S01E05: BUY CHEAP, BUY TWICE
Trigger Warning: This is supposed to be an accurate 90s cop show, including swearing, political incorrectness (to a certain degree, of course) and the violence seen in these things. Please make sure this is suitable for you before reading.
Rainer and Frank had to inform the widow of a trucker that died in a crash, and are in a bad mood.
Rainer, I really hate this part of the job.
You better get used to it. Traffic density is increasing, and it´s capitalism, baby! Squeeze out the most of your drives. And… oh, I would squeeze out myself for that woman, damn.
A Nonozo sports car rolls to the red light next to the lady in the Primus Ares…
Well, maybe I should have declined your offer and become a lawyer, so that I can play in their league…
Forget it, Frank. Even then, you wouldn´t be able to afford the upkeep.
You mean the woman or the car?
Both.
Both potent sports cars take off at green with full acceleration, leaving the cops in their Primus Merit tds behind.
Eh, Rainer, go for it! Let´s arrest them!
Oh, I really want to have her contact data, too, but we are the HIGHWAY PATROL! Not the Berlau city patrol. That´s not our business here.
Not much later, when approaching a red light, both drivers brake, but the Nonozo spins out of control…
This is a start to a serious mayhem in Berlau, involving multiple cars in a serious pileup.
ALL UNITS! SERIOUS CRASH AT THE VOLKMARSTRASSE AT THE INTERSECTION TO THE WALDALLEE! IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE REQUIRED!
Frank, signals!
Eh, didn´t you just say five minutes ago that… AAAARGH! STOP DOING THESE 180S!
Mamba 12-2, this is chief inspector Sordel, Berlau Highway Patrol, responding to the crash at Volkmarstraße. We are near! Send a patrol car to Jahnstraße, a truck driver dropped his load onto the road.
Damn, that´s them! I told you we should have stopped them.
Get some air and help the fire brigade to clean the mess, I will get the driver who caused this.
Ah, Miss…
Friese. Anna Friese, ins…pector, I guess?
Yes, Kommissar Frank Batimus, highway patrol, but we were near to respond… have you seen how it happened?
The white car spun out of control suddenly, and he was on the brakes, but … not much happened.
A technical failure?
I guess so, I mean, a Nonozo shouldn´t behave like this, and it´s quite new, so it´s weird that the brakes failed.
FRANK! STOP FLIRTING! The driver claims that it was a failure of the car. Yeah, yeah, that idiot excuses… anyway, now we got the fucking paperwork stuck on our asses, move yours back in the car, we need to do that at the office!
The next day, Kriminaloberrat Boehme cites his inspectors into his office.
Ah, Sordel and Batimus, you got us a very interessing case here. I got the report from the KTU, they have investigated the Ascendente involved in the crash.
Don´t tell me that asshole was right.
He was, Rainer. His Ascendente consists of at least two or three cars.
What?
Yes. A crashed Nonozo with its chassis number, and some stolen ones… and it was all put together cheaply. Under normal circumstances, you wouldn´t notice, but when doing the race against another sports car, the chassis snapped and broke in half, making the car spin.
And what does the federal inspection say to this?
Nothing, Frank. Just recall what junk we put out of traffic every day…
Boss, that doesn´t pay off for just one car. There must be way more out there.
Yes, Rainer. So, why are you and Frank still here? Get me these lemons!
As next step, Rainer interrogates the Nonozo driver.
So, you have paid how much to this Mr. Geiger for this car?
25.000 Hetvesische Mark…
FOR A THREE YEAR OLD ASCENDENTE GT? And this was not suspicious for you?
For me this was a good deal… I made a test drive, and everything was fine.
NOTHING IS FINE! One person died, three are seriously injured. If I would decide this, I would put you in prison for murder. But good for you that I don´t have to decide. ASSHOLE!
Soon after, they are in the city center of Berlau.
So, that Mr. Geiger has his office here?
Yes, here was the test drive and the purchase.
Rainer, look… an expensive sports car!
Cavaliere Nobile Strato, yes. Guess what? Let´s tow it, I suspect something is wrong with it.
It didn´t take long until the owner complained…
So, again, Mr. Geiger has given you his car to pay for the missing rent…correct?
YES! Half a year he rented that fancy office, and… didn´t pay a single penny. When I wanted to sue him, he offered me this car as deposit. I hope he doesn´t pay, it´s a great car and it would be a bargain for me.
Propably not a bargain, but our technicians are already on it… so, Geiger left two weeks ago without any notice?
Yes, inspector. And what is with my car?
As written in the report, dangerous junk.
I didn´t know you are an expert at car mechanics.
I have tuned up a lot of mopeds in my teens, I know what to do and what not, and these welds… are illegal.
So, Geiger has fooled his landlord, but… as he never paid rent, we also don´t have his bank account…
True. But, you remember how I caused that clattering noise in my car by putting the pen into the vents?
YES! It is still damn annoying.
By searching long enough, we WILL find some proof carelessly left behind. Grab a wrench, we take this thing apart now.
Nothing! I can´t believe it!
Well, Frank, complaining won´t bring us further.
I checked the VINs of the cars. The Ascendente is from Gasmea, the Strato from Frunia… the crashed part of it. The stolen ones… that can´t be determined yet. But that means, they had to be imported.
