The BEST episodes of To Catch a Smuggler season 1

Every episode of To Catch a Smuggler season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of To Catch a Smuggler season 1!

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: 3/16/2025Network: National GeographicStatus: Continuing

10.00

1 votes

#1 - 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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10.00

1 votes

#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.

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10.00

1 votes

#3 - 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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8.00

15 votes

#4 - 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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7.85

39 votes

#5 - 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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7.82

33 votes

#6 - 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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7.68

22 votes

#7 - 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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7.67

27 votes

#8 - 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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