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: 11/4/2024Network: National GeographicStatus: Continuing

8.71

7 votes

#1 - 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.

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8.29

7 votes

#2 - Coke on the Water

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2022

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.

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8.20

5 votes

#3 - Ice Cold Cocaine

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/28/2023

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.

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8.20

5 votes

#4 - Freeway Meth

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/21/2023

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.

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8.00

18 votes

#5 - Mama's Meth

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/20/2021

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

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8.00

21 votes

#6 - Guns of New York

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/2022

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

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8.00

10 votes

#7 - Meth in the City

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2022

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.

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8.00

8 votes

#8 - It's Raining Meth

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/2022

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.

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8.00

1 votes

#9 - 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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8.00

1 votes

#10 - 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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8.00

1 votes

#11 - Unholy Guacamole

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2024

HSI finds cocaine hidden in frozen avocado paste; CBP recovers stolen cars.

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7.96

25 votes

#12 - Killer Ketamine

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/2022

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

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7.94

18 votes

#13 - 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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7.92

13 votes

#14 - 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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7.88

8 votes

#15 - The Coke Eater

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/7/2023

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.

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7.86

14 votes

#16 - 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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7.83

6 votes

#17 - Popped for Pills

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/24/2023

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.

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7.83

6 votes

#18 - Bananas and Blow

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/31/2023

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

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7.83

6 votes

#19 - Dope in the Hood

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/14/2023

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

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7.81

36 votes

#20 - 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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