To Catch a Smuggler: Tropical Takedown

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To Catch a Smuggler: Tropical Takedown

Synopsis

Air and Marine Operations and Homeland Security Agents combat the global cocaine trade and criminal networks that operate throughout the Caribbean.

Episodes

Season 1
  • Coke and Cash

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    Fajardo AMO seize a boat with 280+ kilos of cocaine. Mayaguez agents transport a double murder suspect. USVI agents seize $750k from a smuggling boat.

  • Cocaine Run Aground

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    USVI AMO and BORTAC agents dismantle a smuggling ring on St. John. Fajardo AMO intercepts a smuggling vessel with over 1,300 kilos of cocaine.

  • Murders and Drug Dealers

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    Homeland Security Investigations dismantle a criminal smuggling network. AMO agents seize $5.4 million worth of coke smuggled in by boat from the DR.

  • Coke on the Beach

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    HSI agents arrest suspects in a smuggling ring accused of murders. AMO agents seize $13.2 million worth of coke from an overturned boat on the beach.

  • Boat Full of Blow

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    Mayagüez AMO agents seize over $60 million of coke from traffickers. Agents in Fajardo search a boat suspected of moving drugs from St. Thomas to PR.

  • Port Smugglers

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    A new AMO agent seizes over $8 million of coke hidden in a vessel. HSI agents make multiple arrests of longshoremen involved in a port smuggling operation.

  • Coke Floats

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    AMO agents discover over 80 Kilos of coke washed ashore in USVI. Two suspected smuggling vessels are intercepted coming from international waters.

  • Fast Pursuit of Powder

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    AMO chases a boat with 1,800 kilos of coke to the BVI. In PR, agents find a capsized migrant vessel and suspicious floating bundles.

  • Beached Blow

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    Traffickers use false-floors and bleach to mask 350 kilos of coke onboard a boat. Agents in St. Thomas race to catch smugglers spotted on trail cameras.

  • Honor the Fallen

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    907 kilos of coke are seized after a fast pursuit in Fajardo. Air and Marine and law enforcement agencies across the Caribbean honor a fallen agent.