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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - Lockdown Lockup
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/14/2021
CBP finds a smuggler of so-called “crazy pills” at JFK and responds to the COVID-19 crisis on the southern border, seizing over 800 lbs of meth.
#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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#12 - Fentanyl Within
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/21/2021
CBP Nogales busts a man internally smuggling fentanyl from Mexico. HSI delves into the dark web to stop a deadly party drug linked to overdoses.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#23 - No Rest for the Wicked
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/2024
A 48-hour sting leads HSI to a stash house; CBP finds drugs in gas tanks.
#24 - Beagle Brigade Blowout
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/3/2025
HSI busts date-rape drug traffickers; CBP stops a car filled with cocaine.
#25 - 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.