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.
2012-Original Run
5 episodes
Customs and Border Protection officers found 4 kilos of cocaine in the suitcase of a passenger arriving from Guyana. Homeland Security investigators are interrogating him and trying to find out who he brought the drugs for. Later, a young man from the Dominican Republic is stopped and questioned for his nervous behavior, while a man from Bangladesh comes forward with a confusing story. Meanwhile, investigative units scan luggage on overnight flights with X-ray machines and dogs in search of illegal substances, while postal packages are screened for contraband.
Runtime: 45 minTwo passengers arriving from Guyana will also be noticed by customs. Cocaine was found in the converted suitcase of one of them, while the other was unable to give a meaningful answer when stopped and was taken in for questioning to find out the reason for his confusion. During the passport control, a suspicious stamp of a passenger arriving from Paraguay is noticed by the inspectors. A passenger from Jamaica is found to have cocaine in his shoe sole and is interrogated by a special agent for internal security. Meanwhile, postal packages are screened for illicit substances and an agricultural specialist searches passengers' baggage for illicit foodstuffs.
Runtime: 45 minCBP's target team discovers a package containing engine pistons. When the weights of each piston begin to differ drastically, the officers decide to drill for drugs, leading them to a heroin trafficker in D.C.
Runtime: 45 minAfter CBP officers search bags, they discover cocaine in the lining of some coats. In the mail room, Officer Boris identifies a package containing a photo album and half a pound of heroin worth around $13,000.
Runtime: 45 minWhen an 18-year-old trying to smuggle cocaine in the lining of his suitcase is selected for a random baggage search, CBP officers find the narcotic seeping through cracks in his suitcase. Now they work to get him to cooperate and start naming names.
Runtime: 45 min2020 Reboot
8 episodes
MIA CBP investigates a traveler suspected of smuggling drugs internally. JFK HSI conducts a controlled delivery of ecstasy to Wall Street in Manhattan.
Runtime: 44 minMIA CBP finds a package of ecstasy, which leads to a controlled delivery and arrest. JFK CBP questions a traveler connected to known drug smugglers.
Runtime: 44 minMIA 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.
Runtime: 44 minLAX CBP monitors suspicious bags. At JFK, officers find bottles of liquid cocaine. MIA HSI conducts a controlled delivery of cocaine found in paintings.
Runtime: 44 minAn international operation to stop arms trafficking networks leads HSI and Argentinian authorities to raid the homes of possible weapons traffickers.
Runtime: 44 minCBP 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.
Runtime: 44 minCBP gets the truth out of a suspicious Nigerian passenger arriving at LAX. HSI zeroes in on food couriers smuggling narcotics into JFK.
Runtime: 44 minHSI 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.
Runtime: 44 minNo overview available.
15 episodes
HSI conducts a controlled delivery of meth, while CBP deals with an unruly passenger.
Runtime: 44 minUsing an undercover agent, HSI finds a meth smuggler in Atlanta. CBP officers catch a passenger in New York with drugs inserted inside of her.
Runtime: 44 minCBP looks out for party drugs, prostitutes and counterfeit goods entering Miami during Super Bowl. HSI tracks the case of a drug-filled car battery.
Runtime: 44 minCBP investigates a trend of cocaine concealed in coffee bags, and cracks down on a series of wildlife trafficking crimes.
Runtime: 44 minHSI takes to the streets of Brooklyn to arrest the person picking up a suitcase of cocaine. CBP catches a man who has swallowed 85 pellets of cocaine.
Runtime: 44 minHSI disrupt a transnational meth ring and CBP seize a huge shipment of illegal shark fins.
Runtime: 44 minHSI pursues a case of cocaine-filled cakes across state lines, and CBP seizes more than $100,000 of undeclared currency.
Runtime: 44 minHSI takes down a suspected weapons trafficker with ties to organized crime. CBP is on alert for popular club drugs being concealed in liquid form.
Runtime: 44 minHidden among the millions who enter the U.S. through JFK, MIA and ATL is dangerous contraband. DHS will stop at nothing to catch these smugglers.
Runtime: 44 minCBP finds a smuggler of so-called “crazy pills” at JFK and responds to the COVID-19 crisis on the southern border, seizing over 800 lbs of meth.
