Road Wars

There's a bag full of drugs in the welly in the boot... (7x5)

Uitzenddatum: Mrt 17, 2009

Chris and Mike are in Exeter in a marked Beemer and are called to have a word with a couple of youths lurking with a pushbike. It takes a bit longer than expected, but they finally spot a likely looking character – who spots them and nips off down an alleyway. Mike knows where the youth will emerge and they are soon behind them, even though he runs a red to try to get away. Amazingly, even when they’re right behind him, he still pedals furiously and they just can’t quite get alongside to grab him. He then zaps into a park, and Chris heads off on foot; to find the bike abandoned. This seems like too good an opportunity to miss – until he discovers that it’s been abandoned because it’s knackered. After yet more running, so is Chris. The chase has gone cold by a small shopping centre, so the Lads regroup. This turns out to be the right thing to do as the youth, having made a woeful attempt at a disguise – taking his jacket off – is indeed still around; and they nab him for making off and running the red light. The greatest irony of all is that the bike wasn’t actually stolen… Roger and Giles are parked up alongside the M5 and have received a tip-off that a car with drugs likely to be in it is heading their way. As it passes, they head off behind it and call in colleagues to carry out one of their top-notch tactical stops. The element of surprise is in front of the suspect vehicle as it’s the black ST, and they pull off a textbook stop on the viaduct over the Exminster marshes. Everyone repairs to Heavitree nick where Giles and Jim get started on the vehicle search – and finds a little stash of something white and powdery lurking in a wellington boot. Off to Tiverton to meet a new dog handler, Lee Crampton, and his dog Sharp. Both are new to the Dog Unit, so Lee is taking every opportunity to give Sharp a chance to have a jolly good bark: this time at arrested youths making a fuss about being arrested. The action then transfers to Exeter, whe