The One where Ruffy Corrects Faulty Geography
Chris and Simon are in Milton Keynes, keeping an eye on some shady characters around a phone booth. A quick check reveals that they are following a known pattern of congregating at the booth, before heading off to another location, which (coincidentally) has a drug problem. Someone drives up to the shady characters, hands something over, then screeches off like the proverbial bat out of hell when Chris appears on the horizon. Though quite why he looks so mystified at being dragged out of a car following a high octane pursuit is the biggest question. Possibly because he’s trying to swallow the evidence…who’s the lucky devil who’s going to have to pick up a sim card covered in spit, then?
Still in Milton Keynes, still with Chris and Simon, following up on a report of driver with no license, insurance or anything. Driving is clearly not the man’s strong point, stalling twice in quick succession before slamming into a kerb as he’s stopped. Not surprisingly, he only has a provisional license. Car seizure time!
Roma and Dixie are in Reading following up a report of a crashed car on slippy, wet roads. It’s a ‘keys burgled’ nicked car, and the occupants have fled. They’ve actually gone home – a fact discovered by a dog. They are in bed – but not in pyjamas! They’re also a bit too damp to be believable; and, as for the electronics lurking under the mattress…
Roma and Charlie are out on an ANPR day in Beaconsfield, and stop a car which has quite a history – having been previously seized for no insurance. And it’s current driver still has no insurance. The guy says it’s not his car, and he has no ID to back up who he says he is. A search of the car brings up a lot of stuff which belongs to other people, but nothing relating to the driver at all, so Charlie nicks him so they can actually establish who he is in case they need to serve a summons. This prompts the driver to claim he’s someone else, but without ID this doesn’t really progress matters all that much, so it’s off to the nick with him. Searches there finally turn up some ID – a provisional driving license which the guy has stuffed into his pants!
Charlie and Ruffy pull over a car that they consider to be uninsured and untaxed. Not surprisingly it’s another car that’s ‘just been bought’. He also claims to be from Banbury – in Somerset. How unfortunate it is that Ruffy lived in Somerset for 18 years! Then he tries Barnstaple…which is, of course, in Devon. Despite insisting he has tax and insurance, he never did come back when dispatched to his mate’s house to pick up the certificate.
Chris and Simon are back in Slough, extolling the virtues of being in an unmarked car – and each other’s talents – until Chris’s crim-radar is spiked by someone in a car. Having spotted something dodgy on the back seat, the dynamic duo decide to play it safe and call in Charlie and Ruffy as back up for the search, which turns up a crack pipe and a wrap of something – so off they go back to the nick for a more thorough exploration. One of the pair, eager to ditch evidence, leaves it too late and Simon secures two rocks of heroin and crack for the record.
Dixie and Jim are called to a flat where neighbours are concerned about the occupant, whom they haven’t seen for several days. Jim gets to do the honours with the enforcer, only to discover the occupant inside, who is not best pleased about the damage they’ve done to the door!
