The BEST episodes of To Catch a Smuggler season 5

Every episode of To Catch a Smuggler season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of To Catch a Smuggler season 5!

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: 5/17/2025Network: National GeographicStatus: Continuing

8.50

6 votes

#1 - 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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8.50

6 votes

#2 - 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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8.14

7 votes

#3 - 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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8.14

7 votes

#4 - 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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8.14

7 votes

#5 - 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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8.11

9 votes

#6 - 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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7.64

11 votes

#7 - Hot Drugs

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/17/2023

In the heat of El Paso, CBP stops 30 kilos of cocaine from crossing the border. Officers intercept $150K worth of illegal pills in Philadelphia.

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7.40

10 votes

#8 - Boatloads of Coke

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/10/2023

CBP finds an SUV loaded with meth at the border and counterfeit cash in Atlanta. Operation Blood Moon yields 2000 kilos of cocaine in Puerto Rico.

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