To Catch a Smuggler

In California, Homeland Security Investigations tracks a car loaded with cocaine. After a driver swap, agents follow the smugglers to a stash house near a school. Customs and Border Patrol in Philly finds packages of counterfeit cash, unknown pills, and ketamine hidden in an ottoman. And at the Rio Grande Valley port of entry, steroids and counterfeit sneakers are stopped from crossing.

Homeland Security Investigations surveils a drug vehicle unload in a parking lot and chases the driver as he flees on foot. On a tip, a second stash of cocaine is found at a storage unit. CBP finds gold coins, an Ancient Greek mask, and an Egyptian artifact in packages at JFK, and discovers cocaine hidden in the 4x4 transfer case of a truck in the Rio Grande Valley.

A mother traveling with her children to El Paso is caught with multiple kilos of cocaine hidden in her car seats. Puerto Rico Air and Marine agents chase down a boat traveling on the west side of the island and loaded with 388 kilos of coke. And in Washington DC, Customs and Border Patrol Chiefs stop coca leaves and rancid goat meat from entering the country.

Homeland Security Investigation agents in Miami track a shipment of $12.6 million worth of cocaine, which was found cleverly hidden in a shipment of gardening pots. U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes illicit ammunition and cash heading outbound into Mexico. CBP officers in Philadelphia question suspicious travelers, including a man believed to be an internal carrier of drugs.

Homeland Security Investigations conducts an operation to crack-down on counterfeit goods leading to a large seizure in Kansas City and the raid of an apartment filled with thousands of sneakers in Cali, Colombia. In Newark, CBP receives intel about a passenger traveling to Greece with two suitcases filled with $200k worth of marijuana. CBP finds cocaine inside the bumper of a vehicle in Texas.

Homeland Security Investigations run multiple undercover drug deal operations, seizing over 30 kilos of meth and fentanyl. CBP Officers work with Agriculture Specialists in Atlanta to stop dangerous food items from entering the country. And at JFK, CBP has suspicions about an internal airline conspiracy, and later finds bricks of cocaine hidden in oatmeal and medicine boxes from Guatemala.

In Miami, Homeland Security Investigations run a controlled delivery of ketamine, which results in a larger seizure of guns, MDMA and a mysterious new street drug. At JFK, CBP intercept boxes of invasive African snails before they can wreak havoc on American soil. And in El Paso, officers use new technology to scan vehicles, resulting in a seizure of over 16 kilos of cocaine.

Customs and Border Protection in Philadelphia search packages coming from Europe and discover ketamine hidden in clothing and human remains manifested as Halloween decorations. U.S. Border Patrol surveil the Rio Grande River day and night with boats and drones, and intercept smugglers bringing migrants across. Bono concludes his illustrious career with an official retirement at JFK.