To Catch a Smuggler
| To Catch a Smuggler | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary Reality |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 66 |
| Original release | |
| Network | National Geographic |
| Release | October 8, 2012 – present |
To Catch a Smuggler is a documentary television series that depicts the work of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) law enforcement officers at multiple United States airports. Violations include fraudulent visas, human trafficking, and transportation of contraband items. To Catch a Smuggler is featured on National Geographic.[1]
A typical episode presents several incidents of the following types:
- Interviewing travelers from abroad and examining their documents (passports, visas, etc.), in order to determine whether or not to allow them to enter the country.
- Examining passengers' luggage to find suspected contraband, such as drugs, undeclared currency, or prohibited food items.
- Searching the bodies of individuals suspected of concealing contraband, using methods such as pat-downs, detection dogs, and X-ray scans.
- Detaining individuals suspected of smuggling and turning them over to law enforcement agencies for possible prosecution.
- Investigating criminal smuggling operations (drugs, weapons, counterfeit merchandise, etc.) with the goal of arresting the perpetrators.
The channel features several sister series under the same title, which focus on law enforcement activities at airports and facilities in other countries, including Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, and the Dutch Caribbean.
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 5 | October 8, 2012 | November 5, 2012 | |
| 2 | 8 | January 1, 2020 | February 19, 2020 | |
| 3 | 15 | January 20, 2021 | May 19, 2021 | |
| 4 | 12 | February 9, 2022 | April 27, 2022 | |
| 5 | 10 | September 14, 2022 | November 16, 2022 | |
| 6 | 8 | May 10, 2023 | June 28, 2023 | |
| 7 | 6 | July 26, 2023 | September 13, 2023 | |
Season 1 (2012)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Courier to Kingpin" | October 8, 2012 |
| 2 | 2 | "Cavity Courier" | October 15, 2012 |
| 3 | 3 | "Hidden Heroin" | October 22, 2012 |
| 4 | 4 | "Coke in the Coat" | October 29, 2012 |
| 5 | 5 | "Search & Seize" | November 5, 2012 |
Season 2 (2020)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | "Internal Investigation" | January 1, 2020 |
| 7 | 2 | "Club Drugs and Party People" | January 8, 2020 |
| 8 | 3 | "Suspicious Suitcase" | January 15, 2020 |
| 9 | 4 | "Cocaine Crackdown" | January 22, 2020 |
| 10 | 5 | "Smuggle Once, Smuggle Twice?" | January 29, 2020 |
| 11 | 6 | "Drugs, Guns and Money" | February 15, 2020 |
| 12 | 7 | "Cocaine Sausages" | February 12, 2020 |
| 13 | 8 | "Decoys, Diversions and Drug Busts" | February 19, 2020 |
Season 3 (2021)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Mama's Meth" | January 20, 2021 |
| 15 | 2 | "The Coke Inside" | January 27, 2021 |
| 16 | 3 | "Party Drugs" | February 3, 2021 |
| 17 | 4 | "Endangered and Smuggled" | February 10, 2021 |
| 18 | 5 | "Hidden Compartments" | February 17, 2021 |
| 19 | 6 | "Stash House Takedown" | February 24, 2021 |
| 20 | 7 | "Coke, Cakes and Cash" | March 3, 2021 |
| 21 | 8 | "Dark Web and Liquid Drugs" | March 10, 2021 |
| 22 | 9 | "Cocaine Shoes" | April 7, 2021 |
| 23 | 10 | "Lockdown Lockup" | April 14, 2021 |
| 24 | 11 | "Fentanyl Within" | April 21, 2021 |
| 25 | 12 | "Mobile Meth" | April 28, 2021 |
| 26 | 13 | "Express Delivery Ecstasy" | May 5, 2021 |
| 27 | 14 | "Mega Millions Meth Stash" | May 12, 2021 |
| 28 | 15 | "Meth Lab Takedown" | May 19, 2021 |
Season 4 (2022)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1 | "Smuggled and Muzzled" | February 9, 2022 |
| 30 | 2 | "Jungle Stash" | February 23, 2022 |
| 31 | 3 | "Bunked in a Trunk" | February 23, 2022 |
| 32 | 4 | "Smorgasbord of Smack" | March 2, 2022 |
| 33 | 5 | "Killer Ketamine" | March 9, 2022 |
| 34 | 6 | "Guns of New York" | March 16, 2022 |
| 35 | 7 | "Gas Tank Meth" | March 23, 2022 |
| 36 | 8 | "Powdered Rims" | March 30, 2022 |
| 37 | 9 | "Million Dollar Ride" | April 6, 2022 |
| 38 | 10 | "Dope on a Rope" | April 14, 2022 |
| 39 | 11 | "Six Million Dollar Seizure" | April 21, 2022 |
| 40 | 12 | "Drug Boat Bust" | April 27, 2022 |
Season 5 (2022)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | "Cocaine Snapper" | September 14, 2022 |
| 42 | 2 | "Talibani Treasure Trove" | September 21, 2022 |
| 43 | 3 | "Tunnel from Tijuana" | September 28, 2022 |
| 44 | 4 | "Dark Net Dragnet" | October 5, 2022 |
| 45 | 5 | "Blow Overboard" | October 12, 2022 |
| 46 | 6 | "Coke on the Water" | October 19, 2022 |
| 47 | 7 | "MDMA on the Move" | October 26, 2022 |
| 48 | 8 | "Meth in the City" | November 2, 2022 |
| 49 | 9 | "Guac and Coke" | November 9, 2022 |
| 50 | 10 | "It's Raining Meth" | November 16, 2022 |
Season 6 (2023)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 1 | "Boatloads of Coke" | May 10, 2023 |
| 52 | 2 | "Hot Drugs" | May 17, 2023 |
| 53 | 3 | "Popped for Pills" | May 24, 2023 |
| 54 | 4 | "Bananas and Blow" | May 31, 2023 |
| 55 | 5 | "The Coke Eater" | June 7, 2023 |
| 56 | 6 | "Dope in the Hood" | June 14, 2023 |
| 57 | 7 | "Freeway Meth" | June 21, 2023 |
| 58 | 8 | "Ice Cold Cocaine" | June 28, 2023 |
Season 7 (2023)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 1 | "Junk in the Trunk" | July 26, 2023 |
| 60 | 2 | "Asleep on Lots of Coke" | August 2, 2023 |
| 61 | 3 | "To the Grinder" | August 9, 2023 |
| 62 | 4 | "Money Dog" | August 16, 2023 |
| 63 | 5 | "Fentanyl Express" | August 23, 2023 |
| 64 | 6 | "Gold Diggers" | August 30, 2023 |
| 65 | 7 | "Meth Magnets and Dirty Money" | September 6, 2023 |
| 66 | 8 | "Cocaine Rides in the Crew Cab" | September 13, 2023 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Hidden Heroin". Nat Geo TV. National Geographic. 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "To Catch a Smuggler on National Geographic Channel". The Futon Critic. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- To Catch a Smuggler at IMDb
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Homeland Security Investigations
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