Good point. Makes sense, the insurance history is unknown here, but they could be imported anyhow.
How about calling the customs office, Rainer? To be registered here without raising suspicion, the car needs clean papers, so the car NEEDS to be imported the official way.
DAMN! Good point, Frank. Let´s check this out.
But Geiger is still a faked identity, and their last hope is checking the harbor, as… a thunderstorm caused the train tracks between Frunia and Hetvesia to be inoperable, and at the same time, the truck drivers went on strike after the toilet fees on Hetvesias highways were doubled, so only the ship was a possible mean of transport.
Yes, a flashy orange Cavaliere Nobile Strato, almost new, but reported to have serious crash damage.
Hm, I don´t look into containers…
I understand. Here, there is a phantom image I have, created after two people who have met him…
AH! THAT GUY! Hmmmm… I think that “Leistner Import Export” was the customer for which he signed…
THANKS!
So, the plan is clear. I go inside, and if he escapes, you will wait at the backdoor.
Yep. And what about the front door?
He must assume I don´t come alone. People always use the backdoor, so keep that controlled.
Mr. Leistner, with your containers, trash cars were imported in order to commit fraud, do you have anything to say?
NO!
LEISTNER! STOP RUNNING! THIS HAS NO SENSE! LEISTNER!!!
GIVE UP!
Forget that, inspector!
EH! DON´T DENT MY CAR YOU MORON! AAAARGH, I WILL GET YOU!
MAMBA 12-2 TO MAMBA 12-3! FRANK, YOU IDIOT, WHERE WERE YOU?
At the back door? Now I am trying to block his way.
Didn´t you notice him jumping out of the window? WHERE WERE YOU?
Rainer, I HAD TO GO AROUND THE WHOLE BUILDING! And these fucking expensive shoes are uncomfortable as hell, I can barely run with them…
THEN THROW THEM AWAY AND BUY SNEAKERS, I DON´T CARE! Let´s hope the tires of your car are not too uncomfortable to chase the suspect!
Rainer, where are you?
Robert-Schob-Straße, heading west. HURRY UP, THAT MORON HAS A FAST CAR!
So do I! Wait for it, don´t push him too much.
FRANK! He is almost at the intersection to the Dieselstraße!
Perfect! NOW, BRAKE! I WILL STOP HIM!
What?
Frank slows down in order to be able to jump out of his car, using the surprise effect, doing a roll and firing onto the tires of the fugitive, while his driverless Primus catches the attention of Leistner, so that he doesn´t evade Franks bullet.
Leistner spins his Hamfa and is unconscious, but not seriously injured… the rest is an easy arrest for Frank and Rainer.
Frank, who do you think you are? JAN-VINCENT VAN DOORNE? THIS KAMIKAZE SHIT IS UNNESSECARY!
Wait, when you do it it´s fine, but when I am a hero, it´s false?
I do this when there is no other way, and if you had properly secured the building, this would have worked just fine without explaining Boehme why we damaged cars again!
Leistner confesses that he has borrowed his old friend Markus Biegel his company´s infrastructure, but didn´t suspect anything at first - he escaped because he thought it was about tax fraud, when Sordel arrived, and in panic didn´t really listen that it was about cars…
So, Markus Biegel is Jochen Geiger?
Seems so, Frank… But, nothing suspicious in here, except for a Globus and a Nonozo, the Globus is registrated on Biegel…
And the Ascendente sedan there is stolen.
How do you know?
I requested a list with car models from the brands Primus, Zephorus, Cavaliere Nobile, Authié&Dallier and other premium to luxury manufactors that were stolen recently… let´s see if its on the list… B-HG 565… blue Nonozo Ascentente 4.0… MATCH!
Now, let´s find Biegel… can you lower the lifter with the Globus? The engine is idling, as if he worked on it just a minute before we arrived… he must have escaped VERY FAST within seconds…
Sure, Frank… but that´s his own, maybe we find documents in it…
Suddenly, the V8 roars and the Globus Phoenix drives off the lifter, crashing through the window and disappearing…
12-2 to department! In pursuit of the suspect Markus Biegel, driving a yellow two door, registration B-JB 292!
He is heading out of the industrial area towards the city center! Assistance required!
Where are the uniformed? BUT IF I AM ONE SECOND LATE, THEY COMPLAIN!
RAINER, WATCH OUT! THAT CAR TURNS INTO OUR STREET!
OH NO, THE OTHER ONE TURNING RIGHT IS COVERING BIEGELS SIGHT! I BETTER SLOW DOWN!
It happened as predicted, Biegel rams the red car, skids towards the sidewalk, gets stopped but also lifted up by a lamppost and lands with his car on the bed of a pickup truck…
12-2 to department! IF YOU CAN´T GET US MORE POLICE UNITS, GIVE US AT LEAST AN AMBULANCE NOW! Suspect crashed.
But, sparks coming from the damaged Globus reached a - caused by the impact - dented and therefore leaking gasoline cannister, and … the inevitable happened. The gasoline ignited and caused a huge explosion.
FRANK, ARE YOU OK?
Yes,… but my suit, crap! Good that I wasn´t running faster with these shoes…
I take back what I said… don´t buy sneakers, keep them… they seem to bring you luck…
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