Road Wars

I got the dinner time blues... (7x6)

Uitzenddatum: Mrt 24, 2009

Giles and Roger are patrolling the M5 in one of the STs and find themselves playing catchup with a car which has slammed past them at over a ton. Blues and twos have no effect, so they call in assistance. Some way behind, Mike and Chris are playing catch-up, also with a camera crew in the car. The bandit car exits the motorway onto a dual carriageway, but still doesn’t get any slower. Fortunately local traffic units also haven’t got any slower and there are enough available to pull off a tactical stop. The driver, once apprehended, is eager to make a phone call, but instead has to make do with being sat in a police car in handcuffs. His excuse for his speed is that he was rushing to get home – which is quite remarkable given he was heading West but apparently lives in Kent. Mike and Chris have caught up by this time and take over from the other units, with Chris and Giles escorting him to the nick. Implausible though his reason for his driving is, it turns out that it’s the only one they’re going to get. We rejoin Gareth and Finn, who give us a rather nice piece to camera. Finn is an experienced dog, having been on the job for two years. Introductions over, Gareth is called in to apprehend two guys who are apparently somewhat sozzled, but also – more worryingly – armed with weapons, including an axe. This is too dangerous for Finn to be involved with, so Gareth’s on his own when he spots two possible suspects, one of whom has dropped something. One drops when ordered to, but the other doesn’t, and a movement towards his back pocket looks menacing enough to prompt Gareth to use his captor spray. Gareth has also orange buttoned the call, so help arrives pretty quickly. A search of the area quickly reveals a knife handle in a bin, with the blade nearby, not to mention a small hatchet. Being fired up on vodka, the unco-operative suspect continues not to co-operate back at the nick, requiring five officers to calm things down. Party time in Exmouth,