To Catch a Smuggler — Season 3
Behind the scenes at Peru's largest airport.
About this season
Behind the scenes at Peru's largest airport.
Episodes (16)
1. Cocaine Carrier
Aired 7 March 2016 • 44 min
New series. Behind the scenes at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, which is Peru's largest travel hub. A Spanish passenger is caught carrying 10 kilos of cocaine.
2. Friends with Secrets
Aired 14 March 2016 • 44 min
A woman claims to be pregnant when she's caught carrying cocaine in her body. Plus, X-Ray scanners foil an incredible plot to smuggle cocaine.
3. Cocaine in the Clothes
Aired 21 March 2016 • 44 min
Officers bust more drugs-smuggling schemes at Lima airport as they uncover a blanket infused with cocaine. Alarm bells ring when a teenager's luggage feels oddly damp.
4. Caught on Camera
Aired 28 March 2016 • 44 min
Officers set up a sting when they hear of a narcotics shipment. An elderly lady is shocked when police find drugs in her bag and staff hunt for a cocaine smuggler's accomplice.
5. Covered in Cocaine
Aired 4 April 2016 • 44 min
A woman is arrested with cocaine taped to her body, and a security team races to the plane she was due to board in case she has an accomplice.
6. Drugs and Dominoes
Aired 11 April 2016 • 44 min
Cocaine is hidden in a shipment of toys, and a woman who has already been inspected twice with no results is flagged up a third time, leaving police officers with a hard choice.
7. Coffee and Cocaine
Aired 18 April 2016 • 44 min
Police race to an incident on a domestic flight. Agents uncover a stash of liquid cocaine and a passenger is seen acting strangely. Plus, fake cash shows up in the mail centre.
8. Strange Brew
Aired 25 April 2016 • 44 min
Agents face a dilemma when a woman travelling with her child is suspected of drug smuggling, and a new way of hiding cocaine in food packaging is discovered. Last in the series.
9. Carrier Kingpin
Aired 31 October 2016 • 44 min
Police officers handle a woman trying to smuggle cocaine inside her body.
10. Cocaine and Betrayal
Aired 7 November 2016 • 44 min
A man tricks his girlfriend into smuggling drugs, turning their romantic vacations into a nightmare.
11. False Friends
Aired 14 November 2016 • 44 min
A young man seems unaware he's committed a crime, despite being caught carrying marijuana.
12. Tricked Into Trafficking
Aired 21 November 2016 • 44 min
A man claims the alpaca rugs he carries are souvenirs, but they conceal drugs.
13. Grandmas Goodies
Aired 28 November 2016 • 44 min
A woman is wrapped in cocaine like a mummy; various bags are knitted with cocaine.
14. Drugs Sweat and Tears
Aired 5 December 2016 • 44 min
A passenger behaves erratically; a woman breaks out in tears; a suspicious bag might contain drugs.
15. Senior Smuggler
Aired 12 December 2016 • 44 min
A woman is arrested while trying to smuggle drugs abroad; a young woman breaks out in tears.
16. Family Affair
Aired 19 December 2016 • 44 min
A woman with cocaine comes clean; a Japanese karaoke star is carrying more than music.