US through airports each year, and hid amongst them are a stream of contraband. DHS will stop at nothing to catch these smugglers.
#2 - Unholy Guacamole
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2024
HSI finds cocaine hidden in frozen avocado paste; CBP recovers stolen cars.
#3 - Weed In, Weed Out
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/4/2024
Border Patrol chases suspect fleeing arrest; CBP stops weed leaving U.S.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - Lockdown Lockup
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/14/2021
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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Smuggle Once, Smuggle Twice?
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/29/2020
An international operation to stop arms trafficking networks leads HSI and Argentinian authorities to raid the homes of possible weapons traffickers.
#16 - Suspicious Suitcase
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/15/2020
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.
#17 - Club Drugs and Party People
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/2020
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.
#19 - Dark Web and Liquid Drugs
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2021
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.
#20 - Coke, Cakes and Cash
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/2021
HSI pursues a case of cocaine-filled cakes across state lines, and CBP seizes more than $100,000 of undeclared currency.
#21 - Stash House Takedown
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/2021
HSI disrupt a transnational meth ring and CBP seize a huge shipment of illegal shark fins.
#22 - 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.
#25 - Bud Bound for Britain
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/13/2025
HSI Miami investigates a counterfeit passport ring, with a son implicating his own mother.