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  • TO CATCH A SMUGGLER: JFK AIRPORT

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Thousands of tourists and businessmen flood through the USA border at New York’s JFK International Airport every day – but so do scores of contraband-concealing criminals.

From cocaine-filled coats to phony photo albums, find out the extraordinary techniques used by modern-day smugglers as you meet the agents and officers entrusted with protecting the gateway to a nation.

It’s a job where everything—the safety of their team, and the security of the nation—is at stake.

But for these officers, it’s just another day at JFK.

EPISODE GUIDE

  • To Catch A Smuggler: JFK Airport: Cavity Courier
    When officers confront two suspected smugglers, they use their best instincts and interviewing skills to uncover cocaine in two unlikely places.
  • To Catch A Smuggler: JFK Airport: Courier To Kingpin
    The team confronts a number of challenges, from two 'hot flights' carrying concealed contraband to a young man whose story shrouds a secret.
  • To Catch A Smuggler: JFK Airport: Search & Sieze
    When officers stop a young man with cocaine in his luggage, they try to use him to track down other suspected smugglers to get to the source.
  • To Catch A Smuggler: JFK Airport: Search & Seize
    When officers stop a young man with cocaine in his luggage, they try to use him to track down other suspected smugglers to get to the source.
  • To Catch A Smuggler: JFK Airport: Coke In The Coat
    From intercepting a family smuggling heroin to finding what's triggering radiation alarms, these US customs officers are ready for the challenge.
  • To Catch A Smuggler: JFK Airport: Hidden Heroin
    Two men arriving from different continents appear to be clean for drugs, but their nerves and inconsistent stories keep the officers suspicious.
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