The killing of a policeman leads to the creation of a Crime Patrol in the burgeoning city of Newtown. Detectives Barlow and Watt scour the streets of northern England and recruit the four best men for the job.
The two PCs expect a dreary night until they come across a van abandoned in a field filled with stock from a ransacked toy shop. The thief is a nasty old man in a crook family, with his brutish sons also trafficking in stolen explosives. The unstable compound can go off anytime, and the Police must find them first.
When Norwegian whalers hit Seaport after a good season, Fancy Smith and Jock Weir work undercover to prevent the locals from stealing the sailors' money or starting fights.
After responding to a burglary, Jock & Fancy are accused by the homeowner of stealing his gold watch. The pair are suspended while the department investigates.
When a man is trapped by an overturned tanker, Lynch & Steele face the emergency with a flourish HQ finds alarming. Also, there is a young stranger on the scene.
PC Fancy Smith is determined to unravel the mystery behind an abandoned baby & bring the culprit to justice. But will he let this get it the way of his duty to the department's other cases?
After a flat in a tower block is burgled, PCs Smith & Weir investigate. Believing they're searching for a petty crook, they uncover something much more serious.
PC Weir makes a routine traffic stop, which sets in motion an unusual series of events that may have long-lasting consequences for some of the most prominent families in the region.
Two small boys are caught trying to break into a warehouse at night.They are taken to court where we see their miserable parents.Due to a lack of remand homes, they're out on bail, they steal a purse, and are to be punished by their school, but finally run off to Wales, with the police chasing after them.
Events turn nasty at the Newtown Social Club when the raffle result is contested. Spilling onto the street, PC Russell is hit before dying in hospital. Colleagues are stunned when the postmortem reveals he died of a perforated ulcer.
Just as P.C. Smith's wristwatch stops working, he meets a stranger in off hours at the local, who has a Deluxe Swiss movement watch for only 15/. Suspicious, he tells the Captain, who proceeds to assign him and PC Weir to a stake out on the dock to watch for possible smugglers. There, they find contraband watches hidden under the pier.
