To Catch a Smuggler - Season 1

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Internal Investigation

1 - Internal Investigation

Air Date: January 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.

Club Drugs and Party People

2 - Club Drugs and Party People

Air Date: January 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.

Suspicious Suitcase

3 - Suspicious Suitcase

Air Date: January 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.

Cocaine Crackdown

4 - Cocaine Crackdown

Air Date: January 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.

Smuggle Once, Smuggle Twice?

5 - Smuggle Once, Smuggle Twice?

Air Date: January 29, 2020

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

Air Date: February 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.

Cocaine Sausages

7 - Cocaine Sausages

Air Date: February 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.

Decoys, Diversions and Drug Busts

8 - Decoys, Diversions and Drug Busts

Air Date: February 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.