Runtime: 44 minCBP Nogales busts a man internally smuggling fentanyl from Mexico. HSI delves into the dark web to stop a deadly party drug linked to overdoses.
Runtime: 44 minCBP New York discovers priceless shipments of looted ancient artifacts. CBP Newark intercepts stolen luxury cars headed for the overseas black market.
Runtime: 44 minCBP finds multiple doses of lethal fentanyl hidden within passenger cars, and CBP Newark searches for an illegal stowaway onboard a cargo ship
Runtime: 44 minWhile inspecting commercial cargo from Mexico, Laredo CBP discovers liquid meth concealed within paint buckets. In Atlanta, HSI conducts a controlled delivery of an air conditioner filled with 2 kgs of meth.
Runtime: 44 minHSI tails a truck loaded with narcotics to a meth compound near Los Angeles, and CBP discovers fentanyl and meth in cars using trusted traveler lanes.
Runtime: 44 minNo overview available.
12 episodes
CBP Nogales uncovers cocaine in the bumper of a car crossing from Mexico, and CBP Atlanta stops a woman smuggling underaged puppies from Brazil.
Runtime: 44 minCBP hunts for drug runners off the coast and in the jungles of Puerto Rico, while CBP Laredo seizes 130 lbs of marijuana hidden inside BBQ grills.
Runtime: 44 minOfficers confront human smuggling at the border and nab a car loaded with fentanyl
Runtime: 44 minHSI nabs car loaded with a medley of narcotics, while CBP seizes looted ancient artifacts.
Runtime: 44 minCBP screens for club drugs hidden in toiletries, while HSI uncovers meth buried in garlic.
Runtime: 44 minHSI busts an illegal gun operation in NYC, while CBP confronts a meth surge from Mexico.
Runtime: 44 minHSI snags a truck loaded with meth, while CBP’s beagles sniff out contraband.
Runtime: 44 minHSI finds cocaine-filled tire rims in cargo and nabs a car loaded with meth and fentanyl.
Runtime: 44 minHSI seizes counterfeit cash and vax cards. CBP pulls 205 kilos of meth out of one car.
Runtime: 44 minCBP pulls a line of meth from a gas tank and stops an internal body carrier with fentanyl.
Runtime: 44 minHSI takes down a multi-million-dollar, transnational smuggling ring of airline employees.
Runtime: 44 minCBP seizes counterfeit medications, and HSI pursues a series of maritime smuggling cases.
Runtime: 44 minNo overview available.
10 episodes
HSI Miami catches a shipment of cocaine-filled fish, CBP takes on human smuggling at the border, and agriculture specialists in ATL search passengers.
Runtime: 44 minHSI busts a ketamine smuggler in Miami, K9s sniff out fentanyl in San Diego and JFK officers uncover ancient gold looted from Afghanistan.
Runtime: 44 minAMO Puerto Rico sinks a marine smuggling op. In San Diego, HSI shuts down a tunnel dug under the border by a cartel, and a CBP K9 finds drugs in a car.
Runtime: 44 minHSI busts a notorious dark web trafficker in France, while CBP screens travelers for fentanyl in AZ and airline passengers for illicit cash in FL.
Runtime: 44 minAMO agents in Puerto Rico chase smugglers at sea who toss their load overboard, while meth pops out of a car after a fender bender in El Paso.
Runtime: 44 minHSI stakes out a cartel handoff of cocaine in Texas, while CBP finds coke hidden on ships in Miami and screens for duty violations at JFK.
Runtime: 44 minHSI tracks an ecstasy package through Chicago, while CBP finds fentanyl abandoned in a bathroom in Texas and searches travelers for narcotics at JFK.
Runtime: 44 minHSI executes a controlled delivery of meth in Brooklyn, while CBP finds 2C on partiers in Florida and a vehicle bursting with meth in San Diego.
Runtime: 44 minCBP finds 142 kilos of coke in a shipment of avocados in Florida, while CBP, HSI and Border Patrol pursue human smuggling leads in Texas.
Runtime: 44 minHSI executes a controlled delivery of ketamine in Queens, NY, while CBP recovers stolen artifacts in Miami and finds a mega shipment of meth at LAX.
Runtime: 44 minNo overview available.
8 episodes
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.
