Episodes

• Search & Seize

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  Two major agencies at John F. Kennedy International Airport work together to limit the amount of illegal goods and drugs coming into the country. Collaboration is key in keeping American soil safe and clear of drugs. When Customs and Border Protection officers stop a young drug smuggler with cocaine in his luggage, is it up to the Special agents of Homeland Security Investigations to take the case further. Once the smuggler names name, its up to both teams to track down the other suspected drug smugglers and get to the source. At the end of the day, these officers prevail and successfully keep a half of a kilo of cocaine off the streets. But that's...

• Coke In The Coat

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  From intercepting a family smuggling heroin to finding what's triggering radiation alarms, these US customs officers are ready for the challenge.

• Hidden Heroin

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  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers work hard to learn and spot innovative methods of drug concealments in luggage and mail. With about a thousand CBP officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport they have to work smart and be strategic in selecting passengers for random searches. Using these tactics, CBP officers narrow down two men arriving from different continents. Both searches are clean for drugs, but their nerves and inconsistent stories keep the officers suspicious. Only an x-ray will determine if these passengers are hiding anything internally or if their just nervous travelers.

• Cavity Courier

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  When officers confront two suspected smugglers, they use their best instincts and interviewing skills to uncover cocaine in two unlikely places.

• Courier To Kingpin

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  Like the city that serves as its home, John F. Kennedy International Airport is a place that never sleepsand for officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), this means constant vigilance is necessary at all times. In this episode of To Catch a Smuggler, the team confronts some of their biggest challenges yet: a man carrying four kilos of cocaine who refuses to divulge the recipient of the package; two "hot flights" carrying concealed contraband as cargo; a passenger who falsely claims his parents were kidnapped in Pakistan; and a young man whose story shrouds a...