The WORST episodes of To Catch a Smuggler

Every episode of To Catch a Smuggler ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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: 5/17/2025Network: National GeographicStatus: Continuing

6.80

49 votes

#1 - 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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7.00

4 votes

#2 - 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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7.40

10 votes

#3 - 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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7.43

21 votes

#4 - 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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7.43

14 votes

#5 - Six Million Dollar Seizure

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/20/2022

HSI takes down a multi-million-dollar, transnational smuggling ring of airline employees.

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7.44

16 votes

#6 - Dark Net Dragnet

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2022

HSI busts a notorious dark web trafficker in France, while CBP screens travelers for fentanyl in AZ and airline passengers for illicit cash in FL.

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7.50

8 votes

#7 - Dope on a Rope

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/13/2022

CBP pulls a line of meth from a gas tank and stops an internal body carrier with fentanyl.

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7.50

16 votes

#8 - Endangered and Smuggled

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2021

CBP investigates a trend of cocaine concealed in coffee bags, and cracks down on a series of wildlife trafficking crimes.

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7.52

21 votes

#9 - Cocaine Snapper

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/2022

HSI Miami catches a shipment of cocaine-filled fish, CBP takes on human smuggling at the border, and agriculture specialists in ATL search passengers.

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7.60

5 votes

#10 - 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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7.60

15 votes

#11 - Tunnel from Tijuana

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2022

AMO Puerto Rico sinks a marine smuggling op. In San Diego, HSI shuts down a tunnel dug under the border by a cartel, and a CBP K9 finds drugs in a car.

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7.63

16 votes

#12 - Powdered Rims

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/2022

HSI finds cocaine-filled tire rims in cargo and nabs a car loaded with meth and fentanyl.

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7.63

19 votes

#13 - Party Drugs

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2021

CBP looks out for party drugs, prostitutes and counterfeit goods entering Miami during Super Bowl. HSI tracks the case of a drug-filled car battery.

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7.64

11 votes

#14 - 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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7.64

11 votes

#15 - Million Dollar Ride

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/6/2022

HSI seizes counterfeit cash and vax cards. CBP pulls 205 kilos of meth out of one car.

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7.69

16 votes

#16 - The Coke Inside

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/27/2021

Using an undercover agent, HSI finds a meth smuggler in Atlanta. CBP officers catch a passenger in New York with drugs inserted inside of her.

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7.70

23 votes

#17 - 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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7.72

29 votes

#18 - 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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7.75

20 votes

#19 - Smorgasbord of Smack

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/2/2022

HSI nabs car loaded with a medley of narcotics, while CBP seizes looted ancient artifacts.

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7.76

25 votes

#20 - Bunked in a Trunk

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2022

Officers confront human smuggling at the border and nab a car loaded with fentanyl

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7.78

40 votes

#21 - 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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