Runtime: 44 minIn the heat of El Paso, CBP stops 30 kilos of cocaine from crossing the border. Officers intercept $150K worth of illegal pills in Philadelphia.
Runtime: 44 minCBP 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.
Runtime: 44 minAt Philly Seaport, CBP finds containers loaded with coke. In El Paso, the cartel thwarts HSI’s controlled delivery of 40 kilos of marijuana.
Runtime: 44 minCBP 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.
Runtime: 44 minHSI in California organizes undercover drug buys with numerous traffickers. CBP El Paso intercepts Coyotes heading back into Mexico.
Runtime: 44 minHSI 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.
Runtime: 44 minCBP 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.
Runtime: 44 minNo overview available.
8 episodes
An HSI stakeout leads to nearly $500K of meth and fentanyl in San Diego. CBP finds concealed cash and a carload of cocaine at the El Paso border.
Runtime: 43 minPR AMO team hunts down boat loaded with $41M of coke. CBP gets a tip about money smugglers and finds cocaine and people inside car trunks.
Runtime: 43 minHSI Orange County performs 3 undercover drug stings with multiple arrests. CBP finds cocaine hidden under a vehicle's backseat in Rio Grande Valley.
Runtime: N/A minCBP's K9 sniffs out stacks of hidden cash in Atlanta. HSI air surveillance tracks a multi-level drug deal in San Diego, seizing $2 million of dope.
Runtime: N/A minAfter fentanyl bust at JFK, CBP blitzes food courier bags. SD HSI arrests dealer trying to ship kilo of fentanyl to NY. CBP RGV finds meth and weed.
Runtime: N/A minHSI helps Colombian National Police take down illegal gold mining ring. CBP finds almost $1.5 million cartel drug haul at RGV port in Texas.
Runtime: N/A minHSI runs multiple money laundering stings in Chicago. CBP has two of the largest crystal meth seizures in LAX history.
Runtime: N/A minHSI runs a human trafficking sting at a KC hotel. CBP in Philly is on the hunt for a passenger suspected of making terroristic threats in the US.
Runtime: N/A minNo overview available.
8 episodes
HSI San Diego runs down a drug smuggler during a parking lot cocaine transfer. CBP at JFK discovers gold coins and ancient artifacts in mail parcels.
Runtime: N/A minA mother crossing by car with her kids is caught smuggling cocaine in El Paso. AMO shoots out the engine of a boat loaded with coke in Puerto Rico.
Runtime: N/A minHSI tracks a shipment of $12.6 million worth of cocaine hidden in gardening pots. CBP seizes illicit ammo and cash traveling to Mexico.
Runtime: N/A minHSI chases fleeing coke smugglers near a school. CBP finds shipments of pills, ketamine, & counterfeit cash, and stops knockoff shoes at the border.
Runtime: N/A minHSI Miami encounters mysterious new drug; CBP finds invasive snails in mail.
Runtime: N/A minCBP finds weed worth $200k inside a passenger's luggage. HSI in Colombia raids apartment filled with counterfeit sneakers. CBP finds coke in a bumper.
Runtime: N/A minUndercover HSI Agents bust multiple drug traffickers seizing 30 kilos of meth and fentanyl. CBP finds cocaine hidden in oatmeal and medicine boxes.
Runtime: N/A minCBP discovers ketamine and human remains in packages from Europe. U.S. Border Patrol intercepts smugglers bringing migrants across the Rio Grande.
Runtime: N/A minNo overview available.
8 episodes
HSI finds cocaine hidden in frozen avocado paste; CBP recovers stolen cars.
Runtime: 42 minBorder Patrol chases suspect fleeing arrest; CBP stops weed leaving U.S.
Runtime: 42 minCBP in McAllen faces a possible bomb; HSI arrests fentanyl traffickers.
Runtime: 42 minHSI tails vehicle transporting meth; CBP seizes looted Ukrainian relics.
Runtime: 42 minCBP Dulles finds outbound drugs; Border Patrol tracks human smugglers.
Runtime: 42 minA 48-hour sting leads HSI to a stash house; CBP finds drugs in gas tanks.
Runtime: 42 minRookie CBP officers find multiple drugs; HSI runs a buy-bust operation.
Runtime: 42 minHSI finds overcrowded human stash houses; CBP discovers meth in machinery.
Runtime: 42 min