To Catch a Smuggler: Season 9: South Pacific
Season 9 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of To Catch a Smuggler Season 8.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 9 Progress Shield
Red Light, Red Zone
Sep 28, 2022 · 22 min
The contents of a young woman's bag causes concern in the customs red zone, while a crew of fisherman are stopped for questioning.
Cat's Out of the Bag
Sep 28, 2022 · 22 min
Sketchy behavior puts a man with an unusual diet in the customs red zone, a cat is investigated, and a family is stopped for questioning at Queenstown.
This Smoke's For You
Oct 5, 2022 · 22 min
A shipment with over $1M of crystal meth is found in Auckland, a bible is used in an unholy way, and a tour guide with a nicotine habit must pay up.
Cooking Up Trouble
Oct 5, 2022 · 22 min
A chef's text messages reveal he's cooking up a drug deal and a business meeting is almost cancelled when a man is questioned about his travel plans.
Dr. Feelgood
Oct 12, 2022 · 22 min
A doctor with unprescribed pills creates suspicion, $30M of crystal meth is found, and twins are sent home after posing as tourists.
Cocaine Kid
Oct 12, 2022 · 22 min
A drug dog smells illegal activity on a cocaine user, birds' nests cause a biosecurity threat and a criminal record sends a traveler to interrogation.
Cannabis Grey Zone
Oct 19, 2022 · 22 min
The weight of over a dozen security cameras from China raise a red flag in customs and a medicinal cannabis user is sent back to Vancouver.
Framed for Meth
Oct 19, 2022 · 22 min
A business trip is cancelled when a man's dark past sends him back home, and visa issues stop a photographer's plan to make money during his vacation.
Weed Holiday
Oct 26, 2022 · 22 min
Custom officials celebrate when sea cargo reveals one of the largest drug busts and a couple smelling like cannabis is stopped in the red zone.
Drug Dog Day
Oct 26, 2022 · 22 min
A bulk shipment from Hong Kong disguises over $900K of crystal meth and a couple from Fiji prays they can travel with their holy water.