To Catch a Smuggler
To Catch a Smuggler

To Catch a Smuggler (2020)

8.610 seasonsDocumentary

Millions enter the US through airports each year, and hid amongst them are a stream of contraband ill intentions. Defending our borders are the vigilant men and women of the Department of Homeland Security, whose agencies make up a three-tiered defense of America’s airports. DHS will stop at nothing to catch a smuggler.

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Specials5 episodes
Courier to Kingpin

1. Courier to Kingpin

45 min

Customs and Border Protection officers found 4 kilos of cocaine in the suitcase of a passenger arriving from Guyana. Homeland Security investigators are interrogating him and trying to find out who he brought the drugs for. Later, a young man from the Dominican Republic is stopped and questioned for his nervous behavior, while a man from Bangladesh comes forward with a confusing story. Meanwhile, investigative units scan luggage on overnight flights with X-ray machines and dogs in search of illegal substances, while postal packages are screened for contraband.

Cavity Courier

2. Cavity Courier

45 min

Two passengers arriving from Guyana will also be noticed by customs. Cocaine was found in the converted suitcase of one of them, while the other was unable to give a meaningful answer when stopped and was taken in for questioning to find out the reason for his confusion. During the passport control, a suspicious stamp of a passenger arriving from Paraguay is noticed by the inspectors. A passenger from Jamaica is found to have cocaine in his shoe sole and is interrogated by a special agent for internal security. Meanwhile, postal packages are screened for illicit substances and an agricultural specialist searches passengers' baggage for illicit foodstuffs.

Hidden Heroin

3. Hidden Heroin

45 min

CBP's target team discovers a package containing engine pistons. When the weights of each piston begin to differ drastically, the officers decide to drill for drugs, leading them to a heroin trafficker in D.C.

Coke in the Coat

4. Coke in the Coat

45 min

After CBP officers search bags, they discover cocaine in the lining of some coats. In the mail room, Officer Boris identifies a package containing a photo album and half a pound of heroin worth around $13,000.

Search & Seize

5. Search & Seize

45 min

When an 18-year-old trying to smuggle cocaine in the lining of his suitcase is selected for a random baggage search, CBP officers find the narcotic seeping through cracks in his suitcase. Now they work to get him to cooperate and start naming names.

Season 18 episodes
Internal Investigation

1. Internal Investigation

44 min

MIA CBP investigates a traveler suspected of smuggling drugs internally. JFK HSI conducts a controlled delivery of ecstasy to Wall Street in Manhattan.

Club Drugs and Party People

2. Club Drugs and Party People

44 min

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.

Suspicious Suitcase

3. Suspicious Suitcase

44 min

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.

Cocaine Crackdown

4. Cocaine Crackdown

44 min

LAX CBP monitors suspicious bags. At JFK, officers find bottles of liquid cocaine. MIA HSI conducts a controlled delivery of cocaine found in paintings.

Smuggle Once, Smuggle Twice?

5. Smuggle Once, Smuggle Twice?

44 min

An international operation to stop arms trafficking networks leads HSI and Argentinian authorities to raid the homes of possible weapons traffickers.

Drugs, Guns and Money

6. Drugs, Guns and Money

44 min

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.

Cocaine Sausages

7. Cocaine Sausages

44 min

CBP gets the truth out of a suspicious Nigerian passenger arriving at LAX. HSI zeroes in on food couriers smuggling narcotics into JFK.

Decoys, Diversions and Drug Busts

8. Decoys, Diversions and Drug Busts

44 min

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.

Season 215 episodes
Mama's Meth

1. Mama's Meth

44 min

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

The Coke Inside

2. The Coke Inside

44 min

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.

Party Drugs

3. Party Drugs

44 min

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.

Endangered and Smuggled

4. Endangered and Smuggled

44 min

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

Hidden Compartments

5. Hidden Compartments

44 min

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.

Stash House Takedown

6. Stash House Takedown

44 min

HSI disrupt a transnational meth ring and CBP seize a huge shipment of illegal shark fins.

Coke, Cakes and Cash

7. Coke, Cakes and Cash

44 min

HSI pursues a case of cocaine-filled cakes across state lines, and CBP seizes more than $100,000 of undeclared currency.

Dark Web and Liquid Drugs

8. Dark Web and Liquid Drugs

44 min

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.

Cocaine Shoes

9. Cocaine Shoes

44 min

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.

Lockdown Lockup

10. Lockdown Lockup

44 min

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.

Fentanyl Within

11. Fentanyl Within

44 min

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.

Mobile Meth

12. Mobile Meth

44 min

CBP New York discovers priceless shipments of looted ancient artifacts. CBP Newark intercepts stolen luxury cars headed for the overseas black market.

Express Delivery Ecstasy

13. Express Delivery Ecstasy

44 min

CBP finds multiple doses of lethal fentanyl hidden within passenger cars, and CBP Newark searches for an illegal stowaway onboard a cargo ship

Mega Millions Meth Stash

14. Mega Millions Meth Stash

44 min

While inspecting commercial cargo from Mexico, Laredo CBP discovers liquid meth concealed within paint buckets. In Atlanta, HSI conducts a controlled delivery of an air conditioner filled with 2 kgs of meth.

Meth Lab Takedown

15. Meth Lab Takedown

44 min

HSI tails a truck loaded with narcotics to a meth compound near Los Angeles, and CBP discovers fentanyl and meth in cars using trusted traveler lanes.

Season 312 episodes
Smuggled and Muzzled

1. Smuggled and Muzzled

44 min

CBP Nogales uncovers cocaine in the bumper of a car crossing from Mexico, and CBP Atlanta stops a woman smuggling underaged puppies from Brazil.

Jungle Stash

2. Jungle Stash

44 min

CBP hunts for drug runners off the coast and in the jungles of Puerto Rico, while CBP Laredo seizes 130 lbs of marijuana hidden inside BBQ grills.

Bunked in a Trunk

3. Bunked in a Trunk

44 min

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

Smorgasbord of Smack

4. Smorgasbord of Smack

44 min

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

Killer Ketamine

5. Killer Ketamine

44 min

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

Guns of New York

6. Guns of New York

44 min

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

Gas Tank Meth

7. Gas Tank Meth

44 min

HSI snags a truck loaded with meth, while CBP’s beagles sniff out contraband.

Powdered Rims

8. Powdered Rims

44 min

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

Million Dollar Ride

9. Million Dollar Ride

44 min

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

Dope on a Rope

10. Dope on a Rope

44 min

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

Six Million Dollar Seizure

11. Six Million Dollar Seizure

44 min

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

Drug Boat Bust

12. Drug Boat Bust

44 min

CBP seizes counterfeit medications, and HSI pursues a series of maritime smuggling cases.

Season 410 episodes
Cocaine Snapper

1. Cocaine Snapper

44 min

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

Talibani Treasure Trove

2. Talibani Treasure Trove

44 min

HSI busts a ketamine smuggler in Miami, K9s sniff out fentanyl in San Diego and JFK officers uncover ancient gold looted from Afghanistan.

Tunnel from Tijuana

3. Tunnel from Tijuana

44 min

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.

Dark Net Dragnet

4. Dark Net Dragnet

44 min

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.

Blow Overboard

5. Blow Overboard

44 min

AMO agents in Puerto Rico chase smugglers at sea who toss their load overboard, while meth pops out of a car after a fender bender in El Paso.

Coke on the Water

6. Coke on the Water

44 min

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.

MDMA on the Move

7. MDMA on the Move

44 min

HSI tracks an ecstasy package through Chicago, while CBP finds fentanyl abandoned in a bathroom in Texas and searches travelers for narcotics at JFK.

Meth in the City

8. Meth in the City

44 min

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.

Guac and Coke

9. Guac and Coke

44 min

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.

It's Raining Meth

10. It's Raining Meth

44 min

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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