To Catch a Smuggler (2020)

Season 5

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.

Released Jan. 1, 2020 Episode 44 min 10+

Genres: Crime, Documentary, Reality TV

Keywords: tmdb.airport, tmdb.smuggling-contraband, tmdb.national-security-agency-nsa, imdb.non-fiction

Watch Providers: Hulu, fuboTV, Disney Plus, Spectrum On Demand, National Geographic YouTube TV

Production Companies: Lucky 8 TV, National Geographic

Network: National Geographic

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

7.4

/379/

Trakt

/57/

TMDb

/8/

Tomatoes

S5E1 - Boatloads of Coke

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.

May 10, 2023, midnight

S5E2 - Hot Drugs

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.

May 17, 2023, midnight

S5E3 - Popped for Pills

CBP and HSI target 25,000 ecstasy pills intercepted in Germany bound for PHL. CBP finds $143K of meth at the border, and an ancient statue at JFK.

May 24, 2023, midnight

S5E4 - Bananas and Blow

At Philly Seaport, CBP finds containers loaded with coke. In El Paso, the cartel thwarts HSI’s controlled delivery of 40 kilos of marijuana.

May 31, 2023, midnight

S5E5 - The Coke Eater

CBP questions a man traveling from Panama suspected of ingesting pellets of coke. PR AMO agents track down a boat loaded with $51M worth of cocaine.

June 7, 2023, midnight

S5E6 - Dope in the Hood

HSI in California organizes undercover drug buys with numerous traffickers. CBP El Paso intercepts Coyotes heading back into Mexico.

June 14, 2023, midnight

S5E7 - Freeway Meth

HSI in San Diego tracks a vehicle stuffed with meth all the way to Long Beach. CBP & HSI in Philly test a new drug detection device.

June 21, 2023, midnight

S5E8 - Ice Cold Cocaine

CBP in El Paso finds $1M of cocaine hidden in a refrigerated cargo truck. LA HSI executes controlled delivery and arrests recipient of date rape drug.

June 28, 2023, midnight

Network: National Geographic

Episode Runtime: 44 min.

Season Runtime: 3740 min.

Released: Jan. 1, 2020

Last Air Date: Sept. 3, 2025, midnight

Status: Returning Series

Certification: 12 / 10+

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