Out and about with Mike and Chris in Exeter - watching Mike failing to blow bubbles with his chewing gum. They're looking for a car being driven by a suspected burglar, which promptly drives right past them. Roger and Giles are already at the scene awaiting their arrival and the four group outside. The first attempt to keep them out is the 'you don't have a warrant' ploy – which they don't need – and the search begins. There are a four people in the house; add the four coppers and there's no room for the cameraman, leaving the microphones to do the talking. Of which there is a lot. Eventually, Giles finds the suspected burglar doing a very bad job of looking innocent – as he's hiding in the loft. Much profanity later, they finally get the suspect calm enough to get him out of the house. The guy does the usual 'they're showing off for the camera' ploy, probably because it's rather embarrassing being manhandled out of the house by a cop who is smaller than he is. They then have the pleasure of his company out on the street while they wait for a van. What fun.
Steve and Razor are now in Exeter, on the trail of a bunch of youths who were disturbed by a homeowner as they attempted to break into his shed. The guy who disturbed them is, after the fact, quite surprised that he was brave enough to frisk a bundle of hoodies, but it's now down to Razor to see if they're still in the area. Razor picks up a track very quickly and it doesn't take too long to find a likely suspect who fits the description, and is out rather late for his claimed activity of 'having a smoke'. With the suspect sorted, Steve, staggers off in Razor's wake through back gardens and down alleyways until Razor finds a discarded hoody in a bush. It's his final bow, as the track has gone cold on the high street. His job done, however, he's rewarded with his favourite treat – a chewy cylinder thingy.
It's about time someone's door got smashed in. Enter the TAG, on their way to conduct a last minute drugs raid in Exeter. Planning is done on the hoof as they're part of a co-ordinated operation to knock out a drug syndicate. Looking distinctly out of place on a suburban street, it takes them only a short amount of battering to get through the door, and the group pile in in force to find a man halfway through cutting some cannabis on a Kitchen worktop. Gary reveals that some of it is basic herbal, the rest is skunk. Outside, Dave and Dan are working their way through a freezer in the garage in case there's drugs or cash being hidden there. They find only food. Things improve somewhat upstairs, where Dan finds a long Japanese dagger, and Simon discovers some interesting equipment up in the loft. As Dan is the right shape to wriggle in, up he goes and finds all the equipment necessary to undertake a full on growing operation. The guy probably spent a lot on all that. Shame it's being confiscated.
We're out on a Dual Carriageway near Exeter with Colin, whose on his way to a crashed Prison Transport vehicle. As it has occupants, they need a dog on hand in case any of said occupants escape, particularly as they don't yet know whether it was an accident or someone was trying to make a getaway. Fortunately, as they're all still inside, Raven stays in the van and Colin is occupied with details of how many are inside (three) how dangerous they are (dangerous enough, though not the most dangerous). It turns out that the driver managed to hit the central reservation, blew a tyre and turned the lorry. As there are no handcuffs available, they've had to stay put in their units until they can be seen to by paramedics – an exercise which requires them to be evacuated via the roof top escape hatches. They are transferred to another van as they're all okay, and will now spend the night in Exeter Prison, rather than Bristol – which is where they were going.
Roger and Giles are patrolling the M5 near Tiverton when they find themselves behind a car whose rear is so filthy that their ANPR can't read the number plate. And neither can they. They pull it over, and Roger does a quick clean up job, while Giles dips the tank, as it's a diesel car. While the fuel's okay, nothing else turns out to be as the ANPR is finally able to do it's job and reveals that the car has no insurance and the MOT's expired. It gets worse, as Giles does an inspection and finds the tyres are are in a rotten state as well, with one borderline, and another completely illegal. Whoops.
