Road Wars

The One With the Even More Dangerous Liaison (6x15)

Uitzenddatum: Nov 04, 2008

Dan and Daz are out and about in Slough, responding to a call from a local resident who is concerned at what appears to be drug dealing in a local park. Daz takes the cartoony approach, and they sneak up to a fence in true comedy style, with Dan peeking over the top of the fence, and Daz crouching to look through a knot hole. Spotting the suspects, they consider a suitable way of ambushing the group – and watch a deal take place from their hiding place. Rather than attempt to nab the guys in the park, they instead decide to speak to the customers, who are now heading away – Dan on foot, Daz in the car. Speed is essential, as they don’t want the customers to swallow their merchandise – but they quite blatantly do so as the car pulls up, and despite desperate efforts to prevent the purchases heading stomachwards, they don’t manage it. They freely admit to swallowing drugs (heroin, in one case) – but without the evidence, it’s not possible to charge them with possession, so they’re free to go. Dave Jones is patrolling in Reading, when he’s called to an assault on security staff at a club – by a girl. He spots her as soon as he gets to the scene, but she spots him and performs a perfect sidestep, fleeing down the street. Fortunately, to save Dave’s embarrassment at being outrun by a girl, she runs straight into another copper. It’s ANPR time again – and Simon and Conrad are on the streets of Slough picking up suspect vehicles spotted by the van. Dixie and Tom are also busy, dealing with an untaxed moped being seized from someone who just can’t seem to accept that he’s losing it and refuses point blank to hand over the keys. With Simon and Conrad nearby sorting out some illegally tinted windows, and are freely able to help as the youth is so determined not to cooperate that things get ridiculously out of hand, and he has to be arrested. The guy with the tinted windows, on the other hand, is much more cooperative, and is quickly on his wa