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.

Last Updated: 9/1/2025Network: National GeographicStatus: Continuing

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#1 - 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.

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#2 - Hidden Compartments

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2021

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.

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#3 - 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.

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#4 - Cocaine Rides in the Crew Cab

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/13/2023

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.

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#5 - 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.

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#6 - 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.

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#7 - 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.

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#8 - Cocaine Crackdown

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/21/2020

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

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#9 - 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.

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#10 - 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.

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#11 - Internal Investigation

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2020

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

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#12 - 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.

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#13 - 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.

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#14 - 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.

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#15 - 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.

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#16 - 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.

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#17 - 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.

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#18 - 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.

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#19 - 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.

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#20 - 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.

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#21 - 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.

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#22 - 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.

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#23 - Supercharged Botox and Blow

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/27/2025

CBP and HSI work together to take down traffickers of coke and marijuana.

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#24 - These Bedsheets Are Dope!

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

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

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#25 - Guns Gone Wild

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/20/2025

CBP seizes fentanyl, coke and heroin; HSI Miami intercepts outbound